Sunday, January 13, 2013

THIS BLOG IS 4 YEARS OLD and JOE TEX

This Blog is 4 Years Old this Week! 

Time has Flown by, this is Actually my 394th Post and Still going Strong, How Long for....................... "Who Knows" but I Suppose One Day I will get Tired of Posting about My Life and Great Soul/Funk Music, but not Just Yet!


Here are some Facts and Figures about this Blog:

I still get about 120 Visits Per Day on Average, with about 400 Page Views Per Day.

I get Approx just under 4,000 Visitors Per Month, with about 14,000 Page Views, from them!

In the Last 12 Months, I have had 43,915 Visitors with 70,946  Page Views!

The Most Visitor's come from the USA, with Twice as Much than any other Country, Followed by the UK then France and Germany!

Since I Started Monitoring this Blog, I have now had Just Under 3/4 Million Page Views!  

So all things considered, I am Very Happy with How the Blog is going after 4 Years!

I Don't Very Often ask other Blogs to Link Nowadays, this is Mainly because after a While, When I have gone through Blogs, who I Advertise, they have Gotten Rid of my Blog Link on their List, which is Very Annoying! 

I do now and Again, Check other Blogs "to see if my link is still on their Blog" if it isn't, I get Rid of theirs, Instantly!

From my Experience their are Lot Of People, who let you advertise them, but will Soon get Rid of Your Link!

That Reminds me, I Must Check Other Blogs Soon, for My Link!

Anyway If you are Reading this Post, Thanks for Dropping By and Please do so Again in the Near Future!

As for Posts coming in the Future, My Life is now up to 1988, which is about 5 Years away from the Biggest thing that has happened to me in my Lifetime, I still have about 5 Funk Bass Players to Post about, then I was Thinking about Posting about Soul/Funk Bands and Some of their Great Music they have Produced, Bands I was thinking about, were for Instance: Change, Sos Band, Cameo, Skyy, Brass Construction, Mass Production, Bar-kays, Mtume and Zapp!

Anyway that is in the Future, this is the Present, and Once again Thanks for Visiting this Blog!

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Now for some Music, Released in the UK back in 1977, a Great Single by Joe Tex, called "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (with no big fat woman)" this was not the Usual Joe Tex Music, but Disco!

This was a Great Track, I Remember it was always Played on the Radio and TV, Joe Tex Appeared on "Soul Train" to Promote the Song, its a Great Recording, Especially "When the Fat Woman Comes onto the Stage" would this be a Title of a Record Today, I Doubt It!

I have included the Track Twice, the Second Video is Twice as Long, see more of the "Fat Woman"! 

The Track was Taken for his Album "Bumps & Bruises" on the Epic Record Label and Written Joe Tex and Buddy Killen, although Tex went by the Name of "Bennie Lee McGinty" this was his Aunt's Name and it was for Tax Reason's!

The Track Reached Number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Number 7 on the US R&B Chart, it was also his only Hit in the UK, Reaching Number 2 on the Pop Chart!

This Turned out to be his Last Ever Hit Record , as he Died in 1982 from an Heart Attack, he was 47 Years of Age.




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Thursday, January 10, 2013

THE 174th MIX FOR F.S.V.B


Here's the 174th Mix Selection for F.S.V.B, it Called "Finally Got Myself Together!" and contains Various Soul Artists and Bands from the 60's & 70's, Its been Mixed by HeavySoulBrutha , and it Features some Great Tracks by amongst others: The Spinners, Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Average White Band, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Earth Wind & Fire, Rufus and The Impressions amongst others!

For a Full Track Listing and Download from HeavySoulBruthas Site 
Go Here!




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Sunday, January 6, 2013

WHO'S THE GREATEST FUNK BASS PLAYER # 5 STANLEY CLARKE


In this Series of Posts, I will Writing about the Artist's who are in My "Who's the Greatest Funk Bass Player" Poll. 

The Poll is over to the Right of the Blog, it has been Running for a Few Week's, so if You haven't already Voted, Please do so!

In these Post's, I will write a few Facts, Figures, Stats and Interesting Stuff on the Artist in Question, I will also include a Playlist of their Greatest Songs.

I will Write a Post on Each Artist, One Every Other Week! 

ARTIST NUMBER 5..............STANLEY CLARKE 

Stanley Clarke was Born on 30th June 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA.

He First Played the Bass as a Schoolboy, when in his Music Class, the Bass was the only Instrument left to Play! 

He later Graduated from the Philadelphia Musical Academy.

During 1971, he was to Move to New York City, and began Working with Various Musicians and Bandleaders including: Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Pharoah Sanders, Joe Henderson, Dexter Gordon, Gato Barbieri, Chick Corea, Stan Getz and Gil Evans.
Around 1972 he Joined the "Jazz Fusion Band" Return to Forever, which was Lead by Pianist and Synth Player "Chick Corea" they Released their Self-Titled Debut Album that Year.

The following Year of 1973, Stanley Clarke Released his Debut Album, on Polydor Records, Named "Children of Forever"


He so far as Released 20 Solo Albums, and 7 Albums with "Return to Forever" he has featured on Albums as a Co-Leader, Sideman or a Band Member with Several Different Artists, See Full List Below, He has also Produced for Several Artists, Stanley Clarke has also had his Music Featured in Movies, Tv Movies and TV.

He has also Collaborated with some of the Biggest Artists of all Time, including George Duke, Jeff Beck, Al Di Meola, Lenny White, Ron Wood, Howard Hewett, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten, Billy Cobham, Larry Carlton, etc.

Please go Here for Details on his Production Work and Movie Scores etc etc, as there are too many to List on here! 

Stanley Clarke has Won Many Awards for his Bass Playing, including: Grammy's, Emmy's, Readers, Critics and Magazines Polls!

Stanley Clarke Discography:

Solo albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations


with Return to Forever
Studio albums


Live albums

Compilations
As a co-leader/band member

[edit]As a producer




Wednesday, January 2, 2013

THE 173rd MIX FOR F.S.V.B

Here's the 173rd Mix Selection for F.S.V.B, it Called "Funky Ghetto Getdown!" and contains Various Soul Artists and Bands from the 60's & 70's, Its been Mixed by HeavySoulBrutha , and it Features some Great Tracks by amongst others: The Dramatics, Curtis Mayfield, Bill Withers, Roy Ayers, Gil Scott-Heron, Marvin Gaye, The Jackson Sisters and William DeVaughan amongst others!

For a Full Track Listing and Download from HeavySoulBruthas Site 
Go Here!





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