Shotgun (funk band)

Shotgun were an American funk band, from Detroit, Michigan, which 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, "This first album by Shotgun — one of the many major label funk groups who flourished briefly at the end of the 70s has 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]

Members
  • Richard Sebastian (trumpet)
  • Greg Ingram (saxophone)
  • Billy Talbert (keyboards / lead guitars)
  • Ernest Latimore (guitars)
  • Larry Austin (bass)
  • Tyrone Steels (drums / vocals)
  • Leslie Carter ( percussion)[4]

Discography

"Shotgun" (ABC 1977)
"Good, Bad & Funky" (ABC 1978)
"Shotgun III" (ABC 1979)
"Shotgun IV" (MCA 1980)
"Kingdom Come" (MCA 1980)
"Ladies Choice" (Montage 1982)

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See also

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.
  4. http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Shotgun.html
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