Where’d You Get Your Funk From? - Chuck Wansley (Warp 9, Big Bands)

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Featured in WYGYFF Episode 36: Drummer, vocalist and bandleader Chuck Wansley. In the late 1970s, his band cut their teeth on the dance club circuit and opened for acts like Earth, Wind & Fire, Chic and Tavares, and during the early 1980s he landed gigs with Martha Reeves, Mary Wells and Phyllis Hyman. However, he is best known as a founding member of Warp 9, one of the first electro-hip hop groups, with two albums and six hit singles. Those tracks included “Nunk,” “Beatwave,” “Light Years Away” and “No Man Is an Island.” He also released a solo album in Japan, and more recently has been performing overseas as a big band jazz singer and entertainer. 

RECORDED JULY 2025

Hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist, author of “Everything Is on the One: The First Guide of Funk” and creator/host of the popular TRUTH IN RHYTHM podcast — "Where'd You Get Your Funk From?" is the latest interview show brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET. Where’d You Get Your Funk From (WYGYFF) is an open format video and audio podcast focusing on the here and now, with a broad range of creative and artistic guests sharing fascinating stories, experiences, and perspectives.

WYGYFF is a welcoming avenue to newer and independent musical acts as well as established and still active musicians of any genre; authors; filmmakers; actors; artists; collectors and archivists; radio & podcast personalities; journalists; scholars; sound techs; promoters; photographers; and other creative people. A common thread, is the show's standard opening question: Where’d you get your funk from?

This is much deeper than it may seem as the answer need not be strictly about funky music, as not everyone has found the funk. It could hit on whatever type of music touches their soul or pleasure centers. Additionally, the question extends beyond music. Paraphrasing George Clinton, funk is whatever it needs to be to get you over the hump. Thus, guests can explain where they got their grit, perseverance, inspiration, talent, creativity, character or other qualities that shaped them into who they are today. This serves as a springboard into candid, in-depth and engrossing conversations.

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