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Funk Superstar Archie Bell

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Uploaded by on Aug 23, 2006

Funk and dance legend, songwriter and bandleader Mr. Archie Bell talks about playing with the Drells, having an international hit "Tight Up," and how his sky-high career was briefly disrupted when called to Vietnam.

Tighten UP everybody!

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  • archie bell is a great singer and performer i know this now and knew it at a very young age ..keep it goin mr tighten up love ya the family

  • Thank you for the nice compliment about Mr. Bell. Very cool, nice in person and throws helluva great live performance. Mrs. Bell is very nice and cool as well. Thank you for watching.

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  • I enjoyed his commentary on the 'music of today'. He's quite correct --- when computers came along, musicianship and artistry went right out the window. It seems that rather than LEARN HOW to play an instrument, musicians are content with pressing buttons and making sounds which make no sense. I wish people would take example from artists like Archie Bell and other [jazz musicians especially] of that and prior eras.

  • Oops...supposed to be a THUMBS UP and I can't change it!! I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Bell at a club I was spinning tunes at in Knoxville TN in '89. I got to introduce Archie Bell and the Drells and enjoy the show! What a great guy...he stuck around after the show and autographed records and hung out with all of the crowd. Great guy and so down to earth. If Archie Bell's on stage, "I Could Dance All Night!!"

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  • COCACHOO YEAH LETS GET DOWN

  • I STILL SNEAK THAT DANCE IN WHEN I'M ON THE FLOOR...NEW YORK DID IT DIFFERENT OF COURSE.. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN...I COULD TIGHTEN UP ALL NIGHT LONG. :D

  • can you guys not talk about tighten up for once the drells have songs like 50 times better than tighten up (wrap it up, a world without music, love my baby, etc)

  • What a great man and legend!

  • He's right. This is one of the first tunes you had to learn as a musician. I learn both bass and rythym guitar part.

  • I'm so glad Archie didn't go to Viet Nam !!! We could've lost a great soul master.

  • Catch him in & around the Virginia are performing w Sunset Drive Band out of Stuart Va

  • I LOVE ALL HIS SLOW CUTS "I'VE BEEN MISSING YOU SO MUCH" AND "I WON'T LEAVE YOU HONEY NEVER" ARE THE BOMB. I HAVE THE BEST OF ARCHIE BELL AND THE DRELLS IN MY COLLECTION. YES THEY SOUND LIKE THE OJAY'S,BUT YOU GOT TO KNOW THE MUSIC.LOVE YOU ARCHIE BELL AND THE DRELLS!

  • Let's do the Tighten Up!!!!!!!! WOOHOOOOO I luv that song and it was WAAAAYYYYYY b4 my time! OMG

  • I love this Interview.

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