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RIP Joey Pegram - Heaven’s newest M.D.

FunkyG - The Man, The Myth, The Legend

About Me

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Musician born and raised in Huntsville, AL, seasoned overseas and in the Florida Panhandle - now transplanted to Hampton Roads area Virginia...Found this one day on the net - someone downloaded a track I had on MP3.com a long time ago - and embeded it into a Flash version of Dance Dance Revolution.Rhythm Games at FlashFlashRevolution.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/24/2005
Band Website: artistlaunch.com/funkyg
Band Members: Leroy Watkins Jr. AKA FunkyG - Guitars, Bass, Saxaphones, Drums, Keyboard (Workstations), Drum and Synthesizer sequence programming, Computer and Midi Programming, DAW, Producer, Engineer, Composer, ArrangerSpecial Guests - Rhymes, Keys, Whatever is needed on the track
Influences: Prince, George Clinton, J. Moss, Kirk Franklin, Kurt Carr, Byron Cage, Fred Hammond, Canton Jones, Tye Tribbett, Tonex, Take6, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Jesse Johnson, Tony Toni Tone', Raphael Saddiq, D'Angelo, Yolanda Adams, Nicole C Mullen, Mary Mary, Trin-i-tee 5:7, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Rick James, Brian McKnight, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Victor Wooten, Wayman Tisdale, Natalie Wilson & SOP Chorale, Chuckii Booker,James Mtume, Isaac Hayes, Barry White, Bernie Worrell, Stax Records, Motown Records, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Stone Temple Pilots, Robert Cray, Sade, Missy Elliot, TLC, Heather Headley, EN VOGUE, Teena Marie, Zadie Watkins, Sherman Barnes, Maktub, Ana Lovelis, Ainjel Emme, Natalie Brown, Arlington Attic, Gustav Bertha, Paul Laginess, Paul del Santos, Chris "YTOWNBASS" Rhodes, Mollo, Thomas Long, Rev. Andre P. Jefferson, Sr., Barbara Twine, Jamal Hartwell, Germaine Griggs, The Soulsonic Force, Salt-N-Pepa, Keith Sweat, Public Enemy, Teddy Riley,Dallas Austin, Foster/McElroy, Kenny "BabyFace" Edmunds, Dr. Dre, Mannie Fresh, Jazze Pha, Jermaine Dupri, Scott Storch, Bernadette Cooper, Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, The Roots, Cameo, Nile Rogers, Vincent & Reginald Calloway, David Sanborn, Marcus Miller, Larry Carlton, Jesse Johnson, The Revolution, Stevie Salas, Vernon Reid, Nuno Bettencourt, The Neptunes, The Bomb Squad, Swizz Beats, NWA, Micheal Jackson, The Jacksons, Nirvana, Kanye West, Marley Marl, Herbie Azor, Full Force, The Time, Living Colour, Guy, Pearl Jam, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Smokey Robinson, Rick James, Charlie Sexton, Charlie Singleton, Chuckie Booker, B.B. King, Earth, Wind & Fire, The S.O.S. Band,Mint Condition, Loose Ends,Klymaxx, Midnight Starr, Atlantic Starr, The Cure, The Beatles, The O'Jays, Lakeside, ConFunkShun, LeVert, Whodini, UTFO, The Fat Boys, The LA Dream Team, Lakeside, Jody Whatley, Andre Cymone, Madonna, Shalimar, and more...
Sounds Like: An eclectic mix of these artists: Prince, Cameo, Tupac, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Wayman Tisdale, Miles Davis, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble, Fred Hammond, Kurt Franklin, James Brown, Living Colour and all the other artists listed under influences.
Record Label: Record?? Who still makes those??
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Can I move on the the new - but still respect the old?

  OK...obviously something is about to happen with me - musically.  I have been feeling the urge to get active again -  track ideas keep popping in my head - and I have been thinking ab...
Posted by RIP Joey Pegram - Heaven’s newest M.D. on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:46:00 PST

Church Folk or Christian?

In one of my classes communications classes, we had to answer discussion questions.  In one of those questions we got on the subjects of politics and religion...I cannot share the entire dis...
Posted by RIP Joey Pegram - Heaven’s newest M.D. on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 11:59:00 PST