[HAM] Bonow on Youtube - XK-1 Workout

[Scott Hawthorn]

At 01:28 PM 11/17/2007, joe d wrote:

>LOL, wow.
>Scott, I'm 38.  I can only wish I were young enough to have missed what 
>funk means.
>
>Well...let me put it this way, there's probably some tighter "funk Bonow" 
>out there/coming.  For instance last time he came to play at the monster 
>he was doing some deeper funk (with big, bad Mike Stone on drums and the 
>smokin' Thadeus Turner on gtr, it was downright funkilicious).
>
>*btw: you MUST hear and meet Thadeus. You'd love him. The man (actually 
>his entire family) is steeped in funk (and more), the real deal man.  I've 
>learned a lot in just playing with him.
>But don't just take my word for it, come visit on a thurs if u can.>

I'll do it! Sounds good. Are you there *every* Thursday?

Yeah Joe, you may feel old and seasoned at 38 (as did I at that age), but 
hey, I am TWENTY YEARS older than you, and when James Brown put out "Papa" 
and "Fat Bag," I was already playing organ, while you weren't even born 
yet! That's what I mean by being around for the birth of funk. I was. 
Boogaloo came along just a few years before that. I worked at a theater 
called "Black Arts/West" as a lighting designer, and every night I got to 
hear live soul (Floyd Standifer, no less) and boogaloo music and watch the 
dancing by the cast. I heard and saw the music as it evolved. Dan and 
Pernell Alexander (Hendrix's cousin and teacher) were playing funk in the 
Eagles Auditorium in 1967, and I was there then too. And people were 
fascinated-- it was all so new and fresh.

I think you could play circles around me these days, laddie, but you should 
learn to listen to your elders, you young whippersnapper! Hey, here's an 
example to argue about: what would you call Dr. Lonnie's tune, "Back 
Track"? (On the "Too Damn Hot!" CD) Huh? Huh? (Hint: I call it FUNK.)