Copyright © 2013 by Rickey Vincent

Foreword copyright © 2013 by Boots Riley

All rights reserved

First edition

Published by Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of

Chicago Review Press, Incorporated

814 North Franklin Street

Chicago, Illinois 60610

ISBN 978-1-61374-492-5

All lyrics of original Lumpen songs transcribed herein are copyright the original authors and are used by permission.

“No More,” “Power to the People,” “The Lumpen Theme,” “People Get Ready,” “For Freedom,” “Bobby Must Be Set Free,” “Ol’ Pig Nixon,” “Revolution Is the Only Solution” © 1970 by W. Calhoun.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Vincent, Rickey.

Party music : the inside story of the Black Panthers’ band and how black power transformed soul music / Rickey Vincent. —First edition.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-61374-492-5 (trade paper)

1. Lumpen (Musical group) 2. Rhythm and blues music—Political aspects—United States—History—20th century. 3. Soul (Music)—Political aspects—United States—History—20th century. 4. Black power—United States—History—20th century. 5. Black Panther Party. I. Title.

ML421.L84V56 2013

781.6440973—dc23

2013026033

Cover design: John Yates at Stealworks

Cover photographs: top, Lumpen onstage, Bill Jennings; left, Smith and Carlos at 1968 Olympic medal ceremony, Time Life Pictures/Getty Images; right, James Brown, © Pierre Fournier/Sygma/Corbis

Interior design: PerfecType, Nashville, TN

Printed in the United States of America

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