Fatback Band

The Ambassadors of Funk, return to the UK to play their most spectacular, full band, live shows ever! These shows will be a celebration to Bill ‘Fatback’ Curtis, who was in October 2023, inducted in the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame.

The Fatback Band are one of the most acclaimed Funk & Disco groups to have ever emerged from America. Formed in New York City in 1970, the Fatback Band was the concept of Bill ‘Fatback’ Curtis. Fatback, mixed Jazz, Funk and prefigured Disco and were at the beginning of Rap; their 1979 rap single “King Tim III” was released a week before the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight”.

The Fatback Band have released over 35 albums and have had countless hits, which have become club anthems, including:

“I Found Lovin’”,

“Spanish Hustle”,

“Is This The Future”,

“(Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop”),

“Back Strokin’”,

“Wicky Wacky”,

“Yum Yum”,

“Keep On Steppin’”,

“I Like Girls”,

“King Tim III (Personality Jock)”…

Plus, the Street Sounds Radio DJs will host the evening to put the Funk in our face and get the party started!