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    The Funkees Now I'm a Man

    PMG
    • The Funkees – Now I'm a Man
    • The Funkees – Korfisa
    • The Funkees – Dance With Me
    • The Funkees – Mimbo
    • The Funkees – Patience
    • The Funkees – Salam
    • The Funkees – Time
    • The Funkees – 303
    • 1. Now I'm a Man
    • 2. Korfisa
    • 3. Dance With Me
    • 4. Mimbo
    • 5. Patience
    • 6. Salam
    • 7. Time
    • 8. 303

    Has there ever been a band as aptly named as The Funkees? Formed after the Biafran War to raise spirits in the east, they quickly conquered the dance floors of Lagos and in 1973 headed to London, playing at Ronnie Scott’s and tearing up the local scene. Now I’m A Man captures the band at the height of their London-era pomp. Africans were making soca, West Indians were playing afro-funk and discolypso blasted from boom boxes across West London. The Funkees soaked it all up and delivered back, funkier, tighter and louder.

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