Shotgun (funk band)

Shotgun are an American funk band, from Detroit, Ohio, who recorded six albums between 1977 and 1982.[1] They also had eight hit records on the Billboard R&B chart, the most successful being "Don't You Wanna Make Love" which reached #35 on the R&B chart in 1979.[2] The band was formed by 24-Carat Black band members William Talbert, Tyrone Steels, Ernest Lattimore and Gregory Ingram.

Of the band's 1977 debut album Shotgun, Dusty Groove said, "The first album by Shotgun — one of the many major label funk groups who flourished briefly at the end of the 70s. The group have a harder sound than most of this nature — with plenty of guitars in the mix, and an overall heavier sound than you’d expect from an effort of this type. In fact, there’s almost a rock/funk kind of groove going on — one that would be more typical of early 70s crossover efforts on Epic, in the wake of Sly Stone and other artists like that."[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Wynn, Rob. "The Shotgun Biography". Archived from the original on April 12, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 399.
  3. ↑ "Shotgun - 1977 - Shotgun". Funkmysoul.gr. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
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