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How Dayton became the funk capital of the world
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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DAYTON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — In the mid-1960s, James Brown was creating a new style of music — funk. It would one day make its home in Dayton, Ohio…. Read More
Bootsy Collins, positively helping to keep the funk alive
By: Taylor Haney | Rachel Martin | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — “We’re off tour, we’re depressed, we’re making no money,” recalls Adam Deitch, drummer for the funk band Lettuce, of those early lockdown days. Around that same… Read More