“Hey’’ everybode’… it’s Funky Friday!!!
It’s time to get your freak on because it’s Friday and time for steppin out ..lets go trippin’ back to the mod days of the 70’s-
back to the days when characters like Shaft, Dolemite and Black Belt Jones tore up the big screen and one of the baddest mamas ever! - was kickin down doors and layin’em out on the floor … the one and only Pam Grier…
Above- radio spot for Coffy- Listen carefully because I am pretty sure this would be censored today …:
The Twilight People filmed in the jungles of the Philippines with Pam as Panther Woman.
- **Available on Bluray from VCI in a collectors edition Director/Producer- Eddie Romero and starring John Ashley(actor/producer) and Pat Woodell. A New World Pictures production by Roger Corman , John Ashley, Larry Woolner, David Cohen
plus two brothers were puttin down some lightnin licks …
I couldn’t think of a better bunch of guys than the Brothers Johnson..a song we were getting down way back in the late 70’s …these guys were jammin and no one did psychedelic funk better than these boy’s ..killer base and magic on the keyboards.rich tones back when bell bottoms, Mandarin collar shirts ruled the day and even guys steppin out shoes had heels and thick soles to get down and groove ..strutting their stuff..at places like 2001 and Club 747….so look soon or this video to be poppin up in one of my interactive articles .. coming soon to Reviews on the Edge ..a hint- how much Brown Sugar can you handle…featuring all kinds of brothers and foxy mammas…
This month featuring —
Big Doll House (Pam Grier), Bruce’s Deadly Fingers,
The Black Dragon(Ron Van Clief), Cleopatra Jones( Tamara Dobson),Uptown Saturday Night( Sidney Poitier, Richard Pryor and Flip Wilson) and Shaft( Richard Roundtree) and the cult classic — Get Christie Love starring Theresa Graves.
Above: Link to Brown Sugar streaming service
Below: Groovin on some rare Funk and Soul .. . so get ready to do a little slip and sliddin … my brothers … more power to ya !!!! and as I say make love not war ..
Well gang it’s time for me to go. I thought I would leave you with some more Easter Eggs from back in the day..I gotta grab my pick, throw on my disco pants and cruise- see I use to run a with a couple of other dudes with fro’s too..we were known as the “Hair Bear Bunch”…well enjoy. Time to tear up that glowing dance floor and kick back ….
“Hey fellas could you wait up …I told ya I would be just a few minutes …”
Extras below:
Above -US release poster for this slick comedy sporting a killer soundtrack including Peter Frampton , Paul Jabara, The Brothers Johnson, Billy Preston, Michelle Phillips and The Crusaders.
Below:a weekend bonus ..Dance by Paul Jabara as the title track in Mother Juggs and Speed…
Related links and material-
Books of interest-
Blaxploitation Cinema- The Essential Reference Guide by Josiah Howard featuring new fan art…
TCM Essentials book series-
Amazon- Jack Hill-writer/director
