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Good Bay Area Soul/Funk (RR)

Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
edited September 2005 in Strut Central
I was listening to Leon's Creation "This Is The Beginning" LP this morning and want to know of any artists/bands from that era that has made similar music. Recommondations please..Peace,Mike

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  • coffinjoecoffinjoe 1,743 Posts
    Larry T & The Family
    Quinn Harris
    San Francisco Express
    most stuff on reynolds
  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    Thank you.
  • mylatencymylatency 10,475 Posts
    Larry T & The Family
    Quinn Harris
    San Francisco Express
    most stuff on reynolds

    any mas?
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    Dudes: Darondo.

    This list is gonna get hella long, especially once Jinx or Mongo jump in.
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    I think most of the better stuff is 45-only... and that this thread is going to go nowhere unless jinx unbans hisself
  • parsecparsec 5,087 Posts


    I really like this Carrie Cleveland album.
  • MorseCodeMorseCode 1,516 Posts
    this thread is going to go nowhere unless jinx unbans hisself

    this thread is going to go nowhere unless jinx unbans hisself

    this thread is going to go nowhere unless jinx unbans hisself

    this thread is going to go nowhere unless jinx unbans hisself

    this thread is going to go nowhere unless jinx unbans hisself

    this thread is going to go nowhere unless jinx unbans hisself
  • NiteKrawler45NiteKrawler45 1,062 Posts
    So do you want a listing of all soul and funk from that area or just things similar to the Leon release?
  • peacefulrotationpeacefulrotation 3,481 Posts
    Apollos
    Apollis
    Roger Collins
    Soft Touch
    Untouchables
    Marie Franklin
    Dawn & Sunset
    Marvin Holmes
    Variations
    Joe Washington
    Veda
    Lenny Williams
    John Turk
    Sugar Pie Desanto
    Little Deneice
    Pacesetters
    Onyx
    Choc. Chips
    Diabolics
    Family Of Swede
    Claude Baby Huey
    Eugene Blacknell
    SF TKO's
    Paul Jackson
    Two Things In One
    Ramona King
    Dat Richfield Cat
    Right Kind
    Frisco
    Fats Gaines
    a drop in the bucket....
  • Chuck_HussChuck_Huss 145 Posts
    Apollos
    Apollis
    Roger Collins
    Soft Touch
    Untouchables
    Marie Franklin
    Dawn & Sunset
    Marvin Holmes
    Variations
    Joe Washington
    Veda
    Lenny Williams
    John Turk
    Sugar Pie Desanto
    Little Deneice
    Pacesetters
    Onyx
    Choc. Chips
    Diabolics
    Family Of Swede
    Claude Baby Huey
    Eugene Blacknell
    SF TKO's
    Paul Jackson
    Two Things In One
    Ramona King
    Dat Richfield Cat
    Right Kind
    Frisco
    Fats Gaines
    a drop in the bucket....

    Sass
    Rideout
    H. Andrews Congregation
    Bobby Watkins & Fire
    Natural Four
    Chucky Thurmon
    A Tint of Darkness
    HP Riot
    Celest Hardie
    Dorothy Morrison
    Emulations
    Cortial
    Linda Tillery/Loading Zone
    Lonnie Hewitt/Uncalled Three/Pi-R-Square
    Casanova Two
    Ballads
    Jimmy Bee
    Cals/California Playboys
    Magicians
    California Soul Explosion
    A Facinating Musical Experience
    Heaven Sent & Ecstasy
    Hartfield Brothers
    Charles Leonard
    Standards of Living
    East Oakland
    Con-Funk-Shun/Project Soul
    Tower of Power

    ...there needs to be a website like Dante's Ohio Soul Recordings, I know this idea has been kicking around for a while...
  • Mongo_SladeMongo_Slade 999 Posts
    I was listening to Leon's Creation "This Is The Beginning" LP this morning and want to know of any artists/bands from that era that has made similar music. Recommondations please..
    Peace,
    Mike

    I'm stating the obvious here, but the Leon's Creation album is really derivative of early Sly & the Family Stone. If you like that sound and don't own all of their first four records (i.e., pre-"Greatest Hits"), that's the place to start.

    You might also check out some of the stuff Leon Patillo cut with Santana, including a really faithful cover of the Leon's Creation song "Mirage."
  • Danno3000Danno3000 2,851 Posts
    The Viva Brasil LP is from the Bay area and it's great. Much better than the Papaya Wolf LP, which I suppose is its closest equivalent.
  • UnDos3UnDos3 81 Posts
    check out the 'Bay Area Funk' compilation put together by DJ Riddm on 'Luv N' Haight'. contains cuts by Little Denise, Johnny Talbot, TKO'S, and many more Bay Area artists from Hayward to Oakland, to Frisco. recommended.
  • lotuslandlotusland 740 Posts
    rhon silva
    pyramids
    pirsquared
    claudio medeiros victor m & friends
    lillian alexander
    steve marshall
    yowza
    loadingzone
    bearded women
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