Thunder Thumbs & Lightnin' Licks 2

Part two of the Brothers Johnson family pick. Yesterday was part 1 and I told you about the title there. What I didn't talk about was the two Beatles covers (one today, one yesterday). Or the track yesterday that I swear sounds like KC and the Sunshine Band got a little funkier. Their most well known hit was yesterday (Strawberry Letter 23), but the next most well known one is today. Unless you count Michael Jackson. They played on several tracks including Billie Jean (but that didn't make my list). Lots of soul, funk and jazz on today's volume. I spread it out over the two. The cover I made pieced together both Louis and George Johnson and some cool thunder and lightning.

Thunder Thumbs & Lightnin' Licks 2

17 Donna Summer - State Of Independence

18 Brothers Johnson - Come Together

19 Quincy Jones and James Ingram - One Hundred Ways

20 Brothers Johnson - I'll Be Good To You

21 Billy Preston - Will It Go Round in Circles

22 Bobby Womack - Daylight

23 Bill Withers - Hello Like Before

24 James Ingram - Party Animal

25 George Benson - Love X Love

26 The Crusaders - This Old World's Too Funky For Me

27 Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

28 Brothers Johnson - Stomp

29 Brothers Johnson - Ride-O-Rocket

30 The Isley Brothers - Dish It Out

31 Brothers Johnson - The Real Thing

32 Earl Klugh - Angelina

Thunder Thumbs & Lightnin' Licks 1

The nicknames for the Brothers Johnson are Thunder Thumbs & Lightnin' Licks. Louis on bass and George on guitar. Nicknames are too good to not make it the title of this pick. Those nicknames are also the title of a cool song in the movie: Mother, Jugs and Speed. It's got Raquel Welch and Harvey Keitel and Bill Cosby in it. As well as Larry Hagman (sort of playing Bill Cosby). That movie would never get made today. But the music was great. They had tracks on a few different movies. The songs on this compilation all feature one or both of the Brothers. Some they wrote, but they played on all. They did a bunch of stuff with Quincy Jones, so you'll see some of the same artists that are on my Rod Temperton pick too, but only a couple of doubles in songs. I was going to do only one volume but I had too much I couldn't remove.

Thunder Thumbs & Lightnin' Licks 1

01 Brothers Johnson - Thunder Thumbs & Lightnin' Licks

02 Pointer Sisters - Don't It Drive You Crazy

03 Grover Washington Jr. - Knucklehead

04 Patti Austin with James Ingram - Baby, Come To Me

05 Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23

06 Herb Alpert - Love Is

07 Quincy Jones - Is It Love That We're Missin'

08 Brothers Johnson - Get The Funk Out Ma Face

09 Billy Preston - Struttin'

10 Brothers Johnson - You Make Me Wanna Wiggle

11 Steve Arrington - Feel So Real

12 Brothers Johnson - Ain't We Funkin' Now

13 Herbie Hancock - Hang Up Your Hang Ups

14 Brothers Johnson - Light Up The Night

15 Lee Ritenour - Wild Rice

16 Brothers Johnson - Hey Jude