The Masters Of Funk | The Untold Truth Of Slave

Like I said before, Greatest RUclips Channel.... Favorite songs Just A Touch Of Love, Watching You & Slide!

Mark Adams was beast on the bass,he never gets mention in anyone’s greatest bass player list,the low end sounds he got out of that bass is bananas

Favorite songs by Slave are, Just A Touch Of Love, Slide, Watching You & Starting Over. Slave deserves to be inducted to The R&B Hall Of Fame.!!!

I was married to Steve Washington and we have a son, Tsemach Washington who is George Clinton’s Godchild. Tsemach is taking great care of his Dad . Thank you 🙏
I will send this to him
Blessings

This band is SO unsung, For The Love of You was the reason I started drumming!!! And Slide is timeless!! Respect to ALL of these brothers.

This band deserves more than just an award recognition. This band deserves all the memories from all of it's fans and the music world as much as possible. I still play their songs on Spotify to this day. I was 8 years old when Slide came out and that song was the jam of that year.
Mark Adams himself was a great bass player. I will have to say one of the best bass players in r&b history. His signature "zoom"sound on the bass guitar is one that cannot be duplicated. May he rest in peace forever in all our hearts.

I'll put "Slide" in the top 5 for one of the funkiest songs ever recorded!

This band had a great run from 1976 to 1995. They had R&B hits were "Just a Touch of Love" , "Watching You", and "Snap Shot". We wanted to listen to them all day long without skipping a beat. This band deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.

Dayton Ohio is the center of the Funk Universe. I moved to Dayton in 1977. First concert i attended was Parliament Funkadelic and the Brides of Funkenstein. That was ‘79 at Hera Arena. Changed my life. Used to listen to Heatwave, Lakeside, Sun, Zapp featuring Roger, and Slave. Midnight Star was from Cincinnati and Ohio Players had members from the Dayton area. WDAO was the radio station that i heard all of this on. So many great memories of the late 70’s early 80’s.

Slave was one of my favorite groups growing up. I wore out all of their albums.

The amount of funk bands that have emerged out of Ohio is amazing, and Slave is one of them. My favorite joints by Slave is "Slide", "Watching You", and "Just A Touch". I love Keith Sweats' remake of "Just A Touch", as well!

The whole Stone Jam Album💪🏽

I met Stevie Washington at one of his daughter's high school graduation and I didn't even know it was him until later that day. It was truly an honor to meet him.

“Drac Is Back”, “The Way You Love Is Heaven”, “Snap Shot”, and “Wait For Me” are my favorites from Fungk Masters SLAVE!!

3:59 That is yours truly on the far left with a FOOT on my belt....Mark Adams recruited me in 1982 out of San Francisco California to replace Steve Arrington and I co wrote "Steppin Out" and sang lead vocals with my Mentor Danny Webster. On "New Plateau" Danny came up to me after I sang E-Z lovin you and told me that he wanted me to sing Every Song on that album including the rap K.O.G. I sang a duet with the great Mr. Floyd Miller on 'share your Love And I co- wrote many songs on that set....... I am extremely grateful for the incredible memories and 5 American/European tours with the Fellas. Thank you so very much WBPTV for this Great mini Bio!! All of these albums are HISTORY! Thank you man!!

Slave: One of the bands who made sure the bass player was at the forefront of their sound. Mark Adams had a distinctive sound that drove the band for years. I have all of their LP's from 1977-1983. Excellent Funk, R&B, and even some attempts to capture AOR (Album Oriented Rock) attention. The vocals were an acquired taste, but the musicianship was strong!!! Thank you for allowing us to watch this video, you've said it so well! Gotta keep the history of black music alive!!!

Absolutely one of the best funk bands... ever!
The only band that made me think that Funkadelic might have some competition ! No one to this day sounds like this or gets to play and record like this! No one was recording bass like this,out front and very prominent...just outstanding ! And Mark Adams had the chops and the musical knowledge to pull it off !
Drac ,Danny , Stevie , Steve, had a good formula and it worked !
I listen to them always to keep me up on my playing...and that's a compliment! I didn't know how many members had passed? I just knew about Mark, Drac & Danny...Fly On Brothers...

WOW. Thanks for sharing. Slave NEVER got the love they deserved.

The Funk group Slave was one of the most influential groups of the Funk era. They always delivered the goods. From the first time that I heard "The Hansler" play the first note of their debut single "Slide," I became a lifelong fan of this extraordinary group's music. Among my favorite songs of this phenomenal group are "Stone Jam," "Stellar Fungk," "Just A Touch Of Love," "Bad Girl," an unreleased gem from their "Bad Enough," album, and of course their 1977 debut single from there self-titled debut album Slave. Rest In Power to the Brothers who are no longer with us physically. They belong in any hall of fame that acknowledges top-tier artists. Kudos to WBPTV for this fine presentation on the history of Slave.

