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Ohio Players, Leroy Sugarfoot Bonner
You've probably seen the funky intergalactic Intel Pentium commercials with "Love Rollercoaster" playing on the soundtrack. That's the Ohio Players. (The Red Hot Chili Peppers also covered the song for the Beavis & Butthead film sndtrk., which got a lot of MTV play.) The Ohio Players GOLD is always easy to find, if you want the choice hits on one CD.
Today it is six months since Gil passed away. Here is a newly edited video for I’ll Take Care Of You from his last studio album, I’m New Here. From The Observer : “Jamie Byng, publisher of Canongate Books, was a friend of Gil Scott-Heron for more than 20 years. During 2010 they recorded this interview in London where the rapper-poet talked about his life and work, interspersed with intimate performances of his music.
Gil Scott-Heron
photos courtesy of Ben Monroe Kool & The Gang found a special sound at the unique intersection of jazz, r&b, funk and pop. Their music has been created by the same core of players for over thirty years: Robert "Kool" Bell, his brother Khalis Bayyan, their longtime friends Dennis "DT" Thomas and George "Funky" Brown, and past members Robert "Spike" Mickens, the late Charles Smith, Ricky West, and Woody Sparrow.
Kool and the Gang
Soul-Funk
TED
Art films
From the basement
Johnny Cash
Van Morrison
David Bowie
Electric Light Orchestra
Johnny Cash