The First 'Waka Chaka' record

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What was the first record or group to use the waka chaka ( you know shaft style wah wah guitar) sound? I know loads of people (hendrix, cream etc) used it but who was the first to use it in this style?

― babysquid (babysquid), Thursday, 22 June 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.oeta.onenet.net/images/welk-color-2.jpg

(Maybe not.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 22 June 2006 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

Ha Ha!

― babysquid (babysquid), Thursday, 22 June 2006 21:15 (nineteen years ago)

You know, I'm tempted to say Hendrix on Voodoo Chile (A Slight Return)...?

[I'm sure the first cat to play thru a wah-wah probably made that noise, but you're talking PUBLISHED, so...]

― Tronid K (tronidk), Friday, 23 June 2006 00:02 (nineteen years ago)

I mean, by "waka-chaka", I assume you mean MUTED strings being struck while a wah pedal is rocked to and fro (as opposed to actual wah'd notes)...

― Tronid K (tronidk), Friday, 23 June 2006 00:05 (nineteen years ago)

do you mean like BOW-CHICK-A-WOW-WOW!!!!?????!?!?

or are these two different things?

― grady (grady), Friday, 23 June 2006 00:41 (nineteen years ago)

Well, the RUDIMENTS of that particular technique most likely originate in Hendrix's "Little Miss Lover", far as I can tell. As for breaking it down and streamlining and syncopating it disco/"Shaft" style, Mark Farner (Grand Funk) did a bit of that in "Into The Sun" from '69; but there's probably better and earlier examples that haven't come to mind yet. (Ike Turner? Freddie Stone maybe?)

― Myonga Von Boring (Monty Von Byonga), Friday, 23 June 2006 01:41 (nineteen years ago)

Yep. Little Miss Lover.

From the wiki-tron:

"The song "Little Miss Lover" was the first to feature percussive muted wahwah -effect (with the fretboard hand "killing" notes) - a technique that was later adopted by many other guitarists (it can be heard for example on Isaac Hayes's famous Shaft -theme). "Little Miss Lover" is also notable for being a predecessor of "funk rock" music that Hendrix later developed further."

― Tronid K (tronidk), Friday, 23 June 2006 05:00 (nineteen years ago)

That's on Axis right? I'll give it a spin when I get home tonight.

― babysquid (babysquid), Friday, 23 June 2006 08:08 (nineteen years ago)

Well I've listened to it and it's a bit more 'waka' than 'waka chaka' but I can see what you mean. It's a bit more heavy than funky and very fuzzed. I'm thinking the first funk Waka Chaka record. maybe I should have been more clear at the begining, still good to see/hear the genesis of a million 70's/80's porn soundtracks!

― babysquid (babysquid), Friday, 23 June 2006 21:49 (nineteen years ago)

Earl Hooker. Check out his weird Chicago wah-wah blues

― novamax (novamax), Saturday, 24 June 2006 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

Anything in particular?

― babysquid (babysquid), Sunday, 25 June 2006 08:25 (nineteen years ago)

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