Larry Graham & Graham Central Station @ Jazz Cafe 1st & 2nd July

Born August 14, 1946 in Beaumont, Texas, Larry Graham was raised in Oakland, California. By his teens he was adept not only on bass but also guitar, harmonica and drums, and at the age of 15 began performing with the Dell Graham Trio, his mother's lounge act. While attending college, he served as a supporting musician with the likes of John Lee Hooker, Jackie Wilson, Jimmy Reed and the Drifters.

In 1968 he joined Sly and the Family Stone, appearing with the group during the halcyon period which gave rise to such classic albums as Stand! and There's a Riot Goin' On, as well as smash singles like "Dance to the Music" and "Everybody Is a Star," both of which prominently feature Graham's cavernous baritone in addition to his enormously influential thumping bass style. 

In the early 70s, Larry left Sly and the Family Stone and started to produce a band named Hot Chocolate, which he eventually joined and renamed it Graham Central Station. 

The current line-up of Graham Central Station consists of Larry Graham, Wilton “Fab” Rabb on guitar, Jimi “Joy” McKinney on keyboards/horns, Dave “City” Council on organ/keyboards, Brian “Rio” Braziel on drums, Ashling “Biscuit” Cole on vocals and Funkbox and Larry Graham’s wife “Tina” on backing vocals.

Four decades after Graham Central Station’s first outing, the same potent ingredients that made the band a funk powerhouse in its early years are still very much in the mix: thumping funk rhythms, infectious melodies and riffs, tight grooves, and of course, that churning slap-and-pluck bass undercurrent that pushes it all into overdrive.

But somewhere in the midst of this party is an equally important emotional component as well, says Graham. “I consider the music that I make to be heart-to-heart music,” he says. “My main objective is to take what’s in my heart and touch your heart. I don’t want it to stop at your brain. If it did, you could just dispose of it the next day. I want it to get inside you, into your heart. My hope is that everything that I’ve done is a heart-to-heart connection, something that will stick and help you to raise up.”

Step into “Graham Central Station”, hop on board and make the connection with Larry Graham + Graham Central Station at The Jazz Cafe 1st & 2nd July.

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June 5, 2015 5:10pm ET by C Black Music PR   Comments (0)

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