syl johnson, etta james, and ELO. elo had like 12 people and were awesome.

i love stevie.he's so awesome.dayum!!!

if you like james brown and the meters then check out these guys
http://www.cosmicsweatsociety.com
when in New Orleans Jeff Watkins from James Brown's band sits in on alto sax, along with Willie Green whom is currently touring with the Neville Brothers...the 4 piece is smokin, it's got the old school funk sound mix todays jam theories..
and oh my, how can a thread like this exsist without someone mentioning the Dirty Dozen Brass Band somewhere, they've been around for a long time in NOLA...
for more recent new orleans style funky stuff check out galactic, big sam's funky nation, papa grows funk, and P.B.S(porter, baptiste, and stoltz)
and for bass lines, VICTOR WOOTEN...funkiest man alive on the bass today

kulwata
 

All those cats are Real Tight but ya got a check this boy Kulwata out at "www.kulwata.com: this boy got that new stuff called SOULFUL RAP BLUES check it out and hit me back.

those guys are pretty cool but checkout this boy Kulwata at http://www.kulwata.com and tell me what ya thank

i love Sly and the Family Stone and the Miles Davis fusion stuff. Zappa did some great fusion on the Waka/Jawaka Grand Wazoo albums too.

also, an organist called Larry Young did some great funk/fusion

my favourite fusion/funk unit though, is a local (Australia) band called "Goose" there albums might be hard to get elsewhere but they are seriously high powered funk

[QUOTE=Dr. Luncheon Man]I'm talking Parliament, Ohio players, Bob James, Joe Tex, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Fatback Band, Earth wind and Fire, Stevie Wonder, Marvin ***e, Willie Bobo, Betty Davis, The Supremes, Roger Troutman and Zapp, Cymande, the meters etc.......

Anyone?[/QUOTE}

Ahhhhh!!! You drove me crazy with that line-up. I love Funk/Soul--damn, it's just so good-- add in some Issac Hayes, ConFunksion (sp?) and we got a party

I'm ahuge fan of Funkadelic and Jaco Pastoris, not to mention Parlaiment, The Meters, James Brown, Sam and Dave, too much Disco, and just a lover of funk. Bass player myself. Funk's just where it's at.

Sam and Dave--those are the guys that sang "Soul Man" right?

Anyone heard O.V. Wright before? His song "You're Gonna Make Me Cry" is one of the greatest soul songs you will ever hear. period.