People used to call us a funk band. But it was a little more complicated than that. We were a fusion group made commercial. We had a lot of progressive chord changes and bebop horn lines and then hooks that a child could sing. Ralph Johnson
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![[Verdine White would soar aloft on wires. Johnson's drum kit was welded to a riser which rotated through 360 degrees with him still flailing away- a stunt the band devised after watching Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer spin his piano.] I had a lot of fun doing it, ... Never got sick. And I'd do it again. - Ralph Johnson Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W1ZlcmRpbmUgV2hpdGUgd291bGQgc29hciBhbG9mdCBvbiB3aXJlcy4gSm9obnNvbidzIGRydW0ga2l0IHdhcyB3ZWxkZWQgdG8gYSByaXNlciB3aGljaCByb3RhdGVkIHRocm91Z2ggMzYwIGRlZ3JlZXMgd2l0aCBoaW0gc3RpbGwgZmxhaWxpbmcgYXdheS0gYSBzdHVudCB0aGUgYmFuZCBkZXZpc2VkIGFmdGVyIHdhdGNoaW5nIEtlaXRoIEVtZXJzb24gb2YgRW1lcnNvbiwgTGFrZSBhbmQgUGFsbWVyIHNwaW4gaGlzIHBpYW5vLl0gSSBoYWQgYSBsb3Qgb2YgZnVuIGRvaW5nIGl0LCAuLi4gTmV2ZXIgZ290IHNpY2suIEFuZCBJJ2QgZG8gaXQgYWdhaW4uIA==&author=ICBSYWxwaCBKb2huc29uICAgIA==&num=4 "[Verdine White would soar aloft on wires. Johnson's drum kit was welded to a riser which rotated through 360 degrees with him still flailing away- a stunt the band devised after watching Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer spin his piano.] I had a lot of fun doing it, ... Never got sick. And I'd do it again. - Ralph Johnson Quotes")
![[The adhesive pop quality of their songs - Shining Star, Can't Hide Love, Serpentine Fire, Fantasy and the disco classic Boogie Wonderland - was matched by superslick playing born out of their roots in fusion jazz.] People used to call us a funk band, ... But it was a little more complicated than that. We were a fusion group made commercial. We had a lot of progressive chord changes and bebop horn lines and then hooks that a child could sing. - Ralph Johnson Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBSYWxwaCBKb2huc29uICAgIA==&num=10 "[The adhesive pop quality of their songs - Shining Star, Can't Hide Love, Serpentine Fire, Fantasy and the disco classic Boogie Wonderland - was matched by superslick playing born out of their roots in fusion jazz.] People used to call us a funk band, ... But it was a little more complicated than that. We were a fusion group made commercial. We had a lot of progressive chord changes and bebop horn lines and then hooks that a child could sing. - Ralph Johnson Quotes")
