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[Tribute] One hit of the electric piano will buckle your knees! Keep on dancing forever to the "ultimate sit-down-and-talk groove" left behind by soul & funk giant Latimore! Hey everybody! It’s your boy Funky Dave Monroe, who was unconsciously bobbing his head back and forth to the bassline so hard today that my chiropractor deadpan told me, "Your neck vertebrae are keeping time with the funk rhythm." But today, I’ve got to wipe away a few tears and drop the needle on the record with an extra-large dose of love and respect. A true legend of the Miami soul and funk scene—the giant whose insanely deep vocals and sublime electric piano shook hips all around the world—Latimore (born Benjamin William Lattimore) has passed away at the age of 86. This is what it truly means when they say music shakes your soul. Allow me to dive deep and celebrate the undisputedly groovy classics he left us and that bottomless allure that pulls you in and never lets you go! …