David Dorfman says, get on up and dance to the music!
Aug
19
2011
Jacob’s Pillow swills in the seventies this weekend, as some serious ‘fros, bells, and platforms parade through David Dorfman’s “Prophecy of Funk.” Dorfman’s happy-days retrospective, rocking to the beat of Sly & the Family Stone, offers his earnest examination of the era that fostered the utopian funk band. Photos by Jacob’s Pillow Festival photographer Christopher ...
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