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Post by timmy84 on Mar 15, 2007 17:25:45 GMT -5
Here's another "annoying" question: ok, we know that the majority of the Funk Brothers' rhythm section (the portion that is getting most of the praise) and horn section (Hank, Beans, etc) were either jazz or blues musicians but here's what I want to know, when did the Funk Brothers go from raucous R&B and string-laden soul to just straight-out FUNK? I would think it was "Shotgun" but didn't Junior Walker & the All-Stars play their own instruments on that song? I think some of the Vandellas' material was funk music and some of Marvin's very late-'60s material and we know the Temptations became synonymous with funk after hooking up with Norman Whitfield but when did the Funk Brothers really got FUNKY for y'all?  |
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Post by Diamond Girl on Mar 15, 2007 21:23:27 GMT -5
LOL you're looking for a song or a time or just where the name came from?
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Post by timmy84 on Mar 15, 2007 22:22:28 GMT -5
A time when they started to really get funky. I'm gonna start guessing 1964-65.
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Post by Diamond Girl on Mar 16, 2007 16:12:55 GMT -5
Gotcha, let me see.........................
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Post by timmy84 on Mar 16, 2007 17:57:48 GMT -5
Take your time, (((Cleo))).  |
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Post by antceleb12 on Mar 17, 2007 20:01:38 GMT -5
I think major funkiness I heard in their music was in "Reflections", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", and definitely lots of the other late 60s material. But even in songs like "Shotgun", and "Do You Love Me", funkadelic soul was grooved right in there (excuse the pun! lol)
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Post by timmy84 on Mar 17, 2007 22:03:09 GMT -5
Yeah I believe "Shotgun" was the first Motown funk song but I have a problem here: did the Funk Brothers play on it or did the All-Stars with Junior Walker? I mean I guess it was "Shotgun" but to be honest it was so different from many Motown records. That and "Function at the Junction" was something new for Motown. And that song was definitely one of the first FUNK songs IMHO. |
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Post by rainymourning on Mar 18, 2007 11:56:26 GMT -5
Good question, I think they played much more funkier and grittier on the mid to late 60's material although if I remember coreectly someone on in the documentary stated it was the way in which they played that earned them their name. And I think that makes sense because even though the songs were to be light for the pop charts there still is alot of grit, even on some Supremes recordings.
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Post by timmy84 on Mar 18, 2007 14:59:07 GMT -5
True. I would think it was the way James played his bass, how Benny played his drums and how the guitars and the keyboards were improvised almost with the percussion and everything, it's easy how so early in the game they were naming themselves (or was it Mickey) the "Funk Brothers".  |
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Post by rainymourning on Mar 27, 2007 17:30:16 GMT -5
I can't remember but I wouldn't be surprised if it was Mickey lol
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Post by motowner on Apr 21, 2007 14:33:06 GMT -5
i would say some of the early day songs had funk. what impressed me about the funk brothers is that the way they played from james's big strong bass line 2 benny's hammer hitting drum licks. most of the funk was on marvin gaye and temptations records in the late 60's on into 1972 when the division from detroit 2 L.A took place. |
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