Doin It

Papa Grows Funk | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 10, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Funky Crew
• ASIN: B000GIWBXA
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,580 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Pass It!

2. In the Weeds

3. Junker Man

4. Dimples

5. Ridin' Thru the Mountains

6. I Got the Blues Over You

7. Mardi Gator

8. Slyncopate

9. Fire in the Garage

10. Who's Knockin at Your Door?

11. Doin' It

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Meters-style funk with just a few hints of acid jazz, June 28, 2009

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This review is from: Doin It (Audio CD)

The other reviewer has a very limited conception of funk that apparently excludes one of the greatest funk bands-- The Meters. Papa Grows Funk is a Meters-style funk band led by John "Papa" Gros (pronounced, "grow"), a keyboard player and vocalist in the mold of Ivan Neville. Joining him are June Yamagishi on guitar, Jason Mingledorff on sax, Marc Pero on bass and Jeffrey Alexander on drums. This is their first album, and it is the one that most closely resembles the Meters. What distinguishes them instrumentally is the saxophone, and the presence of the saxophone helps them take their instrumentals a bit closer to the acid jazz/funk stylings of the Greyboy Allstars or Galactic. That mix gives them enough distinctiveness that they don't just sound like Meters rip-offs, but this album is less distinctive than their live album, and Mr. Patterson's Hat. Still, they play with enough energy and skill that if you like The Meters and The Greyboy Allstars, you will most certainly like Papa Grows Funk. I would start with their live album, and then Mr. Patterson's Hat, but this is a solid piece of work.

Further listening besides The Meters: Galactic (and solo albums by Stanton Moore), The Greyboy Allstars (and solo albums by Robert Walter), Porter Batiste Stoltz, Johnny Vidacovich/George Porter/June Yamagishi's We Came To Play.

0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Funk me., May 24, 2009

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This review is from: Doin It (Audio CD)

This album is a good one to put on as backround music at a party unless your a member of Hell's Angels but if your after down & dirty raw funk I would suggest Betty Davis'"Nasty Girl" then you'll really be swingin' your booty mama.