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Otis Funkmeyer

Baby, you hit the spot

About Me


The Otis Funkmeyer Band Featuring Leslie Rochelle is a nine-piece deep funk ensemble from New York City. Otis’s sound is heavily influenced by the funk and raw soul from the sixties and seventies, and seeks to retain the qualities found in that music: the visceral emotion of the vocalists, the dance-ability and musicianship of the grooves, and the raw, live feel of the engineering. Rather than simply copying the artists they emulate, Otis Funkmeyer pushes the boundaries of the genre with original compositions that are personal and unique. Through soul-bearing lyrical expression and experimentation in sound, The Otis Funkmeyer Band picks up right where vintage raw funk left off.
For booking, contact Steve at [email protected]
The Otis Funkmeyer Band is very excited to announce the release of our first single, "Why Are You Refusing My Love" b/w "You Hit The Spot Baby" on All City Recordings!"Why Are You Refusing My Love" is an anthem of bitter heartbreak that everyone can relate to, and dance to!The B side, "You Hit The Spot baby," is a funk burner dedicated to a lover that comes along and blows your mind, a cover of the lost classic by Gloria Walker and the Chevelles.
"...This nine-piece deep funk ensemble from New York City tears it up and will be in the front of our funk 7" box for a good long while." -Fat City
Our new 7" is available here and here.

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Member Since: 10/17/2005
Band Members: Leslie Rochelle - Lead Vocals
Steven Hoffman - Guitar
Tony Salva - Saxophones
Mike Kobrin - Trumpet
Adam Shlahet - Trumpet
Marc LaGana - Bass
Paul Falcone - Drums
Tony Morrone - Percussion
Juan Carlos Stolberg - Keys
Marius Dicpetris - Trombone

Influences: Lyn Collins, Betty Wright, Betty Harris, Marva Whitney, Helene Smith, Linda Tillery, Gwen McRae, Pearl Dowell, Gloria Walker, Sylvanus, James Brown, Eddie Bo, Inell Young, Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd St. Rhthym Band, Don "Soul Train" Cambell, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, The Poets of Rhythm, Fela Kuti, The Organization, Badder Than Evil, Ceazar Frasier, Clarence Wheeler and the Enforcers, Kool & the Gang, The Mohawks, Cymande, Oneness of Juju, Manu Dibango, Peter King, Antibalas, Matata, Mulatu, Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones, Charles Kynard, Grant Green, Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy McGriff, Lou Donaldson, Melvin Sparks, Reuben Wilson, Eddie Fisher, Placebo, The Gaturs, Lyman Woodard Organization, Oliver Sain, Alice Clark, Gary Bartz, Ramsey Lewis, Sir Joe Quarterman, Black Heat, Little Royal and the Swingmasters, The Detroit Sex Machines, Roy Ayers, Eddie Harris, The Whitfield Brothers, African Music Machine, Betty Davis, Bobby Williams, Dyke and the Blazers, The Sylvers, The Fabulous Counts, The Invaders, The Meters, Mickey and the Soul Generation, The Nite-Liters, The Pazant Brothers, The Soul Searchers, Kon and Amir, Danny Rudder, Jeff Mao, Mr. Finewine, Dante Carfagna, Jimmy Jones, The Reggie Saddler Review, Hebrew Rogers, Timothy McNealy, The Young Disciples & Co., Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, Sly and The Family Stone, Marlena Shaw, MMW, Bill Withers, Bobby Hutcherson, Cedric (Im) Brooks, Funk Inc., Gil Scott-Heron, Soulman, Keb Darge, Frank Motley, King Herbert, Tina Turner, El Michels Affair, Ultrafunk, Herbie Hancock, The Headhunters, East of Underground, Julius Brockington, Walter Jenkins, Soulstrut.com, Warren Lee, Pamoja, Brothers Of The Ghetto, Alvin Cash, The Incomparable Seven, The Chicago Gangsters, The Ohio Players, Please, Magnum, etc...
Sounds Like: asses shaking
Record Label: All City Recordings
Type of Label: Indie