I love "Slide" and "Just a Touch of Love" the most out of their hits.

They deserve a "Rock And Roll" Hall of Fame induction. Them boys were musicians in every sense of the word. Recorded some gems that were hits.

SNAPSHOT!

Mark Adams is my favorite bass player from that era!!!!! One very important note about Slide, that record along produced more bass players than other song in my opinion! On the E string!!! You had to lock down!!!! Thanks to Mark Adams!!!!

My hometown… watching you, just a touch of love…slide, those are my favorite songs. Another great video… may these brothas be Resting In Peace 💐💐💐💐

My jam was Wait for me.

1)Slide
2)Just a Touch of love
3)Shine
4)Watching you
5)Party Song
6)Feel my love
7)Starting Over
Slave only lasted for 5 years back then there was no BET/Vh1 no internet like it is today

I'm 60 and slave featuring Steve Arrington, one of my favorites!

Thanks for the video. My favorite songs are "Watching You", "Slide", and "Just a Touch of Love" ❤️

This band deserves a myriad of honorable mentions. As a bass player,Slide was the first bass line that I learned. As for my favorite songs,the whole entire Stone Jam album,Show Time, even when they broke away and started separate projects with Aurra ,The Steve Arrington Hall Of Fame,and Deja. The music is timeless. I am so glad to have grown up in an era where the music is real and came from the minds,the hearts,imagination ,and genius of musicians as apposed to this sampling that we've been hearing for the past 30yrs.

"Watching You","Just a Touch of Love" "Feel My Love", "Snap Shot" "Steal Your Heart" "Dreamin" and "Wait For Me"....among several others.
Damn...whatever was in that water in Dayton and the rest of Ohio should be bottled! That state was almost solely responsible for the soundtrackof my Boston bred youth...salute 🫡✊🏾.
Slave was one of the only bands I witnessed who could create their studio "thump" on stage and not have the music sped up in some medley of hits.

When they came out with slide that was a game changer for the funk era, that song was hard as hell. Everybody hit the dance floor when the DJ put it on. People with their cars had to upgrade the stereo's and speakers because of how hard the bass was hitting. I also liked baby sinister and volcano rupture on the hardness of the world LP. Stella fungk was another hard one. When me and some of my friends use to sit around listening to music and somebody would say "put on some hard rock" slave is the go to. Thanks young bro, you been doing your thing, and that's a good thing.

Wait For Me, Watching You, Just A Touch Of Love, Slide, and many more are my favorites by Slave, keep them coming man.

Interesting Fact:
Their first manager was Jeff 'Free I' Dixon, the Jamaican disc jockey was Unalived along with reggae star Peter Tosh in 1987, during a home invasion. 😢

Absolutely RoF! I love "Just a Touch of Love" and Harrington's solo "Way Out"

Really funky band, outstanding dance music. RIP all those members who died too young. Thanks for your presentation

Slide, watching you and just a touch of love are my favorites by Slave

Steve Arlington's Album "Hall of Fame " is an classic funky album that stills sound relevant.. play "Weak At The Knees " at our last cook out.. should've seen the geriatric Uncle s and Aunties funking with a purpose.. 😂

Just a touch of love

R & B HALL OF FAME!!!!!!!!

Truly an unsung band. Yes, they deserve hall of fame induction

'Baby Sinister', 'Volcano Rupture', 'Steal Your Heart' 'Just Freak', and 'Sizzlin Hot'...🔥🔥🔥🔥

Slave is an incredible group. Mark Adams was an awesome Bass player with a great style and a distinctive sound. to this day, no one sounds like him RIP.

Slide, Just a touch of Love,Watching You.

The Bass Line on
“Just a Touch of Love”, is a killer.

"Just a Touch of Love" and "Sizzlin Hot" are my 2 favorite grooves.

I would also like to acknowledge trumpeter Maestro Delbert C. Taylor, Jr., who passed away on August 28, 2014 at the at of 63, and guitarist Kevin R. Johnson, who passed away on September 28, 2021 at the age of 65. Delbert was part of the band for the Show Time and Visions Of The Lite albums, and Kevin was part of the band on the Show Time album.

The guitar solo for Slide is one of greatest rips I've ever freakin' heard!

Slave Was The First Funk Rock Pop Fusion Band Ever! Epic Unique Funk Rhythm And Blues Albums Are "Stone Jam" And "Showtime". Next Level

Watching you

Slide, Just A Touch Of Love, Watching!!!!!!!!!

