Bobby Byrd has been recognized as one of the most important, yet unsung, founders of Funk music. He was the actual founder of The Flames and is credited with the discovery of James Brown. Everyone who knows James Brown knows the voice of Bobby Byrd. His voice can be recognized in many James Brown tunes like "Sex Machine", where James Brown sings 'Get up" and Bobby Byrd sings "Get on up", call and response. Read mor about him on Wikipedia. I tried to find the line-up for this album but neither Discogs nor Allmusic had the information for me.. I recognize Fred Wesley on trombone and Maceo parker on sax. It could be Bootsy Collins on bass and Phelps "Catfish" Collins on guitar? Here's the title track:
So the first time we played the music from Royalty For Real wasn't in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, but in Bengaluru and Mumbai, all the way in India in 2023!Here you'll see me play Au Privave, Classy Cats and Royalty For Real, together with Timothy Banchet (piano), Marius Beets (bass) and Sven Rozier (drums).Au Privave is a well-known blues by Charlie Parker which I often like to start with, almost like a soundcheck tune. Although most of the time a soundcheck is done I found out it's a good idea to play a tune everybody of the band knows very well so we all can get used to the sound of the stage, the presence of the audience and it also gives the sound engineer the chance to adjust microphones last minute. During the soundcheck, the sound of the room is significantly different because of the lack of audience. All that flesh and clothes work a little bit like a totally empty room versus a room with furniture and carpets, if you know what I mean :-)Acoustics are so interesting and full of surprises.. Anyways.. hope you like it! - Bobby Byrd has been recognized as one of the most important, yet unsung, founders of Funk music. He was the actual founder of The Flames and is credited with the discovery of James Brown. Everyone who knows James Brown knows the voice of Bobby Byrd. His voice can be recognized in many James Brown tunes like Sex Machine, where James Brown sings 'Get up and Bobby Byrd sings Get on up, call and response. Read mor about him on Wikipedia.I tried to find the line-up for this album but neither Discogs nor Allmusic had the information for me.. I recognize Fred Wesley on trombone and Maceo parker on sax. It could be Bootsy Collins on bass and Phelps Catfish Collins on guitar? Here's the title track:
