You probably already know this, but the JBs were James Brown's backing band (hence the name) and so that sound evolved through the sixties and early seventies. The peak of that sound is arguably the period over '68-'71. Check out the 2 compilations - are they called "Funky People" 1 & 2? - of James Brown related stuff from around then: Lyn Collins, Marva Whitney, Brown himself, Bobby Byrd etc. Other strong JBs albums include "Doing It To Death" (with the storming title track) and "Food For Thought", or Maceo's "Us", which is basically the JBs under Maceo Parker's direction. By the time of "Damn Right..." other bands like Parliament/Funkadelic - where the likes of Bootsy Collins, Wesley and Parker were to defect -had picked up the funk baton.
> got me fred wesley & the j.b.'s 'damn right i am somebody' recently and was > blown away by most of the tracks (only 'blow your head' i've heard a bit too > often already). i can see now where some of the rhythms of certain dance mania > tracks come from. 'i'm paying taxes, what am i buying...' has some > proto-techno passages imo :) and the spoken word pieces in this track are > very moving. now i ask myself if this is all genuinly original stuff (was this > album a milestone at the time?) or if there exist some other funk bands from > that era (1974) or before that have done records in a similar vein and the > same spirit (southern spirit?)? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
