With 35 albums to their name, the Fatback Band isn't the hit-making machine it used to be during the 1970s and 1980s. But for an object lesson in funk music made the old-fashioned way, look no further ...

Formed in New York City in 1970, The Fatback Band was the concept of Bill Curtis, an experienced session drummer, inspired to merge the "fatback" jazz beat of New Orleans into a funk band. In addition ...

Pioneers of Dance, Funk, Soul, Rap and R’n’B The Fatback Band are the originators of the New York sound that has influenced so many. A career loaded with 35 albums worth of anthems including “King Tim ...