# Good funk bands that are still around **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 27, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-funk-bands-that-are-still-around/587037 "2011-06-27T16:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-funk-bands-that-are-still-around/587037/21 "2011-06-29T06:32:45Z")
Don’t know why I thought of this just now, but a great Supergroup, called “Stuff,” had some grooving tunes. It helps if you dig keys, because Richard Tee is all over them tracks. I have “Do You Want Some of This” in my book and play it not infrequently, if I do a cover show or just wake up the old people at a party. And where’s the love for Herbie? If Richard Tee has gone, Herbie’s still “doing it” (to quote the title of a tune he did). He’s got some hip people in his new version of the Headhunters – I’m crazy about his drummer, her name I can’t remember, but she’s happening. Old school, got to love Mike Clark and Mr. Jackson, though – that’s where the funk _came_ from, man! Patrice Rushen, “Haw Right Now” pretty much vibes of Herbie on Rhodes piano. “Desatively Bonnaroo” (sp) was one of my first Mac albums – love those arrangements. That’s some stone funk on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-funk-bands-that-are-still-around/587037/22 "2011-06-29T06:40:59Z")
Did I hear right, THREE hours of Bootsy and his little Rubber Band? That would kill a regular damned man. I love the funk, but I can’t even handle a single hour of Bernie without getting funked extreme with the sonic modulations. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-funk-bands-that-are-still-around/587037/23 "2011-06-29T06:54:46Z")
> [@Orseolo](#): > > “Klezmer”? Like, Chassids with clarinets and whatnot? With funk and hip hop? This would be worth it for the curiosity value alone. At first, I was slightly disappointed that they are four DJs and not one plays an instrument on stage, but the disappointment evaporated. That shit is infectious. I’ve been lucky to see them twice. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-funk-bands-that-are-still-around/587037/24 "2011-06-29T19:29:54Z")
Tower Of Power They define themselves as more of a soul band, but they’re funky as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-funk-bands-that-are-still-around/587037/25 "2011-06-30T00:01:16Z")
Saw Tower of Power in concert within the past yr, and they _still_ kick serious butt… ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-funk-bands-that-are-still-around/587037/26 "2011-06-30T13:59:52Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > Saw Tower of Power in concert within the past yr, and they _still_ kick serious butt… I’m going to say that this was the best recommendation in this thread. I love classic ToP. There’s so much more to love now. [Thank you!!!](http://www.towerofpower.com/) Hit play to be blown away. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-funk-bands-that-are-still-around/587037.md?page=1)