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Graham Central Station
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about this album
Graham Central Station is the self-titled debut album by former Sly and the Family Stone bass player Larry Graham's new band, "Graham Central Station". In late 1972, Larry Graham quit Sly and the Family Stone because of tension between Larry and group leader Sly Stone. After agreeing to produce a band named Hot Chocolate (not to be confused with British pop band Hot Chocolate), he decided to join the band and renamed them Graham Central Station in 1973. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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# Graham Central Station (1973) This debut captures a pivotal moment when funk's architectural principles were being fundamentally reimagined. Larry Graham's departure from Sly and the Family Stone freed him to explore the slap bass technique he'd pioneered, here deployed with newfound intensity and precision. The album's distinctive quality lies in how it centers rhythm as a melodic force rather than mere accompaniment—bass lines don't support the songs so much as define their very structure. What emerges is a tightly grooved, almost mechanical funk that feels both innovative and meticulously crafted, marking a clear departure from the previous era while establishing the blueprint for much that would follow in seventies funk and beyond.
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We've Been Waiting
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It Ain't No Fun to Me
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Hair
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We Be's Gettin' Down
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Tell Me What It Is
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Can You Handle It?
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People
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Why?
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Ghetto
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