Shotgun (funk band)

Not to be confused with Shotgun (rock band).

Shotgun were an American funk band from Detroit, Michigan, that recorded six albums between 1977 and 1982.[1] They also had eight hit records on the Billboard R&B chart, the most successful being "Don't You Wanna Make Love" which reached #35 on the R&B chart in 1979.[2] The band was formed by 24-Carat Black band members William Talbert, Tyrone Steels, Ernest Lattimore and Gregory Ingram.

Of the band's 1977 debut album Shotgun, Dusty Groove said, "This first album by Shotgun — one of the many major label funk groups who flourished briefly at the end of the 70s has a harder sound than most of this nature — with plenty of guitars in the mix, and an overall heavier sound than you'd expect from an effort of this type. In fact, there's almost a rock/funk kind of groove going on — one that would be more typical of early 70s crossover efforts on Epic, in the wake of Sly Stone and other artists like that."[3]

Members

  • Richard Sebastian (trumpet)
  • Greg Ingram (saxophone)
  • Billy Talbert (keyboards, guitars)
  • Ernest Latimore (guitars, vocals)
  • Larry Austin (bass)
  • Tyrone Steels (drums, vocals)
  • Leslie Carter (percussion)[4]
  • Robert Resch (drums)

Discography

  • Shotgun (ABC 1977)
  • Good, Bad & Funky (ABC 1978)
  • Shotgun III (ABC 1979)
  • Shotgun IV (MCA 1980)
  • Kingdom Come (MCA 1980)
  • Ladies Choice (Montage 1982)

See also

References

  1. ^ Wynn, Rob. "The Shotgun Biography". Archived from the original on April 12, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 399.
  3. ^ "Shotgun – 1977 – Shotgun". Funkmysoul.gr. April 24, 2008. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  4. ^ "Shotgun Page".
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