Sly - Gonna Take U Higher/Dance 2 The Music 1973

(NOT) Larry Graham on bass - see comments.
Bob

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[geosh78]

I've been following Larry since I was 12, so we're talking more than 30 years. He's cool to chat with too.

[Bob Hardy]

Yeah I know - I worked at a festival he performed on in the late 90's - the whole band was full of nice people

[geosh78]

Sorry BobFunk11--That is not Larry Graham on bass, he'd left the a year or 2 earlier, listen carefully and you'll hear it ain't Brother Graham. The original drummer Greg Errico was also gone. Sorry for the bad news, but I'd rather you'd be correct that misinformed re: the originator of thumping and plucking the bass (Graham).

[Bob Hardy]

You know - I didn't think it was (because it doesn't look like him)- but the last time I uploaded this clip this somebody posted a comment to say that it was. And you know what they say about something must be true if it's written down!

Thanx

Bob

[Eyemallfunkedup]

Does anyone know the exact day the music died? After watching the VMA's last night, I'm convinced that it's been quite some time now.

PEACE

[martmako]

Love those afros, bring em back i say, if i was black i'd have one 3ft wide rock on!!

[Dee Jay]

Got a chance to jam with Rustee (75-76?) after he left GCS. He was with a Willy Wild and The Wild Bunch. Wish I had the sound tracks from that group. Pure Bay Area Funk!!! THe last gig I saw them do was at the San Jose Fair Grounds. They played after Pete Escovedo's group called Azteca, featuring Pete's 18 year old daughter, Sheila E!

[Brick Harrell]

ONE THING TO SAYYYYYY- BOOM SHAKKK-A-LAAKKAA

[mycalrb52]

the Bass Player is Rusty Allen and I pulled this up cause I grew up in the area they all lived.. :) Also alot of Larry Grahams band members also were my school mates

[Dajando Smith]

You know...You don't have to be black to get an a fro...We can rebuild you....we have the technology

[mycalrb52]

If ya'll want to know who the bass player is its Rusty Allen he took over after Larry Left and he plays for Bobby Womack now

[mssquirrely]

LMAO!! dude at 0:28 it's like he can TASTE THE FUNK!!

[Eyemallfunkedup]

Well it's been a year since I posted this, and believe it or not, the VMA's last night were just unwatchable (is that a word?); even worse than last year. They've really hit rock bottom, so maybe it's all uphill now in the industry.

PEACE 

[Eyemallfunkedup]

The "Spirit" of the time, the Civil Rights Movement, the chaos of the time contributed to a musical Zeitgeist that remained into the 1970s. By 1979 the remnants of thee 60s had all but disappeared. In the 80s it all be came homogenized, watered down corporate crap. Today, they don't even care about the production of a song. They barely even pan the "instruments" anymore; if they even use instruments. It's sad.

PEACE

[Eyemallfunkedup]

I tend to agree with you that sometime around the end of the 70s decade, music in general took a turn for the worse. It is not limited to Soul / Funk etc. Rock and Blues based music also degenerated. I have some theories as to why. I'll share one with you. The culture/counter culture of the 60s, with its bent toward freedom of the mind/body/spirit/etc., and the use of mind altering substances created an atmosphere where people were encouraged to be edgy and innovative.