| 词条 | Graham Central Station |
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| name = Graham Central Station | background = group_or_band | image = Wilton Rabb.JPG | image_size = | caption = Wilton Rabb performing with Graham Central Station (Istanbul Jazz Festival, 2010) | alias = | origin = Oakland, California, United States | genre = R&B, funk, soul | years_active = 1973–1979, 1998, 2012 | label = Warner Bros., WEA, Star Maker, P-Vine, Rhino | associated_acts = Sly & the Family Stone, Prince | website = | current_members = | past_members = Larry Graham David Vega Hershall Kennedy Willie Sparks[1] Patryce "Chocolate" Banks[2] }} Graham Central Station is an American funk band named after founder Larry Graham (formerly of Sly & the Family Stone). The name is a pun on New York City's Grand Central Terminal, often colloquially called Grand Central Station. OriginsThe band's origins[2][3][4] date from when Santana guitarist Neal Schon formed the band Azteca in 1972 along with Larry Graham (bass guitar) and Gregg Errico (drums), both from Sly & the Family Stone, and Pete Sears (keyboards), from Hot Tuna and Jefferson Starship. Santana bass guitar player Tom Rutley would move into the bass spot with Azteca. That band, like Santana with heavy Latin influences, would eventually morph into Graham Central Station, while Schon would form Journey. The invention of electric slap bass is attributed by many (including Victor Wooten and Bootsy Collins) to Graham, which influenced many musical genres, such as funk, R&B and disco. HighlightsGraham Central Station's biggest hit was "Your Love", which charted at number 38 in 1975. The group also integrated gospel music into their repertoire, and played with the dichotomy between the funk/rock star image and the "sanctified" gospel group image. Some of their recordings feature the Tower of Power horn section. In 2011, Graham Central Station opened for Prince on Prince's "Welcome 2 America" tour.[5] Members
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References1. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/02/11/MNO81HL3B3.DTL | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | first=Kevin | last=Fagan | title=Transbay Terminal hurdle: hard-core homeless | date=February 13, 2011}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://forbassplayersonly.com/interview-larry-graham/|title=Interview - Larry Graham|last=liebman|first=jon|publisher=For Bass Players Only|accessdate=29 June 2015 | quote = In the beginning, it was really built around the girl vocalist, Patrice Banks. We called her Chocolate, so we called the group Hot Chocolate. I was intending to be the writer and producer of the group. One night they were doing a gig at this nightclub in San Francisco called Bimbo’s and I knew the music well that the band was playing because I wrote and arranged a bunch of it. Towards the end, with the urges of the crowd and everything, I ended up going on and playing with the band and I guess something happened that night. It was like we all knew that something had just happened there and it ended up being my band, with me just replacing the bass player. }} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://blurtonline.com/feature/raise-up-even-higher-larry-graham-on-graham-central-station-sly-and-the-family-stone/|title=RAISE UP EVEN HIGHER: Larry Graham on Graham Central Station & Sly And The Family Stone|last=BLAKE|first=MARCUS|publisher=Blurt Magazine|accessdate=29 June 2015}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.rhino.com/features/liners/78388lin.lasso |title=The Jam: The Larry Graham & Graham Central Station Anthology - LINER NOTES |last=Vincent |first=Rickey |publisher=rhino.com |accessdate=2003-09-16 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030916141520/http://www.rhino.com/features/liners/78388lin.lasso |archivedate=September 16, 2003 }} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Review: Prince's Welcome 2 America Tour|url=http://www.culturebrats.com/2011/02/review-princes-welcome-2-america-tour.html|publisher=Culture Brats|accessdate=20 May 2011}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.timesheraldonline.com/article/zz/20120325/NEWS/120326308|title=Vallejo musicians inducted into West Coast Blues Hall of Fame|publisher=|accessdate=11 January 2018}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://prince.org/msg/8/253114|title=Graham Central Station’s David ‘Dynamite’ Vega has passed away|website=prince.org|accessdate=11 January 2018}} 8. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=graham+central+station#search_section|title=Gold & Platinum - RIAA|work=RIAA|access-date=2018-11-02|language=en-US}} External links
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