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Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One
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Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One Paperback - 1996

by Rickey Vincent; Ricky Vincent; Foreword by George Clinton

Finally, the definitive guide for fans of funk--inside details and expert insights on the music of James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic, Kool and the Gang, and more. Colorful, intelligent and in-your-face, Rickey Vincent's Funk celebrates the songs, the musicians, the philosophy and the meaning of The Funk. 16 pp b&w photos.


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Funk: It's the only musical genre ever to have transformed the nation into a throbbing army of bell-bottomed, hoop-earringed, rainbow-Afro'd warriors on the dance floor. Its rhythms and lyrics turned bleak urban realties inside out with distinctive, danceable, downright irresistable music. Funk hasn't received the critical attention that rock, jazz, and the blues have-until now. Colorful, intelligent, and in-you-face, Rickey Vincent's Funk celebrates the songs, the musicians, the philosophy, and the meaning of funk. The book spans from the early work of James Brown (the Godfather of Funk) through today, covering funky soul (Stevie Wonder, the Temptations), so-called black rock (Jimi Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone, the Isely Brothers), jazz-funk (Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock), monster funk (Parliament, Funkadelic, Bootsy's Rubber Band), naked funk (Rick James, Gap Band), disco-funk (Chic, K.C. and the Sunshine Band), funky pop (Kook & the Gang, Chaka Khan), P-Funk Hip Hop (Digital Underground, De La Soul), funk-sampling rap (Ice Cube, Dr. Dre), funk rock (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Primus), and more. Funk tells a vital, vibrant history-the history of a uniquely American music born out of tradition and community, filled with energy, attitude, anger, hope, and an irrepressible spirit.

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Funk is a many splendored thing.

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Funk hasn't received the critical attention that rock, jazz, and the blues have - until now. Colorful, intelligent, and in-your-face, Rickey Vincent's Funk celebrates the songs, the musicians, the philosophy, and the meaning of funk. The book spans from the early work of James Brown (the Godfather of Funk) through today, covering funky soul (Stevie Wonder, the Temptations), so-called "black rock" (Jimi Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone, the Isley Brothers), jazz-funk (Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock), monster funk (Parliament, Funkadelic, Bootsy's Rubber Band), naked funk (Rick James, Gap Band), disco-funk (Chic, K.C. and the Sunshine Band), funky pop (Kool & the Gang, Chaka Khan), P-Funk Hip Hop (Digital Underground, De La Soul), funk-sampling rap (Ice Cube, Dr. Dre), funk rock (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Primus), and more. Funk tells a vital, vibrant history - the history of a uniquely American music born out of tradition and community, filled with energy, attitude, anger, hope and an irrepressible spirit.

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  • Title Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One
  • Author Rickey Vincent; Ricky Vincent; Foreword by George Clinton
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Illustrated.
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martins Press-3PL, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
  • Date 1996-04-15
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780312134990 / 0312134991
  • Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.11 x 5.55 x 1.09 in (20.60 x 14.10 x 2.77 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Funk (Music) - History and criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95032678
  • Dewey Decimal Code 781.64

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Citations

  • Booklist, 05/01/1996, Page 1483
  • Library Journal, 05/01/1996, Page 96
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/08/1996, Page 65

About the author

Rickey Vincent has written about music for Vibe, Mondo 2000, and elsewhere. An instructor at San Francisco State University, he is known among Bay Area funkateers as the Uhuru Maggot, thanks to his all-funk radio show on KPFA. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife and son.

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