"Living in the Ghetto" by Purple Image

[jcalsmith]

This picture was taken in Cleveland, Ohio in front of the old Liberty Theatre.

[BeautifulMotherOf4]

One of the guitar players is my father in law!!!!!! He has since passed on but I know he would appreciate your kind comments! Mr. Frank "Silk" Smith 7/8/45- 5/12/09

[eyeofset]

This is some heavy post Hendrix, proto Black Rock coalition type music. I have always been fascinated by this group ever since i discovered them a couple of years ago and especially with the three armed Black woman with the globes in her hands. i am going to to get this album cd on ebay next month.

[LP101A]

Where was that picture taken? Is that Pasadena?

I think I see myself on a bike in the background!

[bapuja]

@LP101A The picture was taken in Cleveland, Ohio where the group is from.

[port2344chester]

THIS IS SOME REAL TIGHT MATERIAL.. TIGHTER THAN A VIRGIN!

[clh2192]

Enough of the labels... The media divided rock and roll, gave Black people "funk" and white people "rock". Rock lives while funk is a 70s thing, played out like bell-bottoms and afro-combs. Funkadelic, Band of Gypsies, Ohio Players, Black Merda...etc will play LedZep off the stage. This is rock and roll, plain and simple. Let's call it what it is!

[ElectricityBlues]

Acid funk everyday...let this shit bang.

[LP101A]

slaaaaaam baaang funkadelia

[emdotambient]

Amazing. Never heard of them but they really should have been huge. Raw, powerful, infectious, hard and straight from the heart. In other words: real. What a gem!

[foseluis]

Wow this sweet babe was sick!

I was just looking around for info about the bass player, Del Moran, who I thought toured a few years ago with a Spanish rocker I kinda like, but instead ran into this ride that blew mi mind!

[ddrocker1952]

My mother was the only female in the group pictured above.. and my father was the drummer... I'm on the hunt other pics of the entire group...stay tuned

[Didi972]

So sad it's the only photo of this band that can be found on the Internet...if someone got another, please post it somewhere

[dakanos]

@Didi972 You can go on Amazon to find it.

[nhbassistbry]

Great find! Raw.

[thedoggydayspa]

Incredible! How True! Too Close to The TRUTH About the world we live in!

[bigben1986]

wowwwwwwwwwwww

[laviniaCaT]

yeaahh.....!

[MichaelSirois]

In-fucking-credible.

[deyvonnmac]

That was sick. I wasn't really feelin it until after the singing stopped, when they broke away and started jammin that got CRAZY!

[JoblessOpinionated]

This fuckin rocks hard as FUCK!

[retroolschool]

Yup it dont matter if its cars or music, nothing made today compares with the quality and details of yesteryears~!

[Vlad3000]

Always loved this track since the first time I heard it!

If you're interested then Join the Funk Appreciation Group on FB!

[BKagent22]

Purple Image was out of Cleveland, Ohio, the female lead is Diane Dunlap. The movie theater was located on Superior Avenue near 105th St.

[dulaone]

Damn this is sick. I wish more brothaz would go back to the psycadelic funk soul shit. Its a genre of music thats never really been explored. Damn this shit is no fucking joke. BLACK PEOPLE WE NEED 2 BRING MUSIC BACK!!! i Know every body is tired of hearing how wack pop radio music is today but SHIT, THIS SHIT HERE IS DA TRUTH!! BeyondBodyAndSoul good lookn!!!

[Vlad3000]

@dulaone

It's just too bad there is no money in this kind of music. People like Jay Z, Puff and Master P could easily fund a hundred or more of these type of bands but wouldn't make money back on it so they don't. Instead they make clothes and colognes. :-/

[dulaone]

the sad thing is you're right. but I think the big problem could be in marketing. i think record companies would be confused in how to market a group like that.

[manofhue]

all my life living in Brixton!

[hugobear1]

Brixton!!! I'm in Wandsworth - great isn't it? SW London.

[manofhue]

@hugobear1

OI E OI !!!!!!

whats up bro : )

this track got downloaded + converted+ put in the Technics+volume MAXED= and banged till next door banged the wall lololol

peep my page got some bangers in my fav's

one love Wandsworth -HugoBear1

[jcab594]

real shit my dude

[Rbslist]

Funking great track,thanks for loading this one up...BIG TUNE..x

[oldtimemoonshine77]

mommas in the kitchen cooking midnight suppa

[solatiut]

Man...this track is a goddamn BURNER! Woooaaaaa!

[balsacII]

wtf. this song is sopoo awesome. it reminds me soo much of like zeppelin and the who

[dalwinston]

Where is the Santa Cruz "quarte" footage? Talk about video to music + PhilLy!@@

[ARMAGEDITRON]

i wish i could live in that ghetto

[CHAMPASOUNDSYSTEM]

jimmie's in the MF'n backyard plantin patatah's, damn man

and sue is in the front pickin' tamatah's

[CHAMPASOUNDSYSTEM]

im about to throw my computer out the window, this is bananas.

[blackgn82]

like trech says"If you ain't ever been to the ghetto

Don't ever come to the ghetto

'Cause you wouldn't understand the ghetto

And stay the fuck out of the ghetto

[hugobear1]

I'll follow his advice - thanks

[RuralRoute4]

I am feelin' this.