Most know Frank Stribling, aka Binky Griptite, for his chunky yet funky rhythm guitar with Brooklyn’s Dap-Kings, who have long backed up Sharon Jones as part of a resurgence of ‘60s funk and soul.
He started out on bass after he became enthralled by Parliament Funkadelic’s Bootsy Collins. The six-string didn’t come until later – and didn’t click until Griptite heard Ted Nugent’s Cat Scratch Fever, sending him on a journey from his hometown in Milwaukee to Minneapolis in the late ‘80s to New York City in the ‘90s, where he reinvented himself as a hollowbody-wielding rhythm player.
