No, he meant this was the number one riff he liked when he was 18. The player was Tony Maiden (with the rest of the Rufus crew, feat. Chaka) Check Tony Maiden out on one of "Norman's Rare Guitars" videos. He still chops it up into his 70's.
slimdudeDJC You’re joking, right? Tony Maiden wasn’t even IN Rufus when this was recorded. Ray Parker, Jr . was a session ace. He wrote this with Chaka and played the riff on the album.
@@slimdudeDJC Respectfully....Ray Parker wrote this one. Maiden's a bad ass guitarist but this one was the brainchild of RP jr....plus he cops the groove as good as Maiden has done.
one of my fav songs for 40 years now,it was only a few years ago i found out that it was mr Parker!Ton Loc used this fantastic riff in his great album!Love and respect from Greece to all funs of this exceptional musician
Serious musicians. It sounds asa good as the studio version. One thing I liked about Ray is that once he figured out that r&b was what was going to get him paid, he still made sure to include a hard funker on every album to keep those of us who became fans due to his funk filled first album, happy.
Wow! If you were 18, I was 18. Love your music Bro. Had no idea you wrote this song. I was in college and I actually saw Chaka Khan perform this song when Rufus released it. It's classic! Always funky, always hitten for eons to come! Thank you for the higher vibrations. Peace!
@@vaughnmiller4371 Would be tough to argue with me on what I believe is the funkiest riff, but I am open to any other funk player that you want to put on the table, they are all great in my opinion. So which riff on what song, and who are they?
Definitely one of the funkiest tracks, and Ray is no doubt The MAN! What I loved other than the groove, was how you can catch Ray smiling every so often while he's playing...so cool to see a musician just loving what he/she is doing.
Many of us thought that RPjr was just a goofball singer-songwriter. Noooo way :) This guy was among the elite top 5 studio session guitarists in LA for a long long time...
Playing that song way back when I was a kid play bass and guitar the guitar took me a while just found this haha didn’t know this was Ray Parker playing it sir ,,,you are awesome 👏 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🎵🎵🎵🎵
Great job, Ray, you were only 18 at the time but you did an excellent job. Thanks for making my world a little bit better. I salute you, I appreciate you.
If that's (Ready) Freddie Washington on bass, they needed to play "Forget Me Nots", one of the greatest R&B basslines of all time. (He wrote it with Patrice Rushen).
That's a gray area there 27. It is a good song, quite innovative during the day, as the memories it brings back in college circa 1984 are such they're the fondest I could have hoped for looking back so many years later. Throwing down to all the music back then was idyllic compared today's culture where I don't think the yutes of today can fully appreciate how magical of an era that time was, where race relations were at an all time high before certain think tanks decided that was too dangerous to their hidden agenda which is to divide polarize and conquer, back then, the music unified people and their spirits on the dance floor of life which permeated the class room, the dining room, the meeting room, the board room, even the bed room to the get down funk of Parliment, Trouble Funk Express, Bootie Collins, EARTH WIND AND FIRE, THE Gap Band, Rick James, And the Isley Brothers .. where one nation was under a groove, getting down for the funk of it.
I saw Rufus at Maryville Tn Speedway in 73-74 can't remember, It was Goose Creek Symphony, Rufus and the headliner was The Eagles. Love this guy's riffs. Get's into you..
It’s amazing how simple the bass line is but it connects everything. Freddie Washington on bass. Ray was a great songwriter too, Mr. Telephone Man and Leo Sayer recorded his song “you make me feel like dancing”. If you’ve never heard Hot Stuff, check it out!
Man O Man I would have loved to see Ray and Prince locked in a studio together for a week and see what they'd come up with, I guarantee it would have been absolutely SMASHING !
Parker was 20 when "You Got the Love" by Rufus f/ Chaka Khan hit No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart at the end of 1974. It reached No. 11 on the Hot 100.
I just had a straight up EARGASM!That was the funkiest guitar playing I've heard in a long time. Isn't this the ghost busters guy? Im at a loss for words here.
Ray Parker Jr was always the master mind behind the music he stepped down and let the other dude lead in Jack and Jill back in 1978 I really think Ray. Should've song his own song because he was a good musician that didn't get the props he deserves 79 you can't change that then I'm in love with the other woman then ghost busters those songs should've been a big hit in the music world
What are you talking about Ray Parker always sung lead in Raydio, Arnel was Co lead singer That's him and Arnel on Jack & Jill🤦🏿♂ Dude you're spreading misinformation!!!
Almost 3 decades I found out I ve been playing Ray Parker s stuff on many R n B records by many artists he backed n guitarist Marlon Graves as well in the 1970 -80s when I worked Top 40 cover bands Great musicians BOTH guitar players . . .
Woah! When I was in Jr high, I loved Rufus/Chaka Khan! I had no idea this was Ray Parker Jr! Hun-nay! I wanted to BE Chaka Khan! I never knew this was Mr Parker!
Ready Freddy Washington is a bad boieee on that bass, he was just playing minimal to showcase rays playing, anybody who plays bass over 40 that hasn't heard of him been under a rock...
