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PLAY THAT FUNKY BASS! Ugh! This shit is too funky! Give it up for Buddy Hankerson!
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moderatorNothing says funk like short shorts, knee-high socks, and Jheri Curl juice dripping! JERKIN' EVERYTHING IN SIGHT!!!!! | |
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^ Tight & rare footage from his era with Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame ^ Great that it turned up online.
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I remember him playing with Aurra , too!
As the late Mark Adams was the main bassman for Slave, Steve Washington was a solid thumper too, which became more prominent with Aurra, although other Aurra-bassplayers such as Buddy and Raymond Jackson (Mtume) kept it in the pocket too. Buddy recorded again with Aurra around 1985 :
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On an interesting sidenote....
Apparently, in 1986/87, Steve Washington released another "Aurra" album while he & Curt wrangled over the use of the name "Aurra". They called themselves "Slave Aurra Crew" & there was supposedly a 4 song EP released on his independent label (I have only ever found this 12"..which is worth tracking down)
[img:$uid]http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-1523814-1231900673.jpeg[/img:$uid] Funk Is It's Own Reward | |
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I searched years for it and eventually found it. A buddy who sells records, hinted me one day only with : "...I know a collector who has a collabo-single which you wouldn't believe that it excisted..." ( ...lol )
Once i knew that it was about the Slave Aurra Crew, i started exploring like mad and gathered this info :
"...Steve says that even before -and during- the recording of "Live and Let Live", he had felt that there was "nothing more he could do for Aurra" and consequently offered Curt and Star to buy the Aurra trademark, which belonged to him. They seemed interested, but never paid, so Steve went ahead and used the name. "There is also an Aurra double LP, 'Satisfaction', recorded in 1983 on Qwest Records with 'Pablo' Davis, manager of the Deele/LA Reid and Midnight Star", Steve continued in his E-mail. "This project consisted of Sheila Horne (Former Bride of Funkenstein and Steve's ex-wife) replacing Starleana and Chaka Khan's brother Mark Stevens replacing Curtis Jones, with long time friend and Aurra touring guitarist A.C. Drummer. As far as I know it was never released, thanks to Curt and Star. When they found out I was recording Aurra for Qwest, they wrote Qwest, claiming that they had the copyright, but all they had was a application that was abandoned. So a little time later I presented my trademark and again, they had their chance to pay me, but they refused. So I had them change the name." After a solo-album, "Like A Shot", and an extremely hard-hitting Funk album with his wife Sheila and various musicians as Civil Attack, Steve too departed from Salsoul. "Why? Ken Cayre sold the whole Salsoul catalog to RCA for $100.000.000.00. Ken and his brothers were starting a new gold mine, Good Times Home Videos." Steve was also able to answer a question many visitors to these Salsoul Pages has asked. Did the label really go belly-up? "By no means did Salsoul go under. They are worth 1.2 billion dollars by Forbes..."
"...Meanwhile, Steve Washington got knee-deep in P-Funk. In the mid-eighties, Steve played various instruments, wrote and produced for George Clinton, starting with "Pleasures of Exhaustion (Do It Till I Drop)", an album track from Clinton's "Some Of My Best Jokes Are Friends" ('85). The collaboration continued with "Hey Good Lookin'" and "Do Fries Go With That Shake", incidentally the only two singles to be lifted from "R&B Skeletons In The Closet" ('86). Steve also wrote, produced and played with Jimmy G. and the Tackheads. Sometime around 1986/87, Steve struck a deal with Armen Boladien, owner of the legendary Westbound Records and the man who signed Funkadelic and Ohio Players, to put out a four song EP with the Slave/Aurra Crew. "It was released on a jointly owned label by Armen and myself, via Armen's Nine record labelnetwork," Steve wrote. "This project was released by Armen, in conjunction with me and my ex-wife Sheila Horne and various P-Funk All Stars members. Performing on the tracks were 'Blackbyrd' McKnight, Lige and Patty Curry and David Spradley. The Slave/Aurra Crew sounded like the Aurra album 'A Little Love', with a few Slave influences. It was never truly promoted..."
Another unreleased project is called "Steve Washington's Angel" or "Positive Funk", which were both recorded during the same time. There exists a demo tape that contains more than a complete album with P-Funk all over the place. Recording years are unclear to me though. [Edited 4/1/11 1:34am] | |
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^^Yeah....always wanted that Steve Washington demo thang. loved his solo record. Funk Is It's Own Reward | |
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That was nasty! | |
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never found that EP....