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At least they weren't working as a band during that decade as James Hannaham seems to indicate: "Jones and the Dap-Kings sound like a band from the '70s in part because they lived through the '70s without changing their style, even after it became passé." Actually, during the 1970s, Jones was not involved with the Dap-Kings, who only formed in 2000. And prior to 1996, Jones hadn't even done much professional work as a singer, working instead as a prison guard on Riker's Island at one point. In fact, Dap-Kings' original members Leon Michels and Homer ‘Funkyfoot’ Steinweiss were only born in the late '70s, so Hannaham's error looks all the more foolish to someone who actually knows the band. I write all of this not to be pedantic, but rather to encourage the author and Salon to be more rigorous in their fact-checking. If you're trying to argue that Amy Winehouse isn't authentic, you might want to get your story straight.
