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Funk! Boogie! Stomp! - August 2009

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Released: Jan 1, 2009

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Funk! Boogie! Stomp! - August 2009
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Summer Tunes Mix - July 2009
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Budos Band LIVE at Ravari Room
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Theres a Break in the Road
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Dont Mess with My Lovemaker
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Genre: Afro-beat / Funk / Soul
Location COLUMBUS, Ohio, Un
Profile Views: 32974
Last Login: 6/29/2011
Member Since 3/26/2006
Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnJldGluYXNleWUuY29tL2Z1bmtkZWZ5
Record Label Every rare funky label we can spin on wax!
Type of Label Unsigned
Bio
We are a collective... We are Crate Diggers... We spin nothin but vinyl... We bring you Funk-N-Soul... We want you to get hip-shakin, soul-sweatin FUNKY! FUNKDEFY is Columbus, Ohio's longest running Funk-N-Soul night specializing in the best Heavy Funk, Soul, Rare Groove and Afrobeats you have ever heard on wax! Founded by DJs MIKEY G and REVEREND PIMP, the Funkdefy Crew is an ensemble group of crate diggers with special guests always coming in to the rotation, with the likes of DJ Shing-A-Ling, DJ Optik, DJ Numeric, DJ Angelina and many more. This shin-dig gets crazy every Third Friday of the month at CIRCUS (High Five), throwin down THE Funk-N-Soul dance party of Columbus! Funkdefy can also be seen heating up the house at the Ravari Room with their combination of dance parties on wax mixed with some of the most incredible live funk bands you have EVER seen. Guest bands have included: The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker Budos Band Wiley & The Checkmates Grupo Fantasma Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves. Come out and get down with Bustown's finest Funk-N-Soul Dance Party as the tradition continues. We will keep the speakers hot provided yall keep out on the dance floor!
Members
Resident DJs: MIKEY G (Disco Groove) REVEREND PIMP (Northern Soul & Funk) FUNKY D (Afro Beat & Soul) GINSU (Funk Turntablism) TRUE SKILLS (Latin & Funk Turntablist Collector) Past/Guest DJs: NUMERIC (Heavy Funk & Rare Groove) OPTIC (Cincinatti funk master: "Movin on up") ANGELINA (Afro Groove from the OC!) SHING-A-LING (NY's mistress of soul)
Influences
James Brown, Syl Johnson, Baby Huey, Curtis Mayfield, Pure Essence, S.O.U.L., Earth Wind And Fire, Third Guitar, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, The Natural Four, The Caprells, Iron Knowledge, Lefties Soul Connection, Eddy Jacobs Exchange, General Crook, Eddie Bo, Jimmy Jones, Billy Best and the Ditalians, Delia Gartrell, The New Establishment, Michael Jackson, Pamoja, Jesse Anderson, The New Birth, Isley Brothers, Ohio Players, The Mod Singers, Pieces of peace, Pleasure Web, Betty Wright, Charles Bradley, Charles Wright, Alex Williams and the Mustangs, Alvin Cash, The Meters, Betty Harris, Cyril Neville, The Jackson Five, Black Haze Express, The Honeydrippers, JC Davis, Bobby Byrd, Marva Whitney, Shelley Fisher, Marlena Shaw, Sir Joseph Quaterman, Bobby Franklins Insanity, Bill Withers, Promise, The Mighty Imperials, and more.
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