"Pass the Peas" is a 1972
funk instrumental
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by
The J.B.'s. Released as a
single on
People Records, it charted #29 R&B and #95 Pop. It was included on the 1972 album ''Food for Thought''.
Personnel
Credits per liner notes by
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*Jerone "Jasaan" Sanford – trumpet
*Russell Crimes – trumpet
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Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley (born July 4, 1943) is an American trombonist who worked with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s and Parliament-Funkadelic in the second half of the 1970s.
Biography
Wesley was born the son of a high school teacher and big band lead ...
– trombone
*Jimmy Parker – alto saxophone
*
St. Clair Pinckney – tenor saxophone
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James Brown – organ
*Robert Coleman – guitar
*Hearlon "Cheese" Martin – guitar
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Fred Thomas – bass
*
John "Jabo" Starks – drums
*Bobby Roach – spoken introduction
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Bobby Byrd
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– spoken introduction
*The entire band – vocals
References
The J.B.'s songs
Songs written by James Brown
1970s instrumentals
1972 singles
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