Various, James Black Revolution, B & The Family, Between The Two, The Devoted Souls, Gateway, James Reese & The Progressions, Twinn Konnexion, Afrika, Doris Troy, The Soul Injection, Mother Braintree, The McClintons, Buddy Hank & The Shine Band, Ebony Diamonds, Brass Horizon, Bell Telephunk, Heem The Music Monsters, Jeff Odom

Minneapolis Sound

Linn drums, Oberheim stabs, no horn section: funk rebuilt by one city's worth of overlapping bands.

D.C. Go-Go

Percussion that never stops: congas, cowbell and crowd chants holding one groove across a whole night.