Funkadelic was an American soul-funk/psych band from Detroit that released eight albums on Westbound between 1970 and 1976, followed by four further albums on Warner Bros. over the subsequent five-year period. They combined psychedelic rock, soul, and funk with distorted guitars, driving basslines, and layered vocals to produce dense, high-energy compositions. Their Westbound albums, from […]
The Ohio Players were an American soul-funk band that emerged from Dayton, Ohio, in 1959 under the name The Ohio Untouchables. During their early years, they released six singles between 1962 and 1964 on the Lu Pine and Thelma labels. This formative period established their foundation in rhythm and blues with a lean, guitar-led style […]
Parliament was an American R&B band that existed in two phases between 1955 and 1981. The first incarnation, as The Parliaments, yielded a string of doo-wop and soul singles on Revilot and other labels between 1959 and 1968, culminating with the 1970 album Osmium, released as Parliament on Invictus. Singer–producer George Clinton reactivated Parliament as […]
Walter “Junie” Morrison (1954 — Feb. 11, 2017) was an American soul-funk musician who served as music director for the Ohio Players on their three Westbound studio albums. He went solo with the 1975 Westbound release When We Do, followed by Freeze and the 1976 album Suzie Super Groupie, billed to his Junie mononym. Background Walter […]
