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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Some Oogie AND some Boogie!



What up with your bad selves ya'll!? I'm back to bestow upon you, blessed child, some sacred funky funky! First stop on this boogie train is Washington DC, land of corruption, crime, and sweet Go-Go Funk! Go-Go is a local brew of the funk we know and love and one of its first pushers was a damn groovy group known as Trouble Funk. Trouble Funk was born in 1978 and remains active to this day, playing shows and holding residencies in the DC area. Now this band had a huge influence on hip hop in the 80's and you will certainly be able to hear their similarities with Grand Master Flash, and other acts that share the same style. So with out any further ado, coming at you fast is Trouble Funk, with Get Down With Your Get Down


Next up, we got a cool funky soul act coming in. His name: Dexter Wansel. He has been blending genres and inspiring new born genres births since the 70's. Dexter is a cool cat from Philly, and has been behind the scenes of the Funk, Soul, RnB, and Disco for a long time. This man has many fingers in many cookie jars, and also occasionally uses those fingers set the keys on fire with ferocious musicianship. As a fellow old school sci-fi fan, I have much respect for his incorporation of Sci-Fi culture from the 70's and 80's. His studio albums include Life On Mars, Whats the World Coming To, Voyager, Time is Slipping Away, and Digital Groove World. Some notable acts he produced and wrote for were The Jackson's and Patti LaBell. So here's Wansel's funky Disco track: I'll Never Forget






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