Dayton Funk Dynasty Group

Dayton Funk Dynasty Group Management Company, that believes in honoring the history of Funk music, "The Dayton Scene Radio Show," music education for future generations.

This may be the most important mission — One that will create a special legacy for the radio community.

03/06/2025

Happy Heavenly Birthday to Mary Wilson, (born March 6, 1944-February 8, 2021) (RIP), Mary was an African -American singer and concert performer, best known as a founding member of the "SUPREMES," the most successful Motown act of the 1960's and they were the best-charting female group in U.S. History, as well as one of the All-time Best-Selling girl groups in the World.



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03/01/2025

Funk Chronicles interview with Ernest "Bilbo" Berger original drummer for the Funk group HEATWAVE, w/host Rhine McLin. This interview was recorded at DATV St...

The Dayton Scene Radio Show interview with Ohio Newsroom/America 250 on February 27, 2025.Click on this link at the bott...
02/27/2025

The Dayton Scene Radio Show interview with Ohio Newsroom/America 250 on February 27, 2025.

Click on this link at the bottom of the page! After clicking on the link, you will see an arrow that says (Listen 4:30). Click on that button to enjoy the interview!
https://www.wyso.org/2025-02-27/how-dayton-became-the-funk-capital-of-the-world

The Dayton Scene Radio Show

From the Ohio Players to Lakeside, Slave and Zapp, some of the top funk bands in the country came from Dayton.

02/25/2025
02/24/2025

Funk Music Lovers have a home on the radio!! This is a rebroadcast of "The Dayton Scene Radio Show" on February 22, 2025’ is on Click on the link below to listen: https://on.soundcloud.com/nhtuXABWKp3QsXcS8

As we celebrate Black History Month (February). Did you know that The Dayton Daily News and Dayton. com (2021) featured ...
02/23/2025

As we celebrate Black History Month (February). Did you know that The Dayton Daily News and Dayton. com (2021) featured the "Digital Funk Box Experience," developed by The Funk Music Hall of Fame & Exhibition Center, aka "TheFunkCenter" and the TESSELLATE Group?

This is great news for the City of Trotwood, Ohio and the surrounding areas for Funk music lovers everywhere. CONGRATULATIONS to David R.Webb, Founder & CEO, and the TESSELLATE Group. Click on the link and enjoy this article.
https://www.dayton.com/what-to-know/funk-museum-plans-new-traveling-exhibit-and-online-learning-tools/SOZVPINCHZD3LKQBXBGKW6JVKI/

The Funk Music Hall of Fame & Exhibition Center is releasing two new exhibits to the public: An interactive interface on the museum's website and a traveling exhibit called the Funk Box.

Watch a Black History moment "How the Arts and Funk Music Influence my Life | David Webb Founder & CEO of The Funk Cente...
02/16/2025

Watch a Black History moment "How the Arts and Funk Music Influence my Life | David Webb Founder & CEO of The Funk Center| TEDxDayton 2016" on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/_CvAuRl15Ko?si=qGl0J1_Cpow9GLAC




www.thefunkcenter.org

Several years ago David R. Webb and others decided to find a way to highlight Dayton’s history of the Funk music genre and to honor the legacy of Funk music....

02/14/2025
02/14/2025

Happy Birthday to Maceo Parker (born February 14, 1943) in Kinston, North Carolina. This is a rare artifact and memorabilia, it is an Vintage Original Boxing Style Concert Poster, the headlining Act, "Maceo Parker," is an American Funk, Soul and Jazz Saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown, and The J.B.'s, in the 1960's through the early 1980's. He also performed with the group, Parliament-Funkadelic, as part of "The H***y Horns," from 1975–1984.

Maceo, was a prominent soloist on many of James Brown's, hit recordings, and a key part of his band, Playing Alto, Tenor and Baritone Saxophones.
Dated from October 19, 20, 21, 1996, at "The Original House of Blues," 96 Winthrop St, Cambridge, MA.

This is not a reprint or a photocopy. This item is Donated to The Funk Music Hall of Fame & Exhibition Center.


