In Parliament classic 'Flash Light', Sir Nose doesn't have the funk and never dances, until his opponent Starchild forces him to see the light ...

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This article was originally published in August 2005. In rendering his decision in a 1964 obscenity trial, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart wrote: "I shall not today attempt to further define ...

Football and funk will go hand in hand this September, as the Southern Heritage Classic organization has announced its Classic Funk Fest. The concert event, set for Sept. 9 at the Landers Center in ...

What happens when you mix three generations of music, from classic funk to reggae with a mix of hip-hop and rock 'n' roll thrown in for good measure? You get the package tour headed by the New Bedford ...

Beyond We’re An American Band ’s status as a classic rock radio staple, and the fame and fortune it provided, when Brewer ...

One of the great wah-wah pedal players in history also played on The Isley Brothers’ hit “It’s Your Thing.” By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Skip Pitts, a master of the wah-wah pedal guitar sound whose ...

Don Brewer, founding drummer and singer from Grand Funk Railroad, didn't just work in the studio with Todd Rundgren and Frank Zappa in the '70s. They actually lived together, as Grand Funk completed a ...

These amazing classic rock songs may have dropped way back in 1976, but I still find myself enjoying them in the 2020s.

Grand Funk had always enjoyed large audiences and dedicated fans who bought up their brand of no-frills rock and roll. In 1970, they had their first brush with pop success when the single "Closer to ...