Wheedle's Groove

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Sep 03 - Sep 09, 2010

(Jennifer Maas, Seattle, 2009, DigiBeta, 87 min)

Sponsored by KBCS 91.3 FM and the Vera Project

Special guests every night!

Seattle, get ready for some Soul searching! Jennifer Maas' Wheedle's Groove provides a look back some thirty years before grunge music put Seattle on the map, when late 1960s groups like Black on White Affair, The Soul Swingers and Cold, Bold & Together filled airwaves and packed clubs every night of the week.

Many groups started to receive widespread attention with invitations to perform on national television and collaborate with mainstream acts. Just as many of the groups were on the verge of breaking out, the fickle public turned its ear to disco, and Seattle's soul scene slipped into obscurity.

Rediscover that history with local collector DJ Mr. Supreme, who uncovered Seattle's soulful past after finding a dusty Black on White Affair 45 called "Bold Soul Sister" in a 99-cent bin at a Seattle Center record show. By 2003, he had a rough impression of a once-thriving scene and a hefty collection of Seattle soul and funk 45s, some of which were fetching upwards of $5,000 on the collector circuit. Supreme approached local record label Light In The Attic with the idea of releasing a Seattle soul and funk compilation.
 
Light In The Attic spent twelve months tracking down artists and fleshing out the story of Seattle's funky past, and the result was a CD compilation entitled "Wheedle's Groove." At the CD release party in August of 2004, a line of nostalgic 60-somethings and funk-hungry 20-somethings wrapped around the building as the musicians inside, now janitors, graphic designers, and truck drivers, look back at careers derailed and prepare to perform together for the first time in 30 years.

"Eye-opening, ear-teasing, irresistible!" —Seattle Metropolitan
 
 
Tickets $6/Film Forum and EMP members, $6.50/seniors, children under 12 and students with ID, $9/general
 
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Special guests almost every night!

Friday, September 3 - Performance with Pastor Patrinell Staten Wright and members of Total Experience Gospel Choir
 
Saturday, September 4 - Q&A with Tony Gable and Jamar Jenkins of Cold, Bold & Together, along with KYAC disc jockey Robert Nesbitt

Sunday, September 5 (8pm show) - Drum seminar and Q&A with Robbie Hill (Family Affair, Black On White Affair)

Monday, September 6 - Robbie Hill + members of Broham

Tuesday, September 7 - Q&A with members of Cookin' Bag, along with King County Councilman Larry Gossett discussing the music, culture, and history of the Central District and the Seattle Black Power movement during the late '60s and early '70s. 

Wednesday, September 8 - Performance with Overton Berry

Thursday, September 9 -  Q&A with Wheedle's Groove mastermind DJ Supreme La Rock and the film's narrator Sir Mix-A-Lot, discussing Wheedle's Groove and the resurgence through sampling and hip-hop
 
 
 
 
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