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The Masters of Funk, Soul and Blues

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Member Since: 6/7/2006
Band Website: http://www.soulfultale.com
Band Members:

THE MUSICIANS: Funk Brothers: Bob Babbit, Joe Hunter, Robert Jones, Uriel Jones, Ray Monette, Eddie Willis, Spider Webb, Treaty Womack - MFSB: Charles Collins, T. Conway, Bobby Eli, Rikki Hicks, Vince Montana, Jr., Jimmy Williams - Also: Darryl Johnson, Sr., Bunny Sigler, Nathaniel "Crocket" Wilkie THE SINGERS: Carla Benson, Evette Benton, Jean Carne, George Clinton, Carolyn Crawford, Lamont Dozier, Jimmy Ellis of the Trammps, Major Harris, William "Poogie" Hart of the Delfonics, Carl Helm, Eddie Holland, Jr., Phil Hurtt, Barbara Mason, Ted Mills of Blue Magic, Philly Degrees, Freda Payne, Bunny Sigler, Kathy Sledge, Bobby Taylor, Russell Thompkins, Jr., The Velvelettes, Kim Weston, and Ali "Ollie" Woodson - THE PRODUCERS: Thom Bell, Lamont Dozier, Bobby Eli, Phil Hurtt, Clay McMurray, Bunny Sigler - THE ENGINEER - Gene Leone

Influences: Motown, Philly Soul, Holland/Dozier/Holland. Most of the Masters of Funk, Soul and Blues were the same artists, writers, musicians and producers behind these two musical powerhouses.
Sounds Like: Marvin Gaye, Martha and the Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Stylistics, Blue Magic, TSOP, Rick James, Smokey and the Miracles, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, The Spinners, The O'Jays, Motown, Philly Soul.
Record Label: Soul Renaissance Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Uriel Jones, June 13, 1934 - March 24. 2009

Wednesday, March 25, 2009Uriel Jones, DetroitHard-rockin' drummer was key Funk BrotherSusan Whitall / The Detroit NewsUriel Jones, whose muscular, hard-rocking drum style was an integral part of the M...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:57:00 GMT

Article: Masters of Funk, Soul and Blues (Toronto)

Masters of Funk, Soul, and Blues Written by Norman (Otis) Richmond       Tuesday, 08 July 2008Africans in the United States have produced some of the most popular musicin the ...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:44:00 GMT

Phil and Bunny on Radio This Evening!

Phil Hurtt and Bunny Sigler on air RIGHT NOW discussing  "A Soulful Tale of Two Cities" on the Spider Jones Show - CFRB FM in Toronto, ON. (5:15pm to 6pm Sunday, Jan 20th)TUNE IN
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:19:00 GMT

Grammy nominations!

A Soulful Tale Of Two Cities Receives Multiple Entries in the Official 50th Grammy Awards Balloting!~ 50TH GRAMMY LIST & A Soulful Tale Of Two Cities~Yup!... We are eligible for multiple Gram...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:58:00 GMT

Unity Day - This Sunday!!

Hey good people! We'll be down on Ben Franklin Parkway on Sunday, with about a million of our closest friends. Unity Day has become a staple for the City of Philadelphia, and continues to get bigger ...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:59:00 GMT

The Quiet Revolution

Make some noise! I suppose you think we've been a little quiet this summer. Boy, do we have you fooled! We're stealthy, see? Acting on the QT to take over this thing called the universe. In the last m...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:47:00 GMT

Birthday Wishes!!!

A very special Happy Birthday to our very own Gene Leone! 39 looks good on ya! ;) All the best always!
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:31:00 GMT

KUVO Jazz 89 Interview tonight

Skip Reeves will sit down with Phil Hurtt tonight to discuss 'A Soulful Tale of Two Cities' Tune in at Midnight (2am EST/11pm PST)  on Saturday to check out A Funk Above the Rest with Skip and Ph...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:25:00 GMT

Review: soulandfunkmusic.com

"Motown" does Philly.  Philly does "Motown".  Philadelphia producer Phil Hurtt, who has 11 gold and platinum records, is releasing "A Soulful Tale of Two Cities." The concept is simple. Let ...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 10:11:00 GMT

Interview & Review: Soulmusic.com

PHIL HURTT (A SOULFUL TALE OF TWO CITIES)by David Nathan 'Masterful' is the probably the best word to describe the concept behind "A SoulfulTale Of Two Cities," the two-CD set released a few months ba...
Posted by on Wed, 30 May 2007 08:12:00 GMT