The Early Years Con Funk Shun was formed in Vallejo, California by high-school classmates Louis A. McCall and Michael V. Cooper. With Louis on drums and percussion and Michael providing lead vocals ...

Michael Cooper received a call from his daughter on Valentine’s Day last year telling the co-founder of the R&B band Con Funk Shun to check out a video she had sent him. “I clicked on the link and the ...

Con Funk Shun may not be exactly like the swallows at Capistrano and appear once every year. Closer to a blue moon, which occurs every two or three years. Fact is, not even founder Michael Cooper ...

Felton Pilate and Michael Cooper of Con Funk Shun have a new accomplishment to add to their glowing resumes. The musicians have received honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters from the Christian Bible ...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (WNTZ) — The soulful rhythms of the 1970s are set to echo through downtown Alexandria as legendary R&B and funk band Con Funk Shun takes the stage at RiverFête on Friday, May 2, from 8 ...

When the pandemic unplugged every band in the land, Danny Thomas became a keyboardist without a gig, a musician without an audience, an entertainer without anyone to entertain. Sure, he could moan and ...

LANGSTON, Okla. — Langston University is turning up the volume on Black excellence. For its 20th Annual President’s Scholarship Gala, Oklahoma’s only historically Black college has secured an R&B-funk ...

Con Funk Shun was formed by high-school classmates Michael Cooper and Louis "Tony" McCall, along with Karl Fuller, Paul "Maceo" Harrell, Dennis Johnson, Cedric Martin, and Danny "Sweet Man" Thomas.