Sunday, February 13th, 2022 - the Betty Davis female funk show!
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Sunday, February 13th, 2022 - the Betty Davis female funk show! I hadn't heard of Betty Davis before hearing the news that she died last week, and when I played some of her tracks I couldn't believe she'd passed me by. When it comes to funk, I like it hard, edgy, rocky, and as outrageous as possible. It's all about the filthy, pile driving bass lines and atomic clock drums laying the foundation for all manner of funky flamboyance to be nailed on top. In Mother's Finest (a big favourite of mine), it's Joyce "Baby Jean" Kennedy's voice. In Betty Davis it's something different altogether. Today's show plays through some of her contemporaries to put into context how wild, brilliant, and unique she really was.
