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The drummer, keyboardist, songwriter, and co-founder of Kool & the Gang, George “Funky” Brown, has died at the age of 74. He passed on November 16 of stage 4 lung cancer, as previously reported by ...
ELMIRA, NY (WETM) – R&B legends Kool and the Gang are now set for a concert at the LECOM Event Center in Elmira. It is set ...
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to a patron of the party, musician George Brown of the band Kool & The Gang, about his new book, new record, and the "Celebration" of a long and funky career. KOOL AND THE ...
Par for the course, the annual ceremony brought out some of the biggest names in music, including this year’s inductees Kool & the Gang, Cher, A Tribe Called Quest, Peter Frampton, Ozzy Osbourne, Dave ...
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Michael Sumler, who spent years working with the venerable soul-funk group Kool & the Gang as both an onstage hype man and a behind-the-scenes stylist, died Sunday in a car crash in Georgia. He was 71 ...
Robert "Kool" Bell, the founding member of Kool & The Gang, likes to keep the bass simple: "It's always about the foundation," he says. "Then we build the house. We start with the drummer, then the ...
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Kool & the Gang co-founder and percussionist George “Funky” Brown is dead at 74. The band announced the death of the New Jersey native and “funkiest drummer” on Friday. CHICAGO - AUGUST 1988: Musician ...
George Brown, a founding member of Kool & the Gang who played drums with the band and co-wrote such enduring standards as “Celebration,” “Jungle Boogie” and “Ladies Night,” died of lung cancer in L.A.