Look, we could do what a bunch of blogs do and cut and paste someone else’s article and re-write it as our own (seriously – stop doing that blogs – we can tell, especially when you’ve got A.I. to do it), but instead, we’re going to do a brief synopsis of something cool we just read, share a couple of videos, and then direct you to the piece we read, okay?

See, we just heard about Power of Attorney – a funk group from the ’70s who formed in prison, and were let out on day release to open for Stevie Wonder. Given that someone of Stevie’s stature had them open for him, you can guess that they’re no slouches.

Far from it, and more remarkable is that Power of Attorney seem to have been largely forgotten.

How did all this happen? Well, there was an initiative where a superintendent of Graterford Prison in Phillie was inspired by Lyndon B. Johnson’s ‘Great Society’ initiative to give his inmate the means to improve and educate themselves.

Some of his inmate – serving life – formed The Power of Attorney, and soon enough, James Brown was helping them to release an album, and Alice Cooper donated the instruments.

The Marshall Project have the full lowdown, if your interest has been piqued – and there’s no Wikipedia page on this outfit, which is borderline criminal (if you’ll excuse the pun). This is one of the most interesting stories we’ve heard in a while.

If you want to read the full history of The Power of Attorney, click here