Video: The Bar-Kays play "Son Of Shaft" live in Los Angeles 1972

The Bar-Kays play "Son Of Shaft" live in Los Angeles 1972
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Bustin' Out on Funk – The Bar-Kays

Apr 13, 2011, 11:25am

As 2Pac, Eazy-E and Biggie all once said, "We live for the funk, we die for the funk". They said it best, so let's get funky! The Bar-Kays were a popular soul, R&B and funk group formed in the 19602s. These guys are arguably the toughest bass slappers in the 19602s and their always apparent horn sections has been flooding dancefloors since your parents' era. The movie Superbad unearthed some of these timeless gems to use for their soundtrack and now I fee like it's SpacePack's civil duty to bring them to your [...]

Artist: The Bar-Kays
Title: Holy Ghost
Link Text: The Bar-Kays - Holy Ghost
File Name: holy-ghost.mp3
Bitrate: 128 kbps

Artist: The Bar-Kays
Title: Soul Finger
Link Text: The Bar-Kays - Soul Finger
File Name: soul-finger.mp3
Bitrate: 256 kbps
Genre: Funk

Artist: The Bar-Kays
Title: Too Hot To Stop, Pt. 1
Link Text: The Bar-Kays - Too Hot To Stop, Pt. 1
File Name: 01-too-hot-to-stop-pt-1.mp3
Bitrate: 128 kbps
Genre: Funk
Year: 1976

The Bar-Kays Perform 'Son of Shaft'

Nov 24, 2009, 12:17am

Cahl's Juke Joint: A rock, blues and jazz blog

The Bar-Kays play "Son Of Shaft" live in Los Angeles 1972

I was listening to the Wattstax Festival soundtrack tonight and was a little taken aback when I heard The Bar-Kays perform "Son of Shaft/Feel It." I'd forgotten just how funky it was. I was even more surprised, and delighted, when I found a video version of the performance on YouTube. Yow.

The Bar-Kays singing Son Of Shaft before a live audience of 100,000 people at the Los Angeles Coliseum on August 20, 1972. This event was part of the Wattstax concert festival that year, which was organized by the Memphis, Tennessee Stax Record Label to

Uploaded: January 1, 2008 2:20pm

Length: 04:03

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