samedi 27 août 2011

white funk


white jam/captain beefheart/automne 1971 (films d'occasion production)

best of jazz funk


miles davis 1970

jamaïcan funk


toots and the maytals (1962, 1967)

birth of funk (3)


al green 1972

african funk


e. t. mensah (ghana highlife from the fifties)

where funk came from (1)


si mohammed bel hassan el sudani (marrakech, 1959)

louisiana funk


slim harpo (1960)/robert pete williams (1968)

where funk came from (2)


mississippi bluesman lonnie pitchford playing his own hand made one string guitar, and building a diddley bow (filmed and told by alan lomax)

where funk came from (3)


napoleon strickland (drum and fife band, straight from africa)

jeudi 25 août 2011

gertrud, la fin

remember jim ford ....


... hidden composer of legendary white soul hits (he's supposed to be the real author of bobby gentry's ode to billy joe), and white eyed underground country funk lost crooner

" invraisemblable ou pas, crois-moi, c'est la vérité -et il n'y en a pas deux ..."