Funk Night on BBC4 tonight

[Chester Perry]

One you FunkyDrummer though the line up for some programmes looks a bit light weight for those into the serious stuff

[Funkydrummer]

Thanks for the heads up CP, put it down for recording - as you say it may
be a little on the light side, but I notice Herbie Hancock is one of the artists
featured, so you never know.

This features one of the drum pieces (not solo) that I had to learn - it looks
deceptively easy, but it isn't, honestly.

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[Chester Perry]

I have to say that looks bloody hard work FD - good on ya

[hampsteadclaret]

James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, the Average White Band, Kool and the Gang, Earth Wind and Fire - the usual excellent live music footage from the BBC archives..the Blaxsploitation movies including Shaft...then there was George Clinton-Parliament-Funkadelic [P-Funk...]then bits of Cameo, Prince, Daft Punk...and then Disco came along and took over the world [well something like that]. Excellent programme, typical of BBC4, especially where they explain the social context in which this music was being made.

Next programme just starting..'The Genius of Funk'.