1. Sly and The Family Stone

2. Earth, Wind and Fire

3. The Isley Brothers

4. Maze featuring Frankie Beverly

5. Parliament/Funkadelic

6. Kool and The Gang

7. The Ohio Players

8. Con Funk Shun

9. The Bar-Kays

10. rufus featuring chaka khan

Is it in that order? Did I miss anybody?

fred12 said:

Why list them? According to Micky Dolenz the funk soul bands don't matter

unless they crossover. They were never big sellers.

The JB's? The Funk Brothers? The Crusaders? Graham Central Station? The Commodores? The Stone City Band?

CANUHELPME said:

The JB's? The Funk Brothers? The Crusaders? Graham Central Station? The Commodores? The Stone City Band?

Interesting. I would never call The Commodores a funk band. Crusaders either. Maze either.

I'd probably add Mandrill to the list.

I would replace Maze with Graham Central Station and lets not forget Average White Band or Brothers Johnson and Isley Brothers as well as Cameo!!!!!!!!!!!

madhattter said:

I would replace Maze with Graham Central Station and lets not forget Average White Band or Brothers Johnson and Isley Brothers as well as Cameo!!!!!!!!!!!

R&B, Funk and Soul? That's a little bit of everything ain;t it?

You're missing Charles Wright and Cameo.

Graham Central Station with all due respect to Larry Graham were

good but after the Now Do U Wanta Dance album they got corny.

My list of best funk soul bands are

Barkays

Confunkshun

Cameo

Slave

Ohio Players

Parliament

James Brown and the JB's

Gap Band

Earth Wind & Fire

Brass Construction

Isley Brothers

phunkdaddy said:

Graham Central Station with all due respect to Larry Graham were

good but after the Now Do U Wanta Dance album they got corny.

My list of best funk soul bands are

Barkays

Confunkshun

Cameo

Slave

Ohio Players

Parliament

James Brown and the JB's

Gap Band

Earth Wind & Fire

Brass Construction

Isley Brothers

I agree, but prior to that the were easily among the top 5.

Prince (NPG/Revolution)

P-Funk

Bootsy

Ohio Players

Mint Condition

Isley Brothers

Dazz Band

EW&F

James Brown

Slave

Gap Band

Bernard Wright

The Time

Sly Stone

Rick James

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phunkdaddy said:

Why list them? According to Micky Dolenz the funk soul bands don't matter

unless they crossover. They were never big sellers.

Who is Micky?

MANDRILL

Stymie said:

CANUHELPME said:

The JB's? The Funk Brothers? The Crusaders? Graham Central Station? The Commodores? The Stone City Band?

I'd probably add Mandrill to the list.

You ain't lyin'!

I'd put The Time on the list as well.

OzlemUcucu said:

phunkdaddy said:

Why list them? According to Micky Dolenz the funk soul bands don't matter

unless they crossover. They were never big sellers.

Who is Micky?

See thread in this forum Lionel Richie finally hits a million in sales.

OzlemUcucu said:

Rick James

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I knew i missed someone.

phunkdaddy said:

OzlemUcucu said:

Rick James

[Edited 9/8/12 3:03am]

I knew i missed someone.

Tom Browne? Funkin for Jamaica....and so many more...I find this list so lame, sorry to say..

617automatic said:

I would drop con funk shun and replace them with Slave. Other than that, I like your list.

I totally forgot about Slave, its hard to do these lists..

Stymie said:

madhattter said:

I would replace Maze with Graham Central Station and lets not forget Average White Band or Brothers Johnson and Isley Brothers as well as Cameo!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh yeah GCS, i dont understand how I could forget "The Jam", "Can You Handle It", "Release Yourself",