Party People

Wattie Green
Party People

The Fatback Band (later, simply Fatback) is an American funk and disco band. Most popular in the 1970s and 1980s, The Fatback Band is most known for their Top Ten R&B hits, "(Do The) Spanish Hustle", "I Like Girls", "Gotta Get My Hands on Some (Money)", and "Backstrokin'". Their 1979 single "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" is sometimes considered the first hip hop single. Formed in New York City in 1970, The Fatback Band was the concept of Bill Curtis, an experienced session drummer, inspired to merge the "fatback" jazz beat of New Orleans into a funk band. In addition to Curtis, the band's initial line-up included guitarist Johnny King, bassist Johnny Flippin, trumpet player George Williams, saxophonist Earl Shelton, flautist George Adams, and keyboardist Gerry Thomas. The band specialized in playing "street funk". The group also later included conga player Wayne Woolford, vocalists Jayne and Gerry, Deborah Cooper saxophonist Fred Demerey, guitarist Louis Wright and George Victory. More

Hailing from Nashville, Tennessee, Wattie Green went from virtual unknown to one of the most recognized names in House Music virtually overnight. DJ'ing since '99 and only producing since 2004, the spelunking, multi-instrument playing (banjo, guitar, upright bass, etc.), swing house producing phenom burst on the scene with a sound so fresh, it took the global house community by storm! It all started online during a timely chance encounter with J. Caprice of High Maintenance who along with producing partner 4peace where just about to launch their Dallas based label, Juiced Music. They were so impressed with his sound they signed his first 9 tracks and the rest is house history. Shortly thereafter, one of Wattie's tracks (Sea Lion Woman) caught the ear of Flapjack's label boss Frankie J who subsigned the track from Juiced to put out on vinyl for Flapjack. This lead to an EP deal with Flapjack and went on to become his first official release entitled the "Bashville, TN. EP". Since, Wattie has released two full EP's on Juiced and a remix for Flapjack with upcoming releases due out on Serial Sickness and Knocturnal Emissions and more coming from both Juiced and Flapjack! Wattie's tracks continually top the charts of stores such as Stompy and Traxsource and he has gone on to virtually redefine the swing house sound with his sophisticated nuskool jackin' feel. The sky is the limit for this amazingly gifted producer! Source