Funky Sole In Los Angeles Deep Funk 20Th Anniversary Tribute Mix

In light of the recent 20th Anniversary of the legendary 'Deep Funk' club sessions (FYI 27th January 1995 to 2015), I figured I'd play a set of records to celebrate some of the tunes played, from the first coupla DF nights.....which then morphed into playing some of the killer 'new music' that was played towards the end of the night's tenure. The crowd at Funky Sole in Los Angeles is excellent and varied, from older folk to breakdancers, to those that just wanna dance.....so a set that switched it up from King Midas to the likes of The Bamboos, Sharon Jones & Speedometer, worked out nicely. Mostly uptempo, and I think it was a decent snapshot of the early days of Deep Funk, to those latter day 'nu-funk' spins.

 

Funky Sole ‘Deep Funk’ tribute mix by DJ Greg Belson

 

Shelley Fisher ‘I’ll leave you girl’ (Kapp)

Eddie Bo & Inez Cheatham ‘Lover & a friend’ (Seven B)

Winfield Parker ‘Shake that thing’ (Arctic)

Bill Butter Ball’ Crane ‘Stepin’ tall pt. 2’ (Key)

King Midas and the Muflers ‘Tramp’ (Kanwic)

Quantic Soul Orchestra ‘Pushing on’ (Tru Thoughts)

Third Guitar ‘Baby don’t cry’ (Rojac)

Speedometer ‘Work it out’ (Freestyle)

M&S Band ‘Egg roll’ (Funk45)

Carleen & the Groovers ‘Can we rap’ (CJB)

The Sound Stylistics ‘The players theme’ (Bruton)

Mary Jane Hooper ‘I’ve got what you need’ (Power-Pac)

Billy Garner ‘Brand new girl’ (BGP)

The Golden Toadstools ‘Silly savage’ (Minaret)

Speedometer feat. The Speedettes ‘Wait up’ (Kennel Klub)

Joseph Henry ‘Who’s the king? (you know that’s me’ (Desco)

Naomi Davis & the Knights of Forty First Street ‘Forty first street breakdowne’ (Desco)

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings ‘What have you done for me lately?’ (Daptone)

Herb Johnson ‘Make you wanna holler’ (Timmion)

The Bamboo’s ‘Eel oil’ (Bamboo Shack)

The Soul Toranodoes ‘Hot pants breakdown’ (Magic City)

Leonard King & the Soul Messengers ‘The Barracuda’ (Inferno)

Brenda George ‘I can’t stand it (I can’t take no more)’ (Kent)