Slave Rock And Roll Hall of fame

I had the pleasure of meeting Mark Hicks and Leroy "Sugarfoot"Bonner of The Ohio Players in concert '09. They autographed a promotional poster for me that I hang proudly in my Man Cave. My favorite cuts are Wait for me, Snap Shot and Slide.

"Are You Ready For Love" is my favorite.
The haunting and harmonious background vocals and bridge along with the vocal styliings of the lead singer and overall rhythm are hooks for me.
I play it in my car to this very day.
Slave should have received more recognition than it had received.
R&B/Funk would not have been the same without their contribution.

My favorite song from them Watching Ladies Watching You

My favorite Slave jams are Slide and Feel the love that song remind me of my ex from high school we dance to that song!! Slave is very talented its amazing these guys had their first hit while in high school

Slave was one of the funkest rock bands of all time. They deserve so much more than what they got. It is no way you can deny their impact on all music especially R&B. I grew up in Kansas and never got to see the original group perform live. But I did see Steve Arrington in concert in 2016. What a show!! I will always cherish what Slave did and there impact on music as a whole. Of course they deserve to be in the hall of fame too! Greatness exemplified! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🤩🤩👏🏾👏🏾

Watching you,snap shot,wait for me,nobody can be you,dancin’ in the key of life,way out,just a touch🕺🏽

*Eastside Low Bottoms sh*t !*
_Tappin' in from South Central LA_
My favorite songs by Slave to listen to and lowride to are Snap Shot, Watching You and especially Weak At The Knees. 🤯 Mindblowing !

My Favorite Joint Is Their Slow Jam "Starting Over" From Early 1981.

Slide and a touch of love❤

This my favorite R&B group growing up my favorite songs were Just a touch of love Watching You I’ll be gone Lonely girl I still play these songs today they never get old definitely should be in the hall of fame thank you for this they never get enough credit for how much there songs touched us all oh yeah I like Party lites too 😊Starting all over was another song I loved 😊

Definitely deserves Hall of Fame induction !! ❤
• Slide ( one of the MOST Funkiest Bass lines and Hardcore Rock guitar solos in Musical History)
• Just a Touch of Love
• Watching You

One of my favorite bands. I still have and play my two favorite albums from when I bought them new. Slave and The Concept. Thanks.

Just seen Slave at the Juneteenth festival 2023 Carson California. They got off. Just as funky as when they came. Some bad dudes and gals. Slide is my favorite.

Slave not only deserves any HOF recognition out there, they should be mentioned alongside the greats of Motown, Stax, PIR, etc. l personally consider them Black Radio Royalty (Yes I said Black). Despite the lineup changes and musical trends, they stayed true to the funk( or Fungk) and didn't crossover. YOU had to crossover to them. Respect to Slave and the family tree( Steve Arrington's HOF, Aurra, Deja) RIP to all of the fallen members and Justice for Mark Adams ⚖️. Favs are Slide, The Party Song, Can't Get Enough Of You, Stellar Fungk, Coming Soon, Stone Jam, Watching You, Feel My Love, Snapshot, Steal Your Heart, and in case you thought I forgot, Just A Touch Of Love is timeless, still sounds like the first time each time!✌🏿

A Touch Of Love, Slide, Watching You

Well …. With their land mark song “SLIDE” … I think the group may deserve a spot in Hall Of Fame …. That song is landmark in the era it was released . Anyone who would even him that song just out the blue should at least know who it came from

Favorites: Slide, Stellar Fungk, Watching you, Snapshot. And the bassist work with Aurra kicking out "Are you single" & "Make up your mind" YESSIR!!! Mark Adams was a beast on the Bass!

Steve Arrington is so underrated.

Was Just blasting Slave's "Snapshot" & "Watching You" the other day.
Slave got some 🔥 songs.

Stone Jam and Slide are my two favorite Slave tracks.

Not too many hits without Steve but I was definitely feeling them. Steve Arrington's solo stuff was everything.

I just recently found this channel and I love it keep it up!

As a kid growing up in Toledo, OH, slave was a major inspiration for myself and our band, while we were still in high school. I was bass player, and had the chance to meet Mark in Dayton when I was about 13 years old.
Mark’s influence of heavy out front bass lines is still heard in the music that I make today, .. under the name of “Mork XL”

SLIDE & WATCHING YOU WERE MY TWO FAVORITES. I CONFESS THERE'S MORE.....🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

Glad I've Got the Best of Slave on CD.

Yes they deserve a hall of fame

There is no Hall of Fame without Slave. Whether it's Funk or Rock and Roll.

