'Play that Funky Music' - Wild Cherry - (bass tab & cover) FRANKS BASS COVERS

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'Play that Funky Music' - Wild Cherry - (bass tab & cover) FRANKS BASS COVERS

Released April 1976
Wild Cherry was a hard rock band. They had a regular gig at the 2001 Club, and with disco big at the time, their sound didn't go over well.

After one show, a black audience member shouted, "Play some funky music, white boy." Singer/guitarist/writer Rob Parissi decided they should, and wrote down the phrase on a bar order pad.

They recorded it in Cleveland with a disco sound: drum and bass mixed way up front. The band was concerned about the lyrics, but Parissi insisted on keeping them.

The song sold over two million copies, but was Wild Cherry's only hit.

The band's name, 'Wild Cherry', was taken from a box of cough drops

Allen Wentz – bass, synthesizer, vocals (1975–1978)
Category
Funky