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@@frojocuddy1727 thanks man I appreciate it

Oh yeah. Luckily I downloaded it before the last one got taken off. Such a dope concert.

A rare heartbreaker live❤

There are a few lurking on TH-cam, I've time stamped some. Great song, and cool to hear how they reinterpret it live

I Feel That. Tickets are the same price a whole band used to be. Why am i paying 1 guy and a dj the same price as what 5+ musicians cost. Cypress Hill was the first hip hop group to come out at that show with a whole band and it was so much better.

@@funkinthatrunk3795 Even Snoop Dogg has live musicians and backing singers. Makes a huge difference.

@@funkinthatrunk3795 Your special runs next Saturday, the 20th

@@modernretroradio993 sick thanks man. Was fun to work on.

They had a gate up on the stages and what would be the first 15 rows were vip/pay more standing. Usually you just fight your way slowly up but that wasn't an option. I figured VIP was backstage.

He and Freddie Mercury shared a nearly identical outlook when it came to music and performing for the fans. Freddie's quote before his death was, "Do whatever you want with my music, just don't make me boring".

Right? It has that non talkbox Heartbreaker cover. Kinda cool still.

@@funkinthatrunk3795 Uploading it in hq now cuz its nowhere

Oh yeah the best

Oh yeah. I learned this on guitar and my mom was like "ooo george benson" and I'm like "no zapp and roger" lol didnt know it was a cover for a little bit. First time I'd heard Breezin.

Think it was in a small club

Nice. This is my first year canning and so far it's gone well. Pickles peppers, zucchini relish, and regular pickles.

@@funkinthatrunk3795 Be as independent of the system as much as you can. You're doing a great job!

@@modernretroradio993 oh yeah. If the supply chain went to shit I'm afraid alot of people wouldn't know what to do. I'm still just gettin good at gardening but atleast its somethin.

@@funkinthatrunk3795 Not "if" -- when. You're doing the right thing. You should come on down to Tennessee sometime.

@@modernretroradio993 heck yeah I've got a friend by paducah, Ky so that's definitely a possibility.

Thanks. I gotta get back to it.

@@funkinthatrunk3795 Keep playing it Man you're only going to get better. 😎👍🎹🎤🎸

Oh yeah Thomas Thomas troutmans keeping the young blood goin too. Even though hes obviously not in this show.

Thanks lol my summer jobs over now so I'm hoping to get more out just gonna be weird recording videos in the winter. Gotta get back in creative mode.

@@funkinthatrunk3795 Are you familiar with the TH-cam channel FUNKNSTUFF? That's the channel for the interview series "Truth In Rhythm." He's interviewed tons of funk/r&b legends and sidemen and other associates. Anyway, he's hosting a funk special on my station on Saturday, the 26th. You should check it. And, now that I think about it you should host a special one day.

@@modernretroradio993 yeah I've seen some of his stuff, think I'm subscribed. I'll check out the special for sure.

Someone had to say it lol

Shoot you're right. I knew it was the gross stuff.

That dance floor solo on this is so dope. Someone was sayin he was playin at like years old but think Rog' was a little older. Still young though.

At like 3 years old

I think it might be more about the genre of music than the musician's race. Funk music had tons of really great instrumentalists--virtually all of whom were Black--but very, very few got any recognition. On the other hand, Black musicians in Rock music--like Jimi Hendrix--got plenty of recognition. Obviously, race always does unfortunately play a role, but it seems to me that other than the hardcore fans, most people sadly paid more attention to the danceability of Funk music than the high quality of its musicians. Anyhow, I don't know whether you've heard the Roger and Zapp albums in full, but there are tons of tracks where Roger's guitar playing is on display--whether in solos like on Dancefloor or in instrumental jazz and blues tracks that were always included on each album--so in case you aren't familiar with some of those tracks, look them up here, and I can give you some recommendations if you like.

@@jamstyleproductions8512 but then look at today …. They treat Cory Wong likes he’s the funkiest man alive and he doesn’t even make straight up and down funk it’s more like contemporary idk my mind might just be corrupted cuz funk isn’t even that prominent today and they have him on guitar magazines giving him his flowers upfront

@@mattnixon588 Well, I'm not at all disagreeing with you, just pointing out that it might be a bit more complicated than that. White singers/musicians being elevated to a higher level than much more talented Black singers/musicians isn't anything new, and some might even argue that it goes back to Elvis's time. But there was another string on this video where someone who knew the Troutman family decades ago was pointing out that one reason why Roger & the Zapp band never got as famous as they could have was that they wouldn't sell out to the record labels. I wasn't part of that conversation, but if I recall correctly, it had to do with the fact that the Troutmans stood their ground, didn't take advances from the record companies, and also--as is obvious from the variety of genres on their albums as opposed to just making each album 100% danceable funk--maintained creative control over their output. They kept thing within the family--and the other poster mentioned that their construction business was always their bigger priority than making and releasing music--and while their music "crossed over" on its own, they culturally did not. So they may have self-limited themselves in a lot of cases, which is fine because they did things their way, didn't let success go to their head, and really stood up as Black role models in their local community and beyond. That said, of course, it's common knowledge that MTV in those years was extremely racist in its selection of music and artists to promote, and most markets didn't get BET until well into the 1990s, so I'm sure that that also played a role in limiting their exposure. The bottom line is that anyone who says that Roger Troutman was one of the greatest guitarists of all time isn't all that far from the truth, as those of us who were lucky enough to watch him in person knew very well.

It was so dope

Dayum that'd suck to go to Japan to do a show and be sick.

@@funkinthatrunk3795 So Zapp's show was longer.

@@hiptrip99I'll take it. I went rock vinyl shopping once and in the middle of all this obscure old rock bam! Shirley Murdock's face. Couldn't mistake it lol it's a great record. Think its everybody wants somethin for nothin.