''Live'' (also titled as ''Straight Up Funk Go Go Style'') is a
live album recorded and released in 1981 by the
Washington, D.C.
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go-go
Go-go is a subgenre of funk music with an emphasis on specific rhythmic patterns, and live audience call and response.
Go-go was originated by African-American musicians in the Washington, D.C. area during the mid-60s to late-70s. Go-go has l ...
band
Trouble Funk
Trouble Funk is an American R&B and funk band from Washington, D.C. The group helped to popularize funk and the subgenre go-go in the Washington metropolitan area. Among the band's well-known songs are the go-go anthem "Hey, Fellas". They re ...
.
This was the group's debut album, and consist of four approximately 15-minute jam sessions.
The album was
remastered and
reissued in 1996.
Track listing
#"Part A" – 14:02
#"Part B" – 13:42
#"Part C" – 14:56
#"Part D" – 15:14
Personnel
* Chester "T-Bone" Davis –
electric guitar
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* Tony Fisher –
lead vocals,
bass guitar
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...
* Emmett Nixon – drums
* James Avery – keyboards
* Robert Reed – keyboards
* Mack Carey –
percussions
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,
congas
* Timothy David – percussions, congas
* David Rudd –
saxophone
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* Gerald Reed –
trombone
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* Taylor Reed – trombone,
trumpet
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References
External links
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''Live''at
Discogs.com
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1981 debut albums
1981 live albums
Trouble Funk albums