This was recorded in July 2009!
Part 2 of my interview – Larry Fulcher discusses how governments need to work on how to bring people together and not breaking us apart.
We then talk about George Clinton and Parliament, Funkadelic. I play “Theme from the Black Hole,” “Dr. Funkenstein” from Parliament, and “One Nation Under a Groove” from Funkadelic. We end up coming full circle in this conservation. We started by talking about how gospel music drove Funk in the early days. Now, to find Funk, we went back to Gospel music. Kirk Franklin – Stomp and Sounds of Blackness – Testify. I mention how the bass line is being played by the synthesizer, and Larry adds Stevie Wonder’s great hit Livin’ for the City as probably the first tune that was really driven by the synthesizer. Larry Fulcher leaves us with some words of wisdom about music and its lasting value. George Duke takes us home with “Reach for it.”
Part 1 is here.
