Funk is flying high, 20 years later Roots: The slippery synths, fatback drums and heavy bass are as hip now as they were in the 1970s, when they were considered revolutionary.

"Funk #49" has been featured in many movie and television shows and has provided the musical impetus for well-known commercials.

Funk primer #1: John 'Jabo' Starks and James Brown Between the mid-'60s and the mid-'70s, James Brown's music was propelled by a triumvirate of drummers without whom funk's legacy would have been very ...

Like a lot of great rock songs, 'Funk #49' started out as a jam. As Walsh recalled during a 2012 interview with Guitar World, "The James Gang started out doing cover songs. And then the next thing ...