This B.B. King blues tune is the first release from the Uncle Funker Music Project. Featuring a more laid back approach to the song with Kevin Mummy on Drums and Kurt Ribak on stand up bass, The horns parts are arranged by Lincoln Adler, and performed by Lincoln and Ross Wilson. Guitars are handled by long time Digidesign pals,Tom Siebenthal and Mike Kutulas. Piano and Hammond C3 by lifetime musical comrade Greg Sankovich, and yours truly on vocals

Bad Case Of Love

This is a rave up version of the Bill Withers composition "Use Me". Powered by the "Times 4" rhythm section of Mo Miles on drums and Kevin Lofton on bass. "Use Me" is The Uncle Funker Project's contribution to the "50 Shades of Grey" virus that is sweeping the U.S.

Use Me

I've always loved both the Cannonball Adderley and Buckingham's version of this Joe Zawinul tune.  What I wanted to do was kind of blend the two versions together, keeping the jazz groove and instrumentation and adding vocals.  We tracked the basics at my house with Kevin Mummy on drums, Kurt Ribak on stand up bass, and Greg Sankovich on keyboards. The horns were arranged by Lincoln Adler, with Lincoln playing the sax parts and Ross Wilson playing a smoking trumpet solo.  Guitar was added by Tom Siebenthal, percussion by Matt Willis.  We tracked the vocals at Fantasy along with the background vocals provided by Tonette Jeanine and Woodrow Thompson.

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

This is my take on the well known Freddie King tune "Someday After A While". We were looking to give it a bit more of an R&B/Big Band arrangement utilizing a stand-up bass and a horn section with more of a jazz feel on the drums. The basic tracks were cut in my home studio with Kevin Mummy on drums, Kurt Ribak on Bass, and Greg Sankovich on Piano. Overdubs were done at home as well with Greg laying down an organ track on my Hammond C3, and Lincoln Adler arranging the horn section parts and playing all of the sax parts including the solo. Ross Wilson played the trumpet and trombone parts and solos. My lead vocals were cut at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley along with the background vocals by Tonette Jeanine and Woodrow Thompson. I mixed this at home with Pro Tools 10, all in the box.

Someday After A While

Here's a classic tune for the holidays that I recorded way back in 1999 with some Digidesign friends.  Shout out to Jake Schaefer, Jake Thorne, Bruce Paine and Tony Puig. 

Enjoy and Happy Holidays!

Digidesign Holiday Album 1999 - A Lump Of Coal For Your Stocking

Jingle Bell Rock

Please Come Home for Christmas

The Uncle Funker Music Project is the brainchild of Bob Langlie. He performed, recorded, mixed and arranged the project with a little (OK a lot!) of help from his very talented friends in the SF Bay Area.