I see a lot of negative threads about Larry Graham.

I still have to say that he was the inventor of the slap-bass. One of the pioneers of modern funk as we know it today. He was religious all long the way, so I wasn't surprised him and Prince would hook up one day. Knowing that GCS was one of Princes favorite groups.

I guess he gets the 'blame' for Prince to go Jehova and I think that is really disrespectful. It was Princes own choice to become a Jehova and it's still a personal matter. I think no one should judge another on what he believes...

As a musician: I think he is still a great man, a funk legend. I want to praise him in this thread for the funky stuff he brought us...
I think he should get more credit by the Prince-fams.

F U N K Y B A S S !

Stop.

The key word in your sentence is "was".

Larry Graham hasn't been funky since he got sober and that's the TRUTH.


Deal with it.

newdawn said:

I think that is an army of thousands that will make up their own minds about who gets credit for what.

Since the thread was posted twice (Darryl), and the other one got locked, this is what I have to say on the subject:

LoevsexyIsThe1 said:

Ok. I dunno much about bass playing and bass slappin and Larry Graham in general, but i do agree that he is an easy target.

I mean, if you read these threads, then:
- it is Mayte's fault that his career went down the toilet in the 90's
- it is Mani's fault that Prince and Mayte broke up
- it is Larry's fault that Prince is a Jehova's witness

And the Purple Man himself never does anything wrong, right?, he is only influenced by all those wicked people in his life ?? Let's face it, the guy is responsible for his own actions, and all the religious crap that he is spewing out of his mouth lately is not Larry Graham's fault, nor Mani's fault, that's just Prince.

I've always loved Larry's music and still do. There's no question that he is a very talented and funky man. That has nothing to do with him being manipulative when Prince was in a vulnerable state after the death of his child.

I try be respectful of anyone's religion and not try to down anyone else's religion or impose my beliefs on them either but I deserve the same respect. I'm sorry to say but Jehovah's Witnesses are some of the most judgemental people on this earth. They think they are right and the rest of the world is wrong. They have absolutely no respect for anyone else's religion. If they did, they wouldn't go door to door trying to preach theirs. We have legs, we can walk, drive, catch a bus or however else we choose to get to a Jehovah's Witness church if we want to join. They don't have to come to us, if we want it, we will come to them.

Yes, I can believe Larry manipulated Prince, look at the rest of the Jehovah's Witnesses going door to door trying to manipulate us.