Black History Month (February), From The Desk of David R.WebbSr, Founder & CEO, TheFunkCenter.Black History Month is alw...
02/10/2025

Black History Month (February), From The Desk of David R.WebbSr, Founder & CEO, TheFunkCenter.

Black History Month is always the perfect time to celebrate and recognize the contributions of African American Funk Artists, who have become some of the world’s greatest musical legends both past and present. In many cases these musicians were also pioneers of the Black Power Movement,

the fact that this music genre and the Black Power Movement evolved around the same time is no coincidence music regardless of genre has always reflected societal mores even during turbulent during times.

In the 1970's, the Black Power Movement, gave rise to many songs that focused on the struggle African Americans, faced. In spite of racially biased restrictions placed on Black Artists by white record companies that contractually controlled them, the focus on Black Awareness continued to reign supreme in songs like the Temptations, "Get Ready," which gained momentum as wider audiences starting listening and appreciating these types of lyrical expressions. James Brown, was certainly an uncontrolled pioneer, promoting the very essence of the movement through his song, "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud," other songs like "Soul Power," and "Give More Power To The People," also reflected the attitudes of many African Americans, during that time, one of my personal favorites was, “Young Gifted and Black,” which became the tune that dominated the voices of Black children, this song also enhanced the momentum of the Black Power Movement among the young black adolescent.

There is no doubt in my mind that there existed a synergy between the Funk Music and the social change that occurred during the 1970's, most African Americans, over the age of eighteen can fondly recall the events of that occurred during this time as we grooved to sounds of Sly & the Family Stone, the OHIO PLAYERS, Earth Wind & Fire, P-Funk, George Clinton, James Brown, the Isley Brothers and Aretha Franklin, (just to name a few), as I reflect I can recall the sense of community we felt listening to these songs as we struggled for greater identity and a sense of accomplishment.

So this year as you celebrate Black History Month, take a moment to reflect on or to inquire about the Artists who were labeled as "funkateers," (sometimes referred to as "Black Hippies"), for creating music that was hard driving yet sensitive and empowering. If not for these Artists, there may not have been a music genre that released the enslaved mindset of African American People, who before the Black Power Movement and the contributions Funk Music played in its evolution, may have felt powerless to change the society they lived in. I hope you will celebrate these Legends, with fervor!

WATCH David Webb, Founder & CEO of The Funk Museum, talks about "HOW DAYTON OHIO SHAPED THE FUNK MUSIC SCENE" in the 1970's and 80's (Black History Month), on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/xFu6z6FE27M?si=0h9sjZAr2O4ISPJB


thefunkcenter.org

Black History Month (February), From The Desk of David R.WebbSr, Founder & CEO, TheFunkCenter.Black History Month is always the perfect time to celebrate and...

02/09/2025

Remembering a Jazz Superstar (RIP), Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea, (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American Jazz Composer, Keyboardist, Bandleader, and Occasional Percussionist. His compositions, "Spain," "500 Miles High," "La Fiesta," "Armando's Rhumba" and "Windows" are widely considered jazz standards.

As a member of Miles Davis's Band in the late 1960s, he participated in the birth of jazz fusion. In the 1970s, he formed "Return to Forever," along with Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Keith Jarrett, and Bill Evans. He is considered one of the major piano players to emerge in jazz during the post-John Coltrane era.


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02/09/2025

Ready for the most amazing Funk experience ever?? Join us for a rebroadcast of "The Dayton Scene Radio Show" on February 08, 2025’ on Click on the link below to listen: https://on.soundcloud.com/DQfmjk4d2HtiiGVC6

Watch this flashback moment with The Funk Music Hall of Fame & Exhibition Center's founder and CEO, David Webb. Talks ab...
02/07/2025

Watch this flashback moment with The Funk Music Hall of Fame & Exhibition Center's founder and CEO, David Webb. Talks about the artifacts and memorabilia at "The Funk Center". This event took place on the television series "Living Dayton" in 2016. Click on this link at the bottom and enjoy the show!
https://youtu.be/wP_InBQ340g?si=UVlMEF2urly3200y




thefunkcenter.org

The museum earned a major victory when it moved into the Dayton Metro Library's Northwest Branch at 2410 Philadelphia Drive for several months in 2016.Histor...

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