Thundercat at Roots Picnic and AfroPunk, Terrace Martin at the Blue Note and, one of my personal faves, DāM-Funk at New York City’s The Manhattan Center.And while all those are worthy contenders for the funk throne, but it graciously belongs to Steve Arrington.“The first time I heard James Brown‘s ‘Cold Sweat,’ that was it for me,” the Dayton, Ohio legend told me via email. For me, it was fellow Dayton talents such as Roger Troutman and ZAPP, Lakeside, Sun, and the penultimate group, The Ohio Players, that blazed a trail to the funk.
