Psych-Funk 101 introduces students to the global phenomenon of
psychedelic funk music, and covers the "golden years" of the movement,
from approximately 1967 until 1980. This compilation does not focus on
American and British bands. Rather it focuses on the bands throughout
the Global Village that were influenced by the innovation of American
and British bands that many times one upped the heroes they sought to
emulate. This compilation focuses on bands influenced by James Brown,
The Meters, Sly and The Family Stone, Booker T and The MGs and The Bar
Kays and unsung rhythmic forces such as drummers Bernard Purdie, Idris
Muhammad, Earl Palmer, bassists such Carol Kaye and Jimmy Lewis. It
focuses on bands who took that energy and combined it with the flair of
psychedelic-rock musicians such as Jimi Hendrix and the ensemble known
as Cream as well as pop-rock acts taken by the experimental side of
psychedelia such as The Beatles. But these bands added their own,
unique cultural flourishes. The result is mind-bending. Think about it
for a second what musical forces were greater than that of funk and
psychedelic music in the late 60s and early 70s? These forces, combined
by bands happy to incorporate folk music and improvisational elements
from other musical forms, lead to an amazing body of work still being
unearthed by researchers the world over and still capable of inspiring
new investigations into shapes of rhythm. (amazon.com)
