We have great guitar players of every color

but if i tried to think of one famouswhite

funk guitar player i can think there are'nt many.

I know James Brown had white funk

guitar player

in the 90's and maybe John Frusciante have a bit

of funk but i don't know if he is funk

guitaristSo why are there no white Jimmi Nolen ,

Nile Rodgers

are white guitarists devoided of funk?

csharp57 said:

What about the guitarist for Jamiroquai? his name escapes me right now though......

Stuart Zender,who left the band in 1998.

What about the ones in Wild Cherry, Average White Band & Chicago?

Also, Wendy is a pretty decent rhythm guitarist.

Jamiroquai's current bassist,Paul Turner,is very good too.

Wild Cherry is rock band with a funk hit song

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SoulAlive said:

csharp57 said:

SoulAlive said:

Stuart Zender,who left the band in 1998.

No. Not the bassist. Rob Harris the rhythm guitarist.

Oh yeah

Tom McDermott from the Stone City Band. He could rock and funk real well on the axe. Mighty Mo Moses from Mother's Finest.. He was a bad dude too. The guitarist from the 90's band Dag and

Ron Bykowski (Funkadelic 72-74) could throw down too.

Blame the music industry execs for the reason there are no popular white funk guitarists. They're

the same reason why you never see any famous African American rock or metal bands (besides

the usuals..and we all know who they are).

These are the same execs as kids in the 70's who considered R&B groups like Parliament, EW&F,

Ohio Players and Prince..(yes Prince) "disco music" and stayed (and strayed) far away from it.

But yet, the biggest disco band of that era was The Bee Gees..(who I love by the way). OK let me get off my soapbox...

If you search online, there are a lot of unknown white funk guitarists out there tearing it up.

..oh yes I forgot..Craig Ross from Lenny's band. He's great and runs over Lenny in the guitar dept...(and let me say for the record that I like Lenny before I get rocks thrown at me).

Are you kidding me? What about the late, great Jaco Pastorius? Wouldn't you consider him a great bass guitar player? That group "Weather Report" was the Jam back in the late 70s.

Teentown and Birdland, two of my favorites.

Teentown was the joint.

Birdland

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Steve Cropper.

Funkiest White Man in America.

If we're including bass players in this, how can we not mention Flea? (RHCP)

Not just a white funk player but one of the best funk players of all time!

Motown's Funk Brothers, musicians

Dennis Coffey

Bobby Babbitt / Bass

Justin Timberlake??

LMAO. Sorry, I couldn't resist....

I'm not sure if there are too many "famous" funk guitarists in any case.

There's definitely plenty of good white guitarists who can play good funk riffs when needed. There have been many of those that have played in unsigned bands or those that got their records released only locally. Most of the guys in European bands that play some sort of funk are white anyway.

I'm pretty sure Wendy turned into a funk guitar player whenever Prince cued "chicken grease"!

Dave 1 of Chromeo. As part of a two-man band, I'm sure he has to hold his own on the guitar.

MattyJam said:

Justin Timberlake??

LMAO. Sorry, I couldn't resist....

Chromeo's not been that heavy on the guitar though. There was more of it on the new album, but it had the type of a 80s vibe to it that I think is a bit different from funk.

novabrkr said:

Chromeo's not been that heavy on the guitar though. There was more of it on the new album, but it had the type of a 80s vibe to it that I think is a bit different from funk.

No, it fits the category. Ask a redneck.

There were some pretty good white rock/soul musicians (groups) of the 70s: Three Dog Night for one, was a group with a lot of soul that had a crossover audience.

Eli's Coming

Mama told me not to come

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Okay, I know this thread is about white, funk guitar players, but I couln't resist adding somevids of some classic white groups/musicians of the 70s. I believe Prince even played a cover of "Get Ready" at one of his musicology shows if I'm not mistaken. This thread makes me want to go on a 70s music kick right now.

RARE EARTH - Get Ready

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Cinnie said:

novabrkr said:

Chromeo's not been that heavy on the guitar though. There was more of it on the new album, but it had the type of a 80s vibe to it that I think is a bit different from funk.

No, it fits the category. Ask a redneck.

The Beatles................they invented everything about music.

Graycap23 said:

The Beatles................they invented everything about music.

novabrkr said:

Cinnie said:

No, it fits the category. Ask a redneck.

well what the fuck else you want to box it as? he's a white funk guitar player!

Cinnie said:

Graycap23 said:

The Beatles................they invented everything about music.

Exactly my thoughts..........