Midwest Funk: Funk 45s From Tornado Alley

2004 release. Domestic release, licensed from Jazzman. Funk from the breadbasket: 23 rare and unreleased cuts. The definitive anthology of the Midwestern states' '60s and '70s funk scenes. Following the critically acclaimed Texas Funk album, Midwest Funk is an additional collection of rare, collectible and previously-unreleased funk 45s. This time collectors Malcolm Catto and Dante Carfagna drove 1000s of miles across the endless cornfields of the American Midwest, a vast expanse of farm land that covers the region between the Rockies in the West and the Appalachians in the East. Summer is typically stifling hot and winter extremely harsh - Tornado Alley also runs through the entire region. The collectors worked hard but were lucky too- not only did they avoid the tornadoes, but they also found some incredibly rare 45s and some amazing unreleased master tapes. The best of them are presented here, on this CD. - Dante Carfagna