... Ohio seems to be the breeding grounds for great funk. I mean look at all these funk acts that came from Ohio

The Ohio Players
Bootsy Collins
Zapp
Dazz Band
Lakeside
Sun

Yo, O-H-I-O. Dig it

FOPP!



O - - O

100MPH said:

Ya know, Sugar has like the coolest hairdo ever
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FuNkeNsteiN said:

Nothing else 2 do in OHIO besides being stanky.....

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Ya , even his chair behind him iz adapted 2-hiz-doo .
"who'd she coo?"

Heatwave's Keith & Johhny (RIP) Wilder were from Ohio.

wikipedia link

PhilG said:

The band was formed in Germany though

100MPH said:

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Ndeed!! I was just about to say where's Slave,



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paligap said:

Not formed in Ohio

I actually was about to include Slave, but I figured I'd only mention bands formed in Ohio (or in the case of Bootsy, born in Ohio. Though The JBs were partially formed in Ohio). Anyway... you're right. I should've included Slave in my initial post. One of my favorite bands
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I'm not sure but I think One Way is also from Ohio. What about Midnight Star, does anyone know where they are from?

Anyway, yeah, there has been some great funk from Ohio. Every time I hear some of those groups I think of that cool ass Venus Flyetrap from WKRP in Cincinnati.

They were a great side project of Roger Troutman's.

You can do your thing
Anything you choose
Leave, leave, leave my thing alone

vainandy said:

Formed 1979 in Detroit, Michigan .

vainandy said:

Formed in 1976 at Kentucky State University .

vainandy said:

Found some more groups in the Dayton-area


Arogance









Dayton





Faze-O





Flash ( featuring Vesta Williams )




Lyffe






Platypus ( 1978 & 1980 )
They reformed around 1983 as Jakky Boy & The Bad Bunch







Rare Pleasure






Record Player
( including Keith Nash , who became SLAVE's drumer in the mid-80's






Satori





A cool 80's live-snap of Arogance & Record Player

FuNkeNsteiN said:

I also notice that Ohio's funk is the most fun.


EDIT: BTW, were some members of The Deele from Ohio? It wasn't Babyface because he's from Indiana.
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vainandy said:

HEOWYEH! the snap above is from that particular album .
The extended mix of that track has been issued on 1 of Rhino Phat Jams cd's .

Another Troutman-group : The Human Body
It featured the late & formly P-Funker "Sting"-Ray Davis on low bass-vocals , keyboardist Billy Beck from the Ohio Players and Larry Hatcher .
Billy left after their 1rst album and was replaced by Dale Degroat for their 2nd album called Cosmic Roundup .







5 years before the Human Body , Billy formed with 2 other Ohio Players the group Shadow .

Billy Beck (grand piano, fender rhodes)

Clarence 'Chet' Willis (lead guitar and bass)

and James 'Diamond' Williams

Shadow were three ex members of the Ohio Players.

Signed to Elektra Records, they recorded three albums between 1979 and 1981.

To embellish their studio sound, the group enlisted the help of various session musicians including Fred Wesley and Azar Lawrence.



Their first LP 'Love Lite' was released on Elektra Records in 1979 and featured songs composed by Williams, Beck, and Willis.

The three shared productions credit with Don Mizell.

Elektra marketed two singles from the LP, 'I Need Love' which charted at number 77, and 'No Better Love' which soared five slots better at number 72.



The following two Elektra albums featured Leon Ware on production and songwriting collaborations.

Popular on the UK radio stations was the, Michael McDonald sounding, 'Village Destiny'.

A single release 'Mystery Dancer,' did reach a higher chart position than their two previous singles, peaking at number 68.


A final Elektra album appearred in 1981.

'Shadow In The Streets' did not receive the critical acclaim that the group were hoping for, although the set did conatin the excellent, Leon Ware influenced 'Piece A Cake' and 'Clouds'.

Shadow seemed to play on their group name, literally hiding in the shadows and being secretive, on their 1980 set, as to whom actually performed on the album.

Williams and Willis eventually gravitated back to a reconstituted Ohio Players.

Beck pursued a solo career.

Source : http://www.soulwalking.co...hadow.html
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TonyVanDam said:

http://www.answers.com/topic/the-deele

Sharp call!
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100MPH

Yawl here R cool , adding info 'n stuff

100MPH said:

What's Sugarfoot up to these days? OWWWWW!!!!

100MPH said:

Okay, does anyone else think that Sugarfoot kinda looks like Sly Stone in that pic?

ThePunisher said:

I remember reading he had a stroke last year.
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Don't forget Switch...Bitch!

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Yes they were, Steve Washington originally formed the group in Dayton, Ohio...

It's way too FUNKY in here!!! Great thread FuNkeNsteiN .

paligap said:

psychodelicide said:

Sly Stone my ass! He looks like Wilson Pickett's twin cousin with a wig.

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100MPH said:

Damn, I wasn't even close. I heard one of the guys from One Way doing a radio interview. He was talking about all the rival bands in his area growing up that later got recording contracts just like his group. I guess I just assumed Ohio because a lot of funk came out of Ohio.

AlexdeParis said:

Wilson Pickett:




Sugarfoot:



I guess there is a slight resemblence there.
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