Black Nasty/A.D.C Band – It's Hard Times - Rare And Unreleased Detroit Funk 1975 To 1981 (2005) Funky Delicacies LP Only Release (FLAC)

After yesterdays post featuring some great artists from the "D" (Detroit) i thought this might be of interest to some of you who like their Funk Hard,gritty, & Raw and Rare!   and a northern dancer included..As the title saysBlack Nasty were a little known group outside of the Detroit funk scene in the early 1970s. Following the path of the Parliament/Funkadelic crowd in mixing rock, psychedelic, soul, and funk influences. They recorded great album for Stax that was released in 1973 but wasn't a heavy seller. After losing their contract with Stax (which would soon go out of business anyway) in 1975, they changed into different R&B acts that would have a little more commercial success. Black Nasty's mentor was Johnnie Mae Matthews,(FULL POST DONE ON HER PREVIOUSLY) a singer who owned several independent Detroit R&B labels, including Northern, Reel, Audrey, Jam, Art, Big Hit, and Tank. Well known labels to collectors and northern dance fans alike. Matthews also recorded more than two dozen singles under her own name. Though none were notable successes, she continued her involvement in the artistic side of the music business by encouraging her drummer son, Artwell, when he formed a band in the mid 1960s with his cousin, bassist Mark Patterson, and some close friends. Originally called Raw Integrated Funk, there were prominent rock elements at the outset (Ted Nugent was an early member), but under the influence of Johnnie Mae Matthews, they broadened their style to include more R&B. After putting out a cover of the Supremes' "You Keep Me Hanging' On" on Tank, they were signed to Stax, for which they recorded three singles and an album between 1971 and 1974. The Stax sessions (all of the singles also appeared on the album) were produced by Johnnie Mae Matthews and Sir Mack Rice, the noted Detroit soul singer/legend. Rice had recommended Black Nasty to Stax after starting work at the label as a songwriter. While their records were more promise than payoff, the album did have an interesting mix of funk with hard rock guitar, soul ballads on which Johnnie Mae Matthews' teenage daughter Audrey took lead, and some socially conscious compositions that reflected black urban life of the early 1970s. After the album made little impact, Stax dropped Black Nasty, which changed their name to Nazty and recorded a couple of singles for Excello. After some personnel changes, the group became ADC Band, getting an R&B Top Ten hit with "Long Stroke" in 1978 and recording as late as the mid-'80s....Their album is next up!

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