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==Origins==
==Origins==
The band's origins<ref name="ForBassPlayersOnly">{{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 | archive-url = | archive-date = | deadurl = | 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. }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="Jam">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030916141520/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}}</ref> date from when [[Santana (band)|Santana]] [[guitarist]] [[Neal Schon]] formed the band [[Azteca (band)|Azteca]] along with Larry Graham ([[bass guitar]]) and [[Gregg Errico]] ([[Drum kit|drums]]), both from Sly & the Family Stone, and [[Pete Sears]] ([[Keyboard instrument|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 (band)|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]].
The band's origins<ref name="ForBassPlayersOnly">{{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 | archive-url = | archive-date = | deadurl = | 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. }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="Jam">{{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 }}</ref> date from when [[Santana (band)|Santana]] [[guitarist]] [[Neal Schon]] formed the band [[Azteca (band)|Azteca]] along with Larry Graham ([[bass guitar]]) and [[Gregg Errico]] ([[Drum kit|drums]]), both from Sly & the Family Stone, and [[Pete Sears]] ([[Keyboard instrument|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 (band)|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]].


==Highlights==
==Highlights==

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Graham Central Station
Wilton Rabb performing with Graham Central Station (Istanbul Jazz Festival, 2010)
Wilton Rabb performing with Graham Central Station (Istanbul Jazz Festival, 2010)
Background information
OriginOakland, California, United States
GenresR&B, funk, soul
Years active1973–1979, 1998
LabelsWarner Bros., WEA, Star Maker, P-Vine, Rhino
Past membersLarry 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.

Origins

The band's origins[2][3][4] date from when Santana guitarist Neal Schon formed the band Azteca 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.

Highlights

Graham Central Station's biggest hit was "Your Love", which charted at number 9 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

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

  • 1992 – Live in Japan '92', Star Maker – manufactured by PIA Corporation & Edoya Records Inc. (Tokyo, Japan)
  • 1996 – Live in London, Funk24 (London, England)
  • 2003 – Can You Handle This? – Kezar Stadium – 1975, Big Fro Discs (Japan)

Compilation albums

  • 1996 – The Best of Larry Graham and Graham Central Station, Vol. 1, Warner Bros.
  • 2001 – The Jam: The Larry Graham & Graham Central Station Anthology,[4] Rhino
  • 2003 – Greatest Hits, Rhino Flashback

References

  1. ^ Fagan, Kevin (February 13, 2011). "Transbay Terminal hurdle: hard-core homeless". The San Francisco Chronicle.
  2. ^ a b liebman, jon. "Interview - Larry Graham". For Bass Players Only. Retrieved 29 June 2015. 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. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
  3. ^ BLAKE, MARCUS. "RAISE UP EVEN HIGHER: Larry Graham on Graham Central Station & Sly And The Family Stone". Blurt Magazine. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b Vincent, Rickey. "The Jam: The Larry Graham & Graham Central Station Anthology - LINER NOTES". rhino.com. Archived from the original on September 16, 2003. Retrieved 2003-09-16. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Review: Prince's Welcome 2 America Tour". Culture Brats. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
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