Various - Function Underground: The Black And Brown American Rock Sound 1969-1974

The idea of “progressivism” that took over rock music after psychedelia’s heyday in the late 1960s belatedly spilled over to funk. In the early 1970s, as the underground and psychedelic fire burnt out in the white rock world, it roared to a blaze in the black and brown musical communities. Function Underground shines light on an important and overlooked part of rock n’ roll’s history and talented ensembles that toiled in the shadows, derided by their peers.

This release focuses on the Black and Latino American rock bands that spread their wings after Jimi Hendrix came to prominence, in unlikely locales such as Dayton, Ohio, Fort Wayne, Indiana and Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the music here is being reissued for the first time.

This collects private pressings from the late 60s early 70s.

Tracklist

1984 - There's A Wrinkle In Our Time 
2Purple Snow - Down By The River 
Jimi Macon - Jimi's Guitar Raps With The Bass 
Creations Unlimited - Corruption Is The Thing 
We The People - Function Underground 
Michael Liggins And The Super Souls - Loaded Black 
Stone Coal White - Stone Coal White. 
Blacklites - BL Movement 
Ebony Rhythm Band - Drugs Ain't Cool 
Cisneros and Garza Group - I'm A Man 
LA Carnival - Blind Man 45 Version
Revolution - The Siesta Is Over 
Black Conspirators - Just Got To Be Free 
Black Maffia - I Want To Take You Higher