Live (Trouble Funk album)

Live
Live
Live album by Trouble Funk
Released	1981
Genre	Go-go; funk; old-school hip hop;
Length	57:54
Label	Jamtu Records; TF Records;
Producer	Trouble Funk
Trouble Funk chronology

Live (also titled as Straight Up Funk Go Go Style) is a live album recorded and released in 1981 by the Washington, D.C.–based go-go band Trouble Funk.^[6]^[7] This was the group's debut album, and consist of four approximately 15-minute jam sessions.^[1] The album was remastered and reissued in 1996.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
ARTISTdirect	^[2]
Robert Christgau	A−^[3]
musicHound R&B	(5/5)^[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[5]
Washington City Paper	(favorable)^[6]

Track listing

"Part A" – 14:02
"Part B" – 13:42
"Part C" – 14:56
"Part D" – 15:14

Personnel

Chester "T-Bone" Davis – electric guitar
Tony Fisher – lead vocals, bass guitar
Emmett Nixon – drums
James Avery – keyboards
Robert Reed – keyboards
Mack Carey – percussions, congas
Timothy David – percussions, congas
David Rudd – saxophone
Gerald Reed – trombone
Taylor Reed – trombone, trumpet

References

^ ^a ^b Prato, Greg. Trouble Funk: Live > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ "Trouble Funk Albums Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
^ Christgau, Robert. "Review: Trouble Funk". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Trouble Funk". In Change, Jeff "DJ Zen" (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 574–575. ISBN 1-57859-026-4.
^ Colelman, Mark; Scoppa, Bud, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 824. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ ^a ^b Anderson, Brett (August 30, 1996). "Trouble Brewing". WashingtonCityPapter.com. Washington City Paper. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
^ Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.

External links

Trouble Funk: Live at AllMusic
Live at Discogs.com

[Album_Info-1] Prato, Greg. Trouble Funk: Live > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[2] "Trouble Funk Albums Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 3 November 2016.

[RC-3] Christgau, Robert. "Review: Trouble Funk". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[mHound-4] Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Trouble Funk". In Change, Jeff "DJ Zen" (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 574–575. ISBN 1-57859-026-4.

[RS-5] Colelman, Mark; Scoppa, Bud, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 824. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

[City_Paper-6] Anderson, Brett (August 30, 1996). "Trouble Brewing". WashingtonCityPapter.com. Washington City Paper. Retrieved September 23, 2016.

[TheBeat1stEd-7] Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.

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