Welcome to the Funk-n-Soul Music Blog.
Here’s where we dig into the songs, artists, albums, and stories that have stayed with us through the years. Some are old favorites. Some are forgotten gems. Some may make you stop and listen all over again.
Put on a record, pull up a chair, and stay awhile. 🎶💿
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🎸 The Guitar That Came Home
: Randy Bachman’s 45-Year Search A stolen Gretsch, a sharp-eyed fan in Japan, and a reunion…
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I Don’t Like Mondays
The Horrific True Story Behind the Boomtown Rats’ Hit : How a school shooting in California…
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What Pain Taught Me
Eddie Dalton and the Hard Lessons of the Heart Some lessons arrive gently. Others leave scars.…
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Play That Funky Music
The Rock Band That Learned to Dance How Wild Cherry turned a nightclub heckle into a…
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The Glorious Story of Funk
From James Brown to Off the Wall How one irresistible groove changed soul, shook up the…
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Walk This Way
The Mel Brooks Joke That Became a Rock-and-Roll Classic How a hunchbacked movie character, a funky…
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The Strange but True Story of a Wax President Who Couldn’t Keep His Face Out of Trouble
Wax On, Fists Out! Some music stories begin with a guitar riff. Some begin with a…
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The Search for Sugar Man
By the 1990s, South African fans were still trying to solve the mystery. Two of them…
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Just the Way You Are:
The Billy Joel Hit That Almost Got Left Behind How a song Billy Joel called a…
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David Bowie’s Famous Eyes:
The Punch That Changed a Rock Icon How a teenage fight left David Jones with a…
