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Stevie Nicks wrote Dreams hiding in Sly Stone's basement den.

He led the first popular racially integrated rock band and is among the 3 biggest stars in funk.

The best funk band: early Earth, Wind and Fire (before 1976 when they lost themselves into disco). Their funk was harmonically rich and rhythmically complex: A blend of jazz, soul, funk and R&B. Listen to their live double record Gratitude (1975).

Funkadelic, though.

Put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip, and come on to the mothership :)

Never been a big funk fan until the unreleased demo instrumentals of midnight express got released on People’s Potential United (check out their catalog if you havent): https://ppudc.bandcamp.com/album/the-midnight-express-show-b...

Also some demo’s by Prince are amazing.

Not sure, but the rawness just breathes life and blows most studio stuff out of the water.

[Edit] bonus end game track: https://youtu.be/dQN3fxoIOpk (thank you Gilles Peterson)

Midnight Express sounds like machine programmed.

The real thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pA2tXOjDto&list=PLxh03o1BpV...

I'd call it James Brown, then Sly. I actually prefer Sly's stuff but you can't really deny the star power of James Brown.

Out of JB, Sly, and George Clinton, Sly's my man.

Not arguing.

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