Con-Funk-Shun, as the name suggests, was a funk band, formed in Memphis in the late 1960s by California high school classmates Michael Cooper and Louis (Tony) McCall.
The group gained major hit-making status after joining Mercury Records in 1976. You can read more about them here.
Before signing with Mercury, the group recorded a bunch of tracks for producer Ted Sturges in Memphis. Among them was the instrumental Bumpsumboody, the "B" side of a forgettable cover of Mr. Tambourine Man released in 1974 on the Fretone label (owned by Estelle Axton, who had earlier co-founded Stax Records). Neither of the tracks appears to have made it on to an LP or CD, so below is link to obtain Bumpsumboody.
Bumpsumboody
Con-Funk-Shun split up after their last Mercury album in 1988, but a reformed group, which now includes original members Cooper and Felton Pilate, has been touring off and on since the mid-1990s. They have a website that indicates they have dates booked through Dec. 1.
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