The Brothers Johnson - Thunder Thumbs & Lightnin' Licks free for downloading

louis johnson makes love to that bass guitar in this song. this is 70s funk at its best for sure :)

Rest in the Funk, Louis. You funked my world.....

I just found out Louis Johnson passed a few years ago. Major news outlets simply passed on the story. What disrespect for one of the greatest bass players ever! RIP Thundering Thumbs!

Man I aint but 24 and I'm diggin this. Most of the music I got is b4 my time....guess I got an "old soul"

The year this album came out was the year of the bicentinial 1976!

The first time I heard this was on the playground at my school on May day and everybody was getting ready to rehearse the Maypole dance. I was in 6th grade, walking across the playground when one of the teachers put it on, the second I heard that synthesizer intro it was like a strong magnet. It was so different, loud, and funky. I was hooked and asked the teacher who it was. Right after school I asked my Dad to get it for me. He did. I still have that original album from Waxie Maxie record store.

Youngblood from KISS 104 in Atlanta brought me here. RIP Thunder Thumbs!

For the young'uns out there, this is an example of a  Quincy Jones production, "pre-Michael Jackson Off The Wall".

Real music takes control every time.

OHMYDAMN!!! You have to listen close to Louis' licks!!! The man kicks ass on every note!!! What a virtuoso!!! Close your eyes when you listen to it, focus on the bass...you'll see what I mean!!!

Rest In Peace, Louis Johnson.

Aw man,...I am crying right now.  This is on the level of when Whitney Houston passed away.  You can't help but bob your head to this groove....R.I.P to the baddest bass player on the planet....Gonna miss you Thunder Thumbs...  This is the first song i learned to play on the flute.

And I'm just 26....I try to tell my peers.....they don't listen to me!! They don't know real music!!! Gimme some ConFunkShun over Wayne any day!

For all the OG’S out there, who remembers Bill Cosby bumping this in his van mashing thru the golf course in the movie “MOTHER, JUGS, & SPEED”???????

Back in the 70s they used to play this song in any Saturday Night live skit that caused for Disco Music to be played in the backgroud.

RIP Thunder Thumbs

The first time I heard this I was 15 yrs in 1976. And I lost my damn Mind

One of my favorite tracks of theirs, brilliant orchestration of light rain, then heavy rain, then lightning and thunder, the wind...

Whoa. Tekken 3 sampled this song for the character Nina. This is awesome!!