The Early Years Con Funk Shun was formed in Vallejo, California by high-school classmates Louis A. McCall and Michael V. Cooper. With Louis on drums and percussion and Michael providing lead vocals ...

Michael Cooper received a call from his daughter on Valentine’s Day last year telling the co-founder of the R&B band Con Funk Shun to check out a video she had sent him. “I clicked on the link and the ...

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak have gifted fans with a Silk Sonic cover of Con Funk Shun's "Love's Train" for Valentine's Day. Hot on the heels of .Paak's Super Bowl LVI halftime show appearance for ...

It”s been 46 years since Con Funk Shun began in Danny Thomas” garage. And, while the band continues to flourish in its latest incarnation, Thomas has thrived with his own projects. Not that he denies ...

Con Funk Shun”s played in front of more than 100,000 fans, hit gigs across the country via Lear jet in the same day, and had its share of Top 40 R&B tunes. Those days may be memory, but that”s OK with ...

"Soul Train" ended in 2006 after a 35-season run and since then, there have been no revivals of it or any other musical variety show of its kind. Lakeside and Con Funk Shun's concert proved that the ...

Felton Pilate and Michael Cooper of Con Funk Shun have a new accomplishment to add to their glowing resumes. The musicians have received honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters from the Christian Bible ...

Con Funk Shun formed in Vallejo and released several popular albums through the 1970s, including “Loveshine,” “Candy” and “Spirit of Love.” The band’s biggest hit is the catchy “Ffun,” off the 1977 ...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (WNTZ) — The soulful rhythms of the 1970s are set to echo through downtown Alexandria as legendary R&B and funk band Con Funk Shun takes the stage at RiverFête on Friday, May 2, from 8 ...

Silk Sonic performed a cover of Con Funk Shun’s ‘Love’s Train’ at tonight’s Billboard Music Awards 2022. The annual awards show is taking place tonight (May 15) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las ...

The duo – comprised of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak – keep largely faithful to the five-minute jam, melding warm, mix-steering bass guitar and glittering keys with ultra-suave and honeyed vocal runs.