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Graham Central Station: Raise Up

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When last heard from, Graham Central Station was anticipating the arrival of the new century with GCS 2000, which attempted to update the Bay Area funk band’s ‘70s sound with a major assist from Prince. Raise Up also gets a little help from master bassist Larry Graham’s biggest fan, but the new sound is still the old sound—there isn’t a real attempt to move the GCS formula forward, and save for an influx of electronics, this could very well be a “lost” gem from the band’s heyday. But that’s OK because Graham, who honed his craft as a core member of Sly and the Family Stone, is still a monster player, and on Raise Up (which also features Raphael Saadiq on a track), he and the current GCS have done a great job of partying like it’s 1975.
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