Who's Gonna Save The World

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Father’s Children were a rough-and-tumble funk septet paying dues on the Washington, D.C., club circuit when they recorded <i>Who’s Gonna Save the World</i> in the fall of 1972. The group took an exhilarating, melting-pot style approach to funk and soul that fused Latin percussion, massed horn sections, and group harmony vocals in a manner mirroring the eclectic approach of the era’s other large funk outfits. But where similarly adventurous groups like Mandrill, War, and The Soul Searchers all secured major-label record deals and enthusiastic underground followings, Father’s Children had difficulty getting their music heard by a larger audience. When they proved unable to pay for the studio time they’d used to record <i>Who’s Gonna Save the World</i>, the studio refused to give the group the master tapes. The album languished in storage for decades before being discovered in 2006 by D.C.-area music historian Kevin Coombe. Lovingly reissued by Chicago’s Numero Group, the album is a minor wonder that, had it been released in 1972, would have easily stood as one of that year’s best funk full-lengths.

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