American funk band Not to be confused with Shotgun (rock band).
Shotgun were an American funk band from Detroit, Michigan, that recorded six albums between 1977 and 1982. They also had eight hit records on the Billboard R&B chart, the most successful being "Don't You Wanna Make Love" which reached #35 on the R&B chart in 1979. The band was formed by 24-Carat Black band members William Talbert, Tyrone Steels, Ernest Lattimore and Gregory Ingram.
Of the band's 1977 debut album Shotgun, Dusty Groove said, "This first album by Shotgun — one of the many major label funk groups who flourished briefly at the end of the 70s has a harder sound than most of this nature — with plenty of guitars in the mix, and an overall heavier sound than you'd expect from an effort of this type. In fact, there's almost a rock/funk kind of groove going on — one that would be more typical of early 70s crossover efforts on Epic, in the wake of Sly Stone and other artists like that."
Members
- Richard Sebastian (trumpet)
- Greg Ingram (saxophone)
- Billy Talbert (keyboards, guitars)
- Ernest Latimore (guitars, vocals)
- Larry Austin (bass)
- Tyrone Steels (drums, vocals)
- Leslie Carter (percussion)
- Robert Resch (drums)
Discography
- Shotgun (ABC 1977)
- Good, Bad & Funky (ABC 1978)
- Shotgun III (ABC 1979)
- Shotgun IV (MCA 1980)
- Kingdom Come (MCA 1980)
- Ladies Choice (Montage 1982)
See also
References
- Wynn, Rob. "The Shotgun Biography". Archived from the original on April 12, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 399.
- "Shotgun – 1977 – Shotgun". Funkmysoul.gr. April 24, 2008. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- "Shotgun Page".
External links
- Shotgun at discogs.com