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2017 Verdine White and George Porter Jr., A Funk Bass Summit
001-2017-016
56:52 Master Camera files on Hard Drive, Mp4 on Server and Cloud
Fri May 05 2017
Interviewer, Ashley Kahn
02:56 George Porter, Jr. and Ashley Kahn discuss Porter’s recent gig schedule 04:07 Porter and Kahn mull over the fact of 2017 marking Earth, Wind & Fire’s fiftieth anniversary 05:04 Porter explains how the Meters developed their rhythms, which he largely credit to Zigaboo [Modaliste] their drummer 08:43 Porter describes how the Meters worked as an instrumental group, which is what they began as 12:14 Demonstration 14:00 Porter speaks to the Meters local roots and limited conscious influence during the era of James Brown, due to their contractors’ desires to keep them on a short leash 16:12 Porter explains his social habit during the Meters’ early days 17:25 Porter describes where he sees Meters’ influence on current musicians, and his feelings on it, and how he holds management and disc jockeys accountable for the prevalence of sampling and uncredited influence 22:30 Verdine White and Kahn speak about Ron Carter, the most recorded bassist in history 24:13 White talks about his evolution as a musician 25:05 White talks about his first record, the soundtrack for Sweet Sweetback 26:45 White discusses how he evolved between records, partly due to his brother Maurice’s emphasis on concept 28:48 White explains how Earth, Wind & Fire’s music came to be a bit more defined than it was early on 29:53 White explains how some things he thought wouldn’t make it onto albums did, and vice versa; uses “Sun Goddess” as an example 31:38 White talks about how and why he was able to discover and develop his style in California 32:19 White speaks to his limited awareness of other bassists due to how busy he was early on 33:21 White discusses his relationship with Stanley Clarke 35:21 Demonstration “September” 36:13 White gets into the backstory of the song 40:36 Porter gets into the history of Rejuvenation, the album he chose to play a sample from 43:48 White contrasts his experience as a vocal group to Porter’s description of growing into one 47:20 White discusses his brother Maurice’s evolution as a musician 47:42 Porter explains his own instrumental evolution 48:22 Demonstration “Africa” 50:12 White explains how his life has changed with increased band activity 54:06 White describes his upcoming gigs 55:40 Porter explains that he doesn’t listen to music as he’s focusing on learning how to write 56:10 White describes who he listens to
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