Talk:Dyke and the Blazers

African Americans?
Were they African Americans? If yes, then someone should add Category:Murdered African-American people and Category:African-American singers, etc. —  Ark25  (talk) 00:01, 8 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Most, if not all, of the band were dark skinned. I don't know if they were African. Nor were they called "African American" back then.
 * But I am wondering if a band (this is a band article) should be included as categories for individuals. Lazypub (talk) 13:51, 27 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Here is a photo of the band, and here they are on YT. The problem is that I don't really think that Arlester Christian meets the notability standards for his own article - but I'd be happy to be corrected.   Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:59, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * But an image only shows skin tone. There is no way (via photo) to know if one may have been, as example, Jamaican or Middle Eastern.
 * And you are correct, he does not have standalone notability. In fact, most of his biographies spend more time talking about the band than him. Lazypub (talk) 14:04, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

Reference 6 has gone bad
This is the new link for the Hall of Fame reference: http://www.azmusichalloffame.org/inductees/dyke-and-the-blazers/ I don't feel confident to fix anything beyond text so I'm not changing it myself.

While I'm here, a lot of people are going to want a section on how the displaced snare drum break near the end of Funky Broadway Pt. 1 is nearly identical to James Brown's Cold Sweat, which led to I Got the Feeling and Mother Popcorn - all of which are highly relevant to hip-hop. Obviously, Dyke preceded James Brown in using the displaced snare, and James Brown was constantly quoting Funky Broadway in other songs, covered it himself later, and anecdotally said Dyke was the only guy who scared him - or some such statement of respect. Again, I'm not competent to add anything definitive, but these are the areas that could greatly benefit Wikipedia as this band is unusually important in music history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevintimba (talk • contribs) 19:48, 18 March 2022 (UTC)