Funk
Artist Bios
"Hit Me, Fred: Recollections of a Sideman" by Fred Wesley
"The One: The Life and Music of James Brown" by RJ Smith
"Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?" by George Clinton
"I Want to Take You Higher: The Life and Times of Sly and the Family Stone" by Jeff Kaliss
"Traveling Soul: The Life of Curtis Mayfield" by Todd Mayfield
"Rick James: The Confessions of Rick James - Memoirs of a Super Freak" by Rick James
"There Was a Time: James Brown, The Chitlin' Circuit, and Me" by Alan Leeds
"Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One" by Rickey Vincent
"Glory Days: The Untold Story of Men Who Flew the B-66 Destroyer into the Face of Fear" by Larry R. Fletcher
"Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, and the Rise and Fall of American Soul" by Craig Werner
Reference Works
"Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One" by Rickey Vincent
"The One: The Life and Music of James Brown" by RJ Smith
"Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson" by Allan Slutsky
"What's Going On?: Marvin Gaye and the Last Days of the Motown Sound" by Ben Edmonds
Books by Musicians
"Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?" by George Clinton
"The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star" by Nikki Sixx
"Scar Tissue" by Anthony Kiedis
"Life" by Keith Richards
Interviews
"Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge" by Mark Yarm
"Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk" by Legs McNeil
"Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991" by Michael Azerrad