The legendary Betty Davis rides into town again

She counted Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone and Dolly Dagger amongst her friends and introduced her husband, Miles Davis, to Jimi and Sly, greatly influencing his electric period. Yet she is most respected for her own output of raw, raunchy and uncompromised take on funk rock. Having released three albums in the 70′s, a fourth previously unreleased album has now also been issued by Light In The Attic. Since her last recordings in 1979, her whereabouts and private life have been somewhat shrouded in mystery, so I was surprised to learn Jesse Thorn, of web radio The Sound Of Young America, tracked her down last year and managed to get her to agree to do an interview, her first in 30 years. Betty, now into her 60s is perhaps not the best interviewee but it is great to hear something, anything from her – and as the interview is peppered with some of her great tunes, this should hopefully be of interest either way if you’ve heard of her or not.

The Sound of Young America

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It’s with a very heavy heart that I regret to announce the sad loss of our friend, sister and beloved Solange, also known as DJ Reverend Soul. This happy, lively, wonderful person was taken way, way too early leaving her friends and loved ones devastated. Solange lost her life in a traffic accident on 13/12/2009 aged just 33. Her beautiful nature touched the hearts of so many and she spread the funky word with her supercool DJ sets. The world will never be the same without her. Words cannot adequately express how much she meant to those who knew her. Rest In Peace, our beautiful Solange. We love you x x x

A really nice little animation this, would be great to see a whole video featuring the Dap-Kings too perhaps?

http://www.saltygraphics.com/sj.html

Hi there

We decided to change the Funkalicious site into a blog so we can more easily feature some of the cool funky stuff happening on this sweet, swinging sphere.

And as you’re reading this, we’d like you to be a part of it, too. We’d value your comments, feedback and input and will be trying to make this site as interactive as possible. So we’ll keep you informed of how you can get involved.

Visit soon, as we’re gonna get busy sticking up cool stuff.

Thanks for stopping by,

Philster