Funk
- ISBN-10
- 0879306297
- ISBN-13
- 9780879306298
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 370
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation
- Author
- Dave Thompson
Description
Celebrates funk music using biographies of such musicians as James Brown and George Clinton, and provides descriptions of the genre, historical perspectives, and the story behind the "death of funk" following the introduction of disco.
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