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Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One

Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One

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Availability:In StockContributor:Rickey Vincent, Ricky Vincent, George Clinton (Foreword by)Publish date:1996-04-15Pages:416
Language:EnglishPublisher:St. Martins Press-3PLISBN-13:9780312134990ISBN-10:312134991UPC:9780312134990Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, History & CriticismBook Topic:Pop Vocal, RockSize:8.11 x 5.55 x 1.09 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SCDQDT7Q5Y

Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One

Funk: It's the only musical genre ever to have transformed the nation into a throbbing army of bell-bottomed, hoop-earringed, rainbow-Afro'd warriors on the dance floor. Its rhythms and lyrics turned bleak urban realties inside out with distinctive, danceable, downright irresistable music.

Funk hasn't received the critical attention that rock, jazz, and the blues have-until now. Colorful,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:St. Martins Press-3PLISBN-13:9780312134990ISBN-10:312134991UPC:9780312134990Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, History & CriticismBook Topic:Pop Vocal, RockSize:8.11 x 5.55 x 1.09 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SCDQDT7Q5Y

Rickey Vincent has written about music for Vibe, Mondo 2000, and elsewhere. An instructor at San Francisco State University, he is known among Bay Area funkateers as the Uhuru Maggot, thanks to his all-funk radio show on KPFA. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife and son.


Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL

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