Shotgun (funk band)

Shotgun were an American funk band from Detroit, Michigan, that recorded six albums between 1977 and 1982. They also had eight hit records on the Billboard R&B chart, the most successful being "Don't You Wanna Make Love" which reached #35 on the R&B chart in 1979. The band was formed by 24-Carat Black band members William Talbert, Tyrone Steels, Ernest Lattimore and Gregory Ingram.

Of the band's 1977 debut album Shotgun, Dusty Groove said, "This first album by Shotgun — one of the many major label funk groups who flourished briefly at the end of the 70s has a harder sound than most of this nature — with plenty of guitars in the mix, and an overall heavier sound than you'd expect from an effort of this type. In fact, there's almost a rock/funk kind of groove going on — one that would be more typical of early 70s crossover efforts on Epic, in the wake of Sly Stone and other artists like that."

Members

 * Richard Sebastian (trumpet)
 * Greg Ingram (saxophone)
 * Billy Talbert (keyboards, guitars)
 * Ernest Latimore (guitars, vocals)
 * Larry Austin (bass)
 * Tyrone Steels (drums, vocals)
 * Leslie Carter (percussion)
 * Robert Resch (drums)

Discography

 * Shotgun (ABC 1977)
 * Good, Bad & Funky (ABC 1978)
 * Shotgun III (ABC 1979)
 * Shotgun IV (MCA 1980)
 * Kingdom Come (MCA 1980)
 * Ladies Choice (Montage 1982)