Jellybean Johnson, the funk-pop pioneer and drummer for The Time, died on Friday, two days after turning 69. Johnson is best ...
From 1983 until the tragic deaths of Roger and Larry Troutman in 1999, Troutman Sound Labs was the home base for Dayton-based funk group Zapp. The recording studio at Salem Avenue and Catalpa Drive ...
Before “Kraftwerk – Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8″ began, if I was forced to choose only one night of the series to attend, my selection would have been night ...
The Time first emerged in 1981 with their self-titled debut, marking the start of a new era in Minneapolis funk. As fans mourn Jellybean Johnson’s passing at 69, interest in the band’s origins and ...
Garry "Jellybean" Johnson, a funk rock musician best known as a founding member of the Prince-associated band The Time, has ...
The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade’s end, ...