I was a teenager during the 70s, but more importantly, I was also learning to play the electric guitar. I had already been listening to hard, rockin' funk courtesy of the Isley Brothers 3+3 with the illuminating Ernie Isley. Slave was like the Isley Brothers band on steroids in many ways. The lead work on "Slide" set my teenaged guitarist's soul on fire, but like a true devotee of the funk, I learned the rhythm parts verbatim. You know how nobody gets to play Led Zep's "Stairway To Heaven" in music stores? Nobody ever stopped me from playing "Slide!" Indeed, I have often called "Slide" the best funk song of the 1970s, so I figure you can guess that I'm voting for "Slide" as Slave best song. (I can just hear people sayin', "Gee, ya think!?⁉"😆)

Slide, Just a Touch and Watching You are my faves. Yes! They deserve a HOF induction. Rest well Roger Dodger Parker.

My Dayton peeps. 937 in da house!

Snap shot, watching You, slide, and a touch of love. I thank you for their eposode🎉

Appreciate you putting this documentary out about slave. I love that group been looking for a documentary. You gave them their flowers.

Wow thank you for a superb video post. SLAVE were a fantastic band . They were extremely underrated. Their albums stone jam showtime and unchained at last were funk classics . Mark ( the hansolo) Adams superb bass grooves should be studied in musical university's 🎼 . Steve Arrington was a fab singer and great thumping drummer. Danny Webster was incredibly underrated floating style singer / lead guitarist. Wayne Foote was also very cool on lead vocals. Aurra were also a super cool band/ they were slave with smoother vocals . My fav slave song 🎵 hmm Just a touch of love , steal your heart away and watching you. Fav Aurra tracks were , when I come home to you., are you single and still free . Young & co another great band sounded very similar to slave.Fav songs, Waiting on your love , I like what your doing to me and checking you out were fab funk tunes. The double cd by Slave funk essentials is definatly worth checking out. There were so many fantastic funk bands from ohio , Slave was one of them , for me the best .

“Hardness of the World” is one of the greatest Funk/Rock/Fusion albums ever. Still in constant rotation of my playlist.

Slave was 1 of my favorite groups of all time

Watching You is the jam!!!! Oh my goodness. My friends and I would play this jam over and over as we danced up the street. Love that song. My second favorite is Snapshot. Oh my goodness such memories.

Absolutely awesome,loved all the jams🔥🔥

These guys were 16 and 17 years old when they made "Slide"

My Favorites are "Watching You", "Snap Shot", and "Slide" 🧡🧡😊😊

Way Out was my jam! I also love Snap Shot, Slide, Just A Touch of Love, Stone Jam, and of course, Watching You!

Very good. I have all of their songs and been a fan from their first album. One of great unsung funk groups. For me Stone Jam, Just a Touch of Love and Show Time were their best albums.

My favorite songs from Slave are Just A Touch of Love, Slide, Watching You & Snapshot , this group definitely deserves to be in the hall of fame, Ohio Hall of Fame if there’s one or Dayton Hall of Fame R&B Hall of Fame Rest In Peace to members of Slave the thing I know about Mark Adams was that he was murdered and as far as I know that his case is unsolved but I heard that one of his sons has take up bass playing in honor of his father.

Slave is my favorite funk band of all time. In my opinion Slave's best songs are not just there radio hits. If you are a true Slave fan you dive deep into all of their albums. For example everything on "The Hardness Of The World ". My favorite cut is "We Can Make Love". "Showtime" Lp , The whole album is "Smokin". My favorite cut. "Spice Of Life". "Stone Jam" Lp. The whole album is BAD!!! Same thing as there debut Lp "Slave" I love all them cuts. Slide is one of there best ever cuts but my favorite on that Lp is "Screw Your Wig On Tite" and "Happiest Days". Last thing I will say is when you listen to Slave don't sell yourself short by just listening to there hits because you will be missing out. In our lifetime there will never be another band like this. Enjoy it while its out there. Slave fan forever!!!

thank you for the content.. well done.. yes the original group deserves a HOF nod hopefully before we lose Steve "fearless leader" Washington..all of that group has passed away

Watching You. Great song

Thanks for sharing all of this history of one of my favorite funk bands from the 70's. I listen to their music, but I never really read up on their history. I didn't know that the band had so many members to come and go in the band. My H.S. yrs. was in the late 70's, and I was into "The Funk". This band was high on my list of funk bands that I was into. My favorite Slave songs was "Watching You" and "Just a little bit". Steve's vocals was unique and so recognizable. Mark Adams was one of my inspirations to wanting to learn to play bass. RIP BROS.

"Watching You", "Can We Spend Some Time", "Slide", "Stone Jam" and "Just A Touch Of Love.'

I have The Best of Slave on CD. My favorite jams are Slide, Just A Touch of Love, Watching You, and Wait For Me.

Bring on the MEMORIES 🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼I want to SNAP!!!!!!…….Youuuuuu!!!!!