Last original member of Kool & the Gang to represent group at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

You can call the music of Kool & the Gang funky or R&B, soulful or disco, pop or dance. When Iowa’s delegation at this summer’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago announced its vote for the Harris-Walz ticket, they played “Celebration.” “The Democrats and Republicans, they’re both using ‘Celebration,’” Robert “Kool” Bell, bass guitarist and co-founder of Kool & the Gang marveled recently.