brides of funkenstein
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American Female Vocal Group The original Brides of Funkenstein were Lynn Mabry and Dawn Silva, two vocalists who were background singers for Sly And The Family Stone in the mid-70s. George Clinton first met them while Sly was opening for Parliament-Funkadelic and offered them to join the P.Funk camp in 1977. A year later in, 1978, the Brides debut album The Brides Of Funkenstein* - Funk Or Walk was released. With the help of their hit single "Disco to Go", the album went gold. They began touring with P-Funk for the "One Nation Under a Groove" tour, but Lynn left the group in 1979, due to financial disputes and her becoming pregnant. The second version of the Brides included (original member) Dawn Silva, Sheila Horne, and Jeanette McGruder (an Atlantic records session vocalist). They release The Brides Of Funkenstein* - Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy (1979) to great critical acclaim, but only modest commercial success. The group began recording a never-released third album, but financial and creative disputes broke the group up.
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The Brides of Funkenstein were a musical group comprised of Lynn Mabry and Dawn Silva. Previously background singers for Sly Stone, Mabry and Silva joined the P-Funk collective in 1977. George Clinton renamed them, and recorded their first album, "Funk Or Walk", for Atlantic Records in 1978. The Brides of Funkenstein charted at Number 7 on the R&B Hit charts, "Disco To Go" was certified gold. The duo became the opening act fixture of the P-Funk road shows. Lynn Mabry left the group in 1979. Dawn Silva, the original lead vocalist, would pick up the torch and invite back-up vocalist "Bridesmaids", Sheila Horne and Jeanette McGruder to sing on the second Brides album, "Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy". Dawn Silva, Sheila Horne and Jeanette McGruder were to receive a Cashbox Rhythm & Blues award for best new female artist, beating out The Pointer Sisters, Sister Sledge, and Cheryl Lynn. The trio recorded a third album, "Shadows On The Wall" in 1980. Most of the Brides' material from the un-released third album was gradually featured, song by song, throughout the P-Funk catalogue. Mabry and singer Edna Holt toured with Talking Heads in 1984, appearing in the famed concert film Stop Making Sense along with P-Funk colleague Bernie Worrell. Dawn Silva and Lynn Mabry had a brief reunion in 1981 as the New Wave Brides, opening for Grace Jones, and a lengthy tour with Was (Not Was). Dawn Silva released her debut solo CD in 2000. Entitled "All My Funky Friends," it garnered rave reviews in Europe and Asia.
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