Music (Part Three)

The legends...

My legend rock band is The Stooges. Not the first band but the one that made James Osterberg aka Iggy Pop famous at the end of the sixties. They did only three records, then split, Iggy wanted a break, he went to rehab in 1974. Their last gig, Iggy was knocked out by a bottle thrown by someone in the audience. The band was composed by Iggy as lead singer, the Ashton brothers, Scott on Drums and Ron on guitar and Dave Alexander on bass. They reunite the group without Dave (who died in the 70s) in 2003 and tour outside the USA for the first time and did another record. I promised to myself, I would go to every gig in Paris. So I have seen them live five times between 2004 and 2007 in Paris or suburbs. I have just heard that Ron has just died on Tuesday, the 6th... "I am in shock. He was my best friend.“ Iggy Pop.
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojti8oEZI7g
Fuckin' bad news...


Other legend in a different style, Herbie Hancock. He played the piano in Jazz bands, including Miles Davis quintet, in the 60s and then went to form his own band, the Headhunters, mixing jazz and funk.
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=0hmVHhH96es&feature=related
They played that jazz/funk from the very end of the 60s to the mid 70s.


Then I love the funky guys George Clinton and James Brown and guys who played with both of them, like Maceo Parker.
Clinton had two bands, Funkadelic and Parliament, they played "P-Funk", "P" stands for psychedelic and James Brown had the Soul Power...
Maceo is sax player who played with James then joined Funkadelic and then got his own bands.
Well it's funky music, doesn't need to many comments.
Funkadelic "Cosmic Slop": http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=O4U1Ln_X_zo
James Brown from live in Paris: http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=LPyaF7_iUTA&feature=related if you need one record from the godfather of soul, it must be this one, it's called "Live Power Peace", recorded at Olympia in 1971.
Maceo with Fred Wesley and Pee Wee Ellis: http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=nv_UUIvKT-k&feature=related


And last one, still a bit funky but he created his own style with Tony Allen, it's Fela Kuti, from Nigeria. Known as the "Black President", a fighter against corruption and for democracy.
Two of his sons are well known now, Femi and Seun.
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=iBgewcFh-cg&feature=related
He had two bands, first one was called Africa 70 and second one Egypt 80. Fela died in 1997.
Youngest son Seun plays with Egypt 80, his style is very much like his father's.