The "reunited" Brothers Johnson have played gigs this past spring up and down both the west coast and east coasts of the United States.
"Get the Funk Outta My Face"
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----- Original Message -----
From: gtrplaya ! <gtrplaya@hotmail.com>
To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: Acid Jazz and Disco
>
> Retired? Don't be too sure...he and George were on a local station earlier
> this year the night before a gig here in the DC metro area....talking 'bout
> the state of R&B....they said they are releasing a new CD. Has anyone heard
> different?
>
> >From: Paul Berger <paulberger65@yahoo.com>
> >To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> >CC: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> >Subject: Re: Acid Jazz and Disco
> >Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 12:13:45 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >Hi All,
> >
> >Man, all I had to do was mention the word DISCO and
> >everyone's panties gets in a wad :) Folks, it's only
> >music, and like acid jazz, some of it was good and A
> >LOT of it wasn't. When I said that I hope acid jazz
> >doesn't go the way of disco, I meant that I hope that
> >acid jazz wasn't tainted so badly that no artist would
> >consider producing that type of music again. For me,
> >acid jazz has a certain vibe to it. Take for example,
> >the song by Remy Shand called 'Take A Message'. To me,
> >that has acid jazz written all over it. Same thing
> >with Jill Scott's 'A Long Walk' or anything from
> >Maysa's 'All My Life' CD. It's apparent that acid jazz
> >as a musical movement has run its course, but the
> >music itself should be able to linger a bit. Whoever
> >said that it was morphing into different things was
> >right. Hell, acid jazz itself morphed from early
> >fusion, and it was a refreshing change from all the
> >overproduced crap out there. Now everything's
> >splintered off into hybrids of this and that, and
> >that's fine. I just get nostalgic for the tone that
> >was set back then. In this post 9-11 world, I just
> >hope that something just as musically positive can cut
> >through the haze.
> >
> >Take Care-----Paul Berger---
> >
> >(BTW, Loius Johnson ruled everything he played on, and
> >I'm sad to see that he's retired. He has that right,
> >and I'm sure his royalties from the Thriller album
> >took care of him nicely.)
> >
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