Beggar & Co

THE BRIT FUNK ASSOCIATION
featuring
BEGGAR & CO,
HI-TENSION,
CENTRAL LINE
& ex-members of Light of the World & Incognito.

The Brit-Funk genre started in the late 1970’s and was a catch-all phrase coined by Record Mirror Magazine’s James Hamilton to describe the distinctive mix of jazz-fusion-funk-disco music being made by UK bands such as Level 42, Light of the World, Freeez, Shakatak, Central Line, Hi-Tension, Morrissey / Mullen, Second Image, Direct Drive, Linx, and Incognito.

The Brit-Funk Association is a new all-star project featuring musicians from Beggar & Co, Central Line, Hi-Tension and ex-members of Light of the World, and Incognito to perform from each of the band’s back catalogue such as Time, Somebody (Help Me Out), Walking Into Sunshine, Hi-Tension, British Hustle, There’s a Reason, I’m So Happy, London Town, Nature Boy, Everyday and choice selections of band’s that influenced them by acts such as Mass Production, Kool & The Gang, Roy Ayers Ubiquity and more.


Kenny Wellington (Light of the World/Beggar & Co.) – Trumpet
Peter Hinds (Light of the World/Incognito) – Keyboards
Steve Salvari (Central Line) – Keyboards
Patrick Mclean (Hi-Tension) – Saxophone
David ‘Baps’ Baptiste (Light of the World/Beggar & Co.) – Saxophone
Paul Mclean (Hi-Tension) – Guitar
Neville ‘Breeze’ McKrieth (Light of the World/Beggar & Co.) – Guitar
Billy Osborne – Drums
Ernie McKone – Bass (Push/Galliano)
Harry Brown – Trombone
Jerome Harper – Trombone

This is an 18+ event

229 The Venue

The Brit-Funk Association

Summer

Hi-Tension

The Brit Funk Association

Gigs

London

AGMP presents THE BRIT FUNK ASSOCIATION featuring members of Beggar & Co, Central Line, Hi-Tension and ex-members of Light of the World & Incognito. + DJ Perry Louis. 

The Brit Funk Association features a 10 piece collective of musicians from Beggar & Co, Central Line, Hi-Tension and ex-members of Light of the World and Incognito who perform fresh new original tracks and also hits from each of the band’s back catalogue such as “Time”, “Somebody (Help Me Out)”, “Walking Into Sunshine”, “Hi-Tension”, “British Hustle”, “There’s a Reason”, “I’m So Happy”, “Pete’s Crusade”, “London Town”, “Nature Boy” & “Everyday“.



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Gillingham

The Great Hall, Gillingham 

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