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Vernon Burch

Funky Friday: Transgender Funk?
over 2 years ago

This oddly themed track that was dedicated to a transgender disco dancer who was "One Half Woman, One Half Man" is from the funkalicious 1979 LP "Get Up". Singer Vernon Burch was originally a guitarist from Washington, D.C. who started out playing clubs in his early teens. He later joined up with acts such as The Delfonics, The Stairsteps and The Bar Kays before going on his own. Burch started ...

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And The Award For Best Use Of A Slide Whistle In An '80s Funk Tune Goes To...
over 2 years ago
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Vernon BurchBe patient and you will hear the slide whistle break about 2 and 1/2 minutes in. Best of all it will remind you of a ubiquitous '90's dance groove, that sampled it to great effect.I've culled Vernon's Funky Friday Award winning tune and two other honoree's (Best Pat Boone vocal on a breakbeat track and song that uses the word sex the most)from Skye presents The Breaks, one of the ma...

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Funky Friday: Transgender Funk?
over 2 years ago

This oddly themed track that was dedicated to a transgender disco dancer who was "One Half Woman, One Half Man" is from the funkalicious 1979 LP "Get Up". Singer Vernon Burch was originally a guitarist from Washington, D.C. who started out playing clubs in his early teens. He later joined up with acts such as The Delfonics, The Stairsteps and The Bar Kays before going on his own. Burch started ...

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