Anyway, they started out following in Earth, Wind & Fire's footsteps,Īnd later relied heavily on P-Funk gimmicks like non sequitur voiceovers,Ī fictional radio station that played their music (WGAP instead of WEFUNK) and even borrowed catchphrases ("The bigger the headache, the bigger When I was a kid, I read that they intended to fill in the "gap" between Sly Stone and P-Funk,īut apparently that's a fabrication: they were named for a Tulsa intersection.
He was 53.įormed in the early 1970s, the Gap Band was a Tulsa, Oklahoma soul/funk outfit fronted by three Wilson brothers: Charles, Ronnie and Robert. Robert Wilson died on August 16, 2010, from a massive heart attack. The Gap Band (1979) - II - III - IV - Strike A Groove - V: Jammin' - VI - VII - 8 - Straight From The Heart - Round Trip - You Turn My Life Around - Testimony - Ain't Nothin' But A Party - Gotta Get Up - Y2K: Funkin' Till 2000 Comz - Love At Your Fingatips - Charlie, Last Name Wilson - Uncle Charlie - Love, Charlie Magician's Holiday - The Gap Band (1977).