Michael Cooper received a call from his daughter on Valentine’s Day last year telling the co-founder of the R&B band Con Funk Shun to check out a video she had sent him. “I clicked on the link and the ...

The Early Years Con Funk Shun was formed in Vallejo, California by high-school classmates Louis A. McCall and Michael V. Cooper. With Louis on drums and percussion and Michael providing lead vocals ...

Con Funk Shun may not be exactly like the swallows at Capistrano and appear once every year. Closer to a blue moon, which occurs every two or three years. Fact is, not even founder Michael Cooper ...

Eric “EQ” Young needed a break. It was Saturday and he worked a few hours for his mom in Richmond in the same yard he played in growing up. “Cutting a tree down is not fun,” Young said. “I’m done.” ...

*So fresh was the sound of Con Funk Shun just the name has become a genre. The band whose music has been covered by R&B group Dru Hill (“Love’s Train” produced by Keith Sweat) on their multi-platinum ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When people talk about the golden age of funk, certain names always come up: Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire, Kool & the Gang. But tucked into that legendary company is a ...

Covers have existed since the creation of modern music, sometimes with the secondary artist achieving the same acclaim as the one who performed the original. Whether done for sheer attention, as many ...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (WNTZ) — The soulful rhythms of the 1970s are set to echo through downtown Alexandria as legendary R&B and funk band Con Funk Shun takes the stage at RiverFête on Friday, May 2, from 8 ...

"Soul Train" ended in 2006 after a 35-season run and since then, there have been no revivals of it or any other musical variety show of its kind. Lakeside and Con Funk Shun's concert proved that the ...