The roots of funk lay in James Brown's post-1965 soul hits, particularly Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (1965) and Cold Sweat (1967). Sly & the Family Stone, who started out as a soul band influenced by rock and psychedelia, became a full-fledged (albeit pop-savvy) funk outfit with 1969's Stand!.However, the record that officially ushered in the funk era was James Brown's epochal Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine..The arrangement was spare, the groove hard-hitting, and Brown's lyrics were either stream-of-consciousness slogans or wordless noises.he roots of funk lay in James Brown's post-1965 soul hits, particularly Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (1965) and Cold Sweat (1967). Sly & the Family Stone, who started out as a soul band influenced by rock and psychedelia, became a full-fledged (albeit pop-savvy) funk outfit with 1969's Stand!.
Lake Dora, Beauclair and Carlton make up the eastern Harris Chain lakes. Located in Central Florida's Lake County, Lake Dora is approximately 6 miles long and about 3/4 miles wide. Covering 4,502 acres of water, the lake is the connected to Lake Eustis via the Dora Canal and Lake Apopka through the Apopka Beauclair Canal.
At nearly 66,000 square miles, Florida is the 22nd largest state in the union. However, only about 53,000 square miles of that space is actually land. Over one-fifth of it is water. Florida holds 3 million acres of lakes -- 7,700 of them greater than 10 acres in size -- and 12,000 miles of rivers and streams. Combined, the 10 largest Florida lakes would cover an area of nearly 685,000 acres.