Big Sam's Funky Nation

Big Sam’s Funky Nation: A Lesson at the School of Funk

by Michael Hood
August 19, 2012

Big Sam's Funky NationMain StagePennsylvania Blues FestivalBlue Mountain Ski Area, PAJuly 28, 2012Among other things, Big Sam's Funky Nation is a walking, talking, funking class in the history and myriad styles of funk.Classic funk--that most grooving and gritty stepchild of blues, soul and classic R & B--was deliciously played with love and reverence for its forbears during the group's excellent set at the Pennsylvania Blues Festival at the Blue Mountain Ski ...

Big Sam's Funky Nation - King of the Party (2010)

Source: Something Else!
January 26, 2011

By Nick DeRiso Big Sam's Funky Nation, all brass and sass, opens its latest CD with a floor-rattling invitation to shake every thing you've got. For all of its musical prowess, that remains the one and only goal of this fun-loving, funky-butt recording by New Orleans-based trombone-playing bandleader Sammie Williams, formerly of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Still, take a moment between sweaty turns around the dance floor and you hear a surprisingly complex musical vocabulary inside this party record. ...
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Big Sam's Funky Nation | 03.07.09 | S.F.

Source: JamBase
March 18, 2009

Words by: Eric Podolsky

Big Sam's Funky Nation :: 03.07.09 :: Boom Boom Room :: San Francisco, CA

Big Sam's Funky Nation by Dino Perrucci Anyone intimately familiar with the New Orleans funk scene can agree with the fact that the city's best and funkiest bands usually follow a universal rule: keep it simple. The best New Orleans music has no high-handed concepts, and isn't put on a ...
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