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The inner city communities of the
United States
were marked with racial and social unrest during the civil rights
movement of the 1960's. A generation saw leaders such as
Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King, Robert and John Kennedy
assassinated, the times and struggles were reflected in the
music. Independent Record companies such as Stax, Motown & The
Sounds of Philadelphia echoed the sounds which reflected
the unity and pride and the struggles of our communities,
they exposed the soulful harmony of well
choreographed vocal groups, And the direct heart pounding
inspirational music and lyrics of various bands. During
those times the struggle was revealed through the
social conscious music of artist like Marvin Gaye, James Brown. And
Issac Hayes. Early rap and revolutionary poetry was put to
beats by groups like the Last Poets. During those times, the
rhythmic freedom in the African American community could
only be found in the inner cities segregated night clubs or
in community house parties.
The
turn of the decade brought about a pride in the accomplishments made
during the civil rights struggles. The Time was 1970 and that bold
generation was now free to express itself. SOUL TRAIN became
the portal and revealed to the world its' creativity. Funk
music spearheaded the charge and Afro Americans youth boldly
displayed their pride with large Afro hair styles and colorful
creative clothing. It was at that time an art form was born,
this art form created a subculture which has influenced and
transitioned the eras of Funk, Disco and Hip Hop through three
decades.
Yes! The
art form first known as
"Campbellocking"
and simply more commonly known world wide
as LOCKING...............
Just like the one's that the OGs
wear NOW AVAILBLE AT THE
WEBSITE STORE
There has been many discussions
on the freedom to create vs structured locking moves, The recently
posted artical explain how locking drew its creativity and advanced
into a performance READ...NEW
The Artical: SOCIAL PARTY LOCKING
vs PERFORMANCE LOCKING (WHATS THE DIFFERENCE ?)
Pioneers
Editorial: Click on Menu Link above
To read
article written by Locking PioneerMichael "Peek-A-Boo"
Frenke
Meet Fred Berry Jr.
(son of the legend) on the Mr Pinguin Tribute Page
ARE THERE MOVES IN LOCKING ?
Lockerlegends Have often been told that moves
created by pioneers other than Don Campbell
should not be associated with Locking, we find
that amazing as all over the world people are teaching
and doing the basic moves that they have
seen The Lockers and other pioneers do for
decades,
Take a look at a locking toutorial in
Japan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6orurgPGkyo and
you tell us
What
are they teaching ? and where did those moves come from ? What
is sad read the comments
and
tell us if the heritage and background is really being
taught !
Tell
us what you think !
OG SKEETER RABBIT & LOCKERLEGENDS NOW ON MYSPACE
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