Tower of Power

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Brininging on the funk and check out Doc doin the Funky Fish Bring on da Funk Enjoy Fellas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dls0TLxIU6k

The Legacy of James Brown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahwZ90fcu9g

[Tom Bass]

Thanks Muddy Man. Reminded me of my Sophmore year in high school when my friend Chuck and I discovered Parliament. PFUNK. All the rest of our friends were in shock.  ;D

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Hey Tom Bass Im feelin you. In 1967 i was a little white kid in Catholic School on the Lower East Side of NYC. All the other kids were listening to Elvis and the Beatles Iwas totin aroud 45's of Professor Long Hair,James Brown.Muddy Waters,Wilson Picket and Dr. John. I was in a realy lame band called the KINGS COURT with matching clothes and the whole 9 yards.

 Then I hooked up with some friends and we went to new talent night at the Filmore East. for2.50 we saw 3 new bands from Okland Cal. Sanatana,Sly and the Family Stone and TOWER OF POWER in the spring of 68 WOW

 By the fall I was in a new , inter-racial band called Park Slope Boogie Band and learning tht funk thing by practicing off all those records and pfunk and James Brown Music was never the same aftere that thank God I never even thought that Pat Boone was the Origianl Tutti Frutti 8-)

[Dan:]

I have a friend who went to see George Clinton perform when she was 17. He offered her cocaine

[lunchbox508]

George clinton NEVERRRRRRRR ;D

[Guest avid]

George clinton NEVERRRRRRRR ;D

Bill Clinton...............................................maybe

[Tom Bass]

Muddy Man,

That is very very Cool. 8-)

My buddy and I hitchhiked 50 miles to Pittsburgh in the fall of 1976 with just enough money to get into the Parliament concert. Well, we didn't have enough money to pay what the scalpers were askin' so we hung out in the parking lot of the civic center and listened anyway. We had a ball partyin' with the rest of the people in the lot. They were amazed that two honky red necks from the sticks had the "nerve" to venture there to get down with Parliament and with "the PFunk"...It was a very cool trip. We had a great time....from what I can remember.... 8-)

We hitched a ride back home in the wee hours of the morning in the back of an open farm truck. It was raining and we nearly froze to death. Our families never found out and neither did our friends. We were two lovers of serious hard rock with a penchant for The Funk.

I am still a Metal Head at age 46 but I have a passion for Funk.