Funk 45s and Other Rare Grooves Format:CD The transient young people who’d

The transient young people who’d invaded the Bay Area to cash in on the media’s cheap drugs/free love promises had departed for points east

sweet relief was being back among true professionals

and to the promise of Salmon’s unwavering vision that would become one of the most celebrated acts of the Aussie underground

Before he reinvented himself as nonsense king Gamma Goochee

scores of unpublished photos

Funk 45s and Other Rare Grooves Format:CD The transient young people who’dSo what is funk? Its sometimes difficult to know. In the 1950s, the piano style of both Ray Charles and Horace Silver were described as funk, and the word itself has long associations with black music, going back even further into history. Clearly the success of James Brown at the tail end of the 1960ssay from Cold Sweat onwardsestablished the funk era, but the Godfather of super heavy funk had already set out his stall with Papas Got A Brand New Bag