Lanny, i used to kick it with george tsutsui and the Dr Grave Cemetary Slaves camp. i was about 11 or so and there seemed alot of good groups
i landed in Vallejo and Jay King & Unknowns were large.
never forget seeing rare CEFK on tv cable, and each guy would come out the line and do individual moves, return to the line that kept sync while another go out.
i swear, the disco fog concealed a member who started floating/gliding so smooth i thought he was on roller skates!!!
Great to hear from one of the originals of CEFK! Loved watching that TransEurope Express routine. Haha when I first seen that I thought you all made your own music cause the routine was so dang perfect. The FIRE piece was always hard! THAT's what folks should be seeing more of. Keep doing!
Lanny, much respct to you and Close. I only got to see u guys once, at that Scottish Rite, but u guys' legend was huge at the Richmond talent shows. And bak thn it was real street cats who were talkn about Close.
I'm frm Berkeley, livng in L.A. now. Im the gen after Dana and his recollection is similar to yours. Its frustratng talkn 2 yung cats out here in L.A . Thy wnt evn entertain th idea of the Bay scene being first.
I hope ur activ & gettng props for th foundation of this dance. Stay up.
In 1978 me and my brother moved back to Los Angeles where we went to Locke High School and created The Originals dance team and trust me there were NOBODY in LA dancing like this....PERIOD. After ruling LA my partner Boppin Andre form a 2 man team that was unstoppable.
My name is Lanny myself, Mark, Dennis(my brother)and Allen(marks brother) were the original members of Close Encounters Of The Funkiest Kind. We all lived on Potreo Hill in the 70's where we started in the projects later moved to the Fillmore District. Where groups like Live Inc., Monty & The Mechincal Midgets, Granny & The Robotroids use to rule the bay area before there were Boogaloo Sam or Deamons Of The Mind. Any questions I can answer....To follow in next comments
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Lanny, i used to kick it with george tsutsui and the Dr Grave Cemetary Slaves camp. i was about 11 or so and there seemed alot of good groups
i landed in Vallejo and Jay King & Unknowns were large.
never forget seeing rare CEFK on tv cable, and each guy would come out the line and do individual moves, return to the line that kept sync while another go out.
i swear, the disco fog concealed a member who started floating/gliding so smooth i thought he was on roller skates!!!
peaceJD
dreadstock 2 years ago
thats some crazy shit at 1:51
SAllen 3 years ago
CRIMINONS!!!
zodiak650 3 years ago
Great to hear from one of the originals of CEFK! Loved watching that TransEurope Express routine. Haha when I first seen that I thought you all made your own music cause the routine was so dang perfect. The FIRE piece was always hard! THAT's what folks should be seeing more of. Keep doing!
DocLock 3 years ago
stay true to the game I got mine
cant say who is lieing but it dont look good for somebody all i no is if there was a king tut style in oakland or any were in the bay
you would have brought that back to LA too
and it would have to be befor 1976 keep it real keep tutin on em
kingboogalootut1 3 years ago
Yeah, freestyling, or "solo"ing was mando for most of the bay groups by the time the 1980 hit.
theyoungcommander 3 years ago
Lanny, much respct to you and Close. I only got to see u guys once, at that Scottish Rite, but u guys' legend was huge at the Richmond talent shows. And bak thn it was real street cats who were talkn about Close.
I'm frm Berkeley, livng in L.A. now. Im the gen after Dana and his recollection is similar to yours. Its frustratng talkn 2 yung cats out here in L.A . Thy wnt evn entertain th idea of the Bay scene being first.
I hope ur activ & gettng props for th foundation of this dance. Stay up.
theyoungcommander 3 years ago
It would be great if you can upload some footage. But I would definitely love to hear more stories!
bonustokens 3 years ago
In 1978 me and my brother moved back to Los Angeles where we went to Locke High School and created The Originals dance team and trust me there were NOBODY in LA dancing like this....PERIOD. After ruling LA my partner Boppin Andre form a 2 man team that was unstoppable.
LannyS1 4 years ago
My name is Lanny myself, Mark, Dennis(my brother)and Allen(marks brother) were the original members of Close Encounters Of The Funkiest Kind. We all lived on Potreo Hill in the 70's where we started in the projects later moved to the Fillmore District. Where groups like Live Inc., Monty & The Mechincal Midgets, Granny & The Robotroids use to rule the bay area before there were Boogaloo Sam or Deamons Of The Mind. Any questions I can answer....To follow in next comments
LannyS1 4 years ago