Uncle Jam Wants You
Title of album:
Uncle Jam Wants You
Artist: Funkadelic
Release date: 1979
Record label: Warner Brothers
In some ways, "Uncle Jam Wants You" (a reference to the "Uncle Sam wants you!" US Army recruitment posters) is a more militant sequel to the previous album, One Nation Under a Groove. Whereas that album described an ideal country ruled by Funk, "Uncle Jam" actually attempts to provoke the conversion into Funkadelia. Its purpose is also (as the cover claims) to "rescue dance music from the blahs." The cover art depicts George Clinton in a Huey Newton-Black Panthers pose, reflecting the more martial lyrical themes of the album.
Track Listing:
Personnel (credited as the Funkadelic Rescue Dance Band)
- Guitars ("Axe Force"): Michael "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton, Garry "DooWop" Shider, Eddie "Maggot Brain" Hazel
- Keyboards ("Keyboard Battlecruisers"): Bernie (U.S.S. Woo!) Worrell, J.S. Theracon
- Drums ("Uncle Jam's Drum and Wiggle Corps"): Tyrone "Speedfeet" Lampkin, Larry Fratangelo
- Bass ("Bass Anti-Flam Units"): Rodney "Skeet" Curtis, Cordell "Boogie" Mosson
- Vocals ("Vocal Assault & Funkatition Team"): Uncle Jam Clinton, Gary "DooWop" Shider, Larry "Sir Nose" Heckstall, Sheila Horn, Ron "Prophet" Ford, Jeanette McGruder, Dawn Silva, Michael "Clip" Payne, Greg Thomas, & Ray "Stingray" Davis
- Guitar: Bootsy Collins, Dewayne McKnight, Glen Goins
- Bass: Billy Bass Nelson, William Collins, Jeff Bunn
- Keyboard: Junie Morrison, Gary Hudgins, Gerome Rogers
- Drums: Tiki Fulwood, William Collins, Dennis Chambers
- Background Vocals: Linda Brown, Jessica Cleaves, Mallia Franklin, Philippe Wynne, Lige Curry, James Wesley, Greg Boyer, Gerome Rogers
Critical response:
- ?Uncle Jam Wants You takes not merely a more daring musical approach but a more forthright political stance"
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