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To: Son House

Just went to that Gibson link and had to look ‘em up, wow

The Ohio Players - Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y47G-Wa4qfs

Larry “Sugarfoot” Bonner (Ohio Players)
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/pioneering-funk-guitar-0125/
Ohio Players classics such as “Love Rollercoaster,” “Fire” and “Skin Tight” owe a heavy debt to the scratchy funk rhythms and single-note wah sounds of Sugarfoot Bonner. Bonner has spoken eloquently of the origins of funk music, saying, “Funk was born the day after the blues…to take away some of the sadness of the blues. Funk is a sort of happy blues, to me.”


20 posted on 07/23/2011 8:33:05 PM PDT by Son House (The Economic Boom Heard Around The World => TEA Party 2012)
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To: Son House

The Ohio Players had the best album covers, ever.


23 posted on 07/23/2011 8:50:41 PM PDT by dfwgator
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