Rickey Vincent is an American author, historian, and radio host based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
[4] Vincent grew up in Berkeley, California, and saw funk and soul bands play in the Oakland Coliseum in the 1970s.
In 2001, HUSH concerts founded the San Francisco Funk Festival based upon Vincent's academic work to place the musical genre in a societal and artistic context.
[6] Vincent has appeared on television documentaries involving black music and culture, including multiple episodes of Unsung.
In 2013, Vincent released his second book, Party Music: The Inside Story of the Black Panthers Band and How Black Power Transformed Soul Music (Chicago Review Press 2013).