(thanks to horn players Tommy Lokey and Chris Clayton). He goes for a mellow funk recalling Billy Preston's earlyħ0s hits ("Backbone" sounds uncannily like "Nothing From Nothing") crossed with Tower Of Power's brass-fueled soul Their small-label debut, produced by Buddy Jones.
The Gap Band was back to the three Wilson brothers and whatever studio musicians they scraped together. Oliver Scott, keyboards, vocals, joined around 1983 - he was never credited as a band member either, but acted like one.
THE GAP BAND LET IT WHIP LYRICS FULL
From 1979 to 1983, studio records featured John Black and Greg Phillinganes, keys Glenn Nightingale, guitar Raymond Calhoun,ĭrums Malvin "Dino" Vice contributed arrangements and occasional trumpet - they were never credited as full band members. Macon, Lokey, Calhoun and Clayton left circa 1977. Fonkee's fan site returns, the best you'll do is Soul Patrol's Gap Band page.Ĭharlie Wilson, lead vocals, keyboards Ronnie Wilson, trumpet, keyboards Robert Wilson, bass, vocals James Macon, guitar Richard "Moon" Calhoun, drums Tommy Lokey and Chris Clayton, horns.
Get a greatest hits collection and a "Jam The Motha" 45Īnd you've got all you need. While I rarely recommend greatest hits compilations, this is one of those bands with some great hit singles and a lot of dull album tracks. Like so many funk bands, they reformed in the 90s and occasionally tour Split in the mid-80s, the Gap Band's party train soon slowed to a stop. The group was most successful when working with producer Lonnie Simmons, with four consecutive gold records - after he They never had much crossover success, but racked up ten Top Ten hits (four #1's) on the R&B chart. Lead singer Charles had a remarkable ability to imitate other vocalists - George Clinton, Maurice White, Stevie Wonder - and relied on that rather than developing his own style.īut the Wilsons weren't just a glorified cover band: they came up with an edgyĮlectrofunk production style and a bunch of powerhouse bass vamps, Charles poured his heart into funky songs of tortured love ("Burn Rubber On Me"),Īnd some of their EWF-like ballads were quite popular.
Anyway, they started out following in Earth, Wind & Fire's footsteps,Īnd later relied heavily on P-Funk gimmicks like non sequitur voiceovers,Ī fictional radio station that played their music (WGAP instead of WEFUNK) and even borrowed catchphrases ("The bigger the headache, the bigger When I was a kid, I read that they intended to fill in the "gap" between Sly Stone and P-Funk,īut apparently that's a fabrication: they were named for a Tulsa intersection. He was 53.įormed in the early 1970s, the Gap Band was a Tulsa, Oklahoma soul/funk outfit fronted by three Wilson brothers: Charles, Ronnie and Robert. Robert Wilson died on August 16, 2010, from a massive heart attack. The Gap Band (1979) - II - III - IV - Strike A Groove - V: Jammin' - VI - VII - 8 - Straight From The Heart - Round Trip - You Turn My Life Around - Testimony - Ain't Nothin' But A Party - Gotta Get Up - Y2K: Funkin' Till 2000 Comz - Love At Your Fingatips - Charlie, Last Name Wilson - Uncle Charlie - Love, Charlie Magician's Holiday - The Gap Band (1977).
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