'Funky Good Time' Fish Fry to celebrate James Brown's legacy Oct 22, 2009
Standing in the shadows of members from the original 1970's JB's -- trombonist Fred Wesley, vocalist organist Bobby Byrd, guitarist Jimmie Nolan, drummer John "Jabo" Starks, percussionist Johnny Griggs, and sax men Sinclair Pinckney, Alfred Pee Wee Ellis and Maceo Parker -- are the 2009 JB's George "Spike" Nealy, S.C. State's Marching 101 assistant band director, on percussion; Sheila Wheat on vocals; Keith Jenkins on guitar; Jeff Watkins on the saxes; Joe Collier on trumpet; Robert "Mousey"... (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
A Captivating Songwriter's Manual Now Released -- New Book is An Instructive Guide That Looks Into the Art of Songwriting Oct 8, 2009
He has traveled worldwide as support musician for artists such as The Stylistics, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, The Tymes, Bunny Siegler, Dexter Wansel, Jean Carn, Eddie Holman, Maceo Parker, McFadden & Whitehead, the Delphonics, the Intruders, and countless others. Today, Gay has evolved into a virtual 'one-man-band', using his amazing guitar synthesizer that emulates over one thousand different instruments and sounds. (Primezone Releases)
Club Helsinki will close (12) Aug 21, 2009
Today's Weather Hudson, NY. Today's Front Page Online Poll. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Sax to the max Mar 20, 2009
Maceo Parker, the sax master who's known for backing George Clinton and James Brown, has a show at Harpers Ferry in Allston tonight. Expect funk. (Boston Globe)
5Top: Lets rock! Best backing bands Feb 7, 2009
But with Jabo Starks on drums (augmented at times by the funky drummer himself, Clyde Stubblefield), Maceo Parker on saxophone and, for a time, future P-Funkateer Bootsy Collins on bass, the J.B.s were the tightest (and possibly most terrified) band in the world, carrying out the orders of a ruthless disciplinarian and being rewarded by acting as the machine with which he invented a brand-new genre: funk. The Attractions (Elvis Costello). (MSNBC -- Music)
