Saturday Night Live (album)

This article is about the Trouble Funk album. For albums related to the TV show, see Saturday Night Live § Music.

Saturday Night Live (also titled as Saturday Night Live! from Washington, D.C.) is a live album released in 1983 by the Washington, D.C.–based go-go band Trouble Funk.^[1][7]

Saturday Night Live
Live album by Trouble Funk
Released	1983
Genre	Go-go funk old-school hip hop
Length	31:01
Label	Island Polystar T.T.E.D.
Producer	Robert Reed Tony Fisher James Avery
Trouble Funk chronology
In Times of Trouble (1983) Saturday Night Live (1983) Say What? (1986)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
ARTISTdirect	[2]
musicHound R&B	(3/5)[3]
Robert Christgau	B+[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]

Track listing

Side A

1. "A-Groove" – 1:52
2. "That's What We're Talking About" – 6:07
3. "Take It to the Bridge"– 1:15
4. "Grip It" – 5:51

Side B

1. "Double Trouble" – 0:56
2. "4th Gear" – 2:17
3. "Give Me a Quick One" – 3:43
4. "Sleep On It" – 9:00

Personnel

• Chester "T-Bone" Davis – lead guitar
• Tony Fisher – lead vocals, bass guitar
• Emmett Nixon – drums
• James Avery – keyboards
• Robert Reed – keyboards
• Mack Carey – percussion, congas
• Timothy David – percussion, congas
• David Rudd – saxophone
• Gerald Reed – trombone
• Taylor Reed – trombone, trumpet

References

1. Wynn, Ron. Trouble Funk: Saturday Night Live > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
2. "Trouble Funk Albums Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
3. Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Trouble Funk". In Change, Jeff "DJ Zen" (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 574-575. ISBN 1-57859-026-4.
4. Christgau, Robert. "Review: Trouble Funk". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
5. Hochman, Steve (August 2, 1987). "* * * * Great Balls of Fire * * * Good Vibrations * * Maybe Baby * Running on Empty". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
6. Colelman, Mark; Scoppa, Bud, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 824. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
7. Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.

External links

• Saturday Night Live at AllMusic
• Saturday Night Live at Discogs.com