CLONES OF FUNK: THE JAMES BROWN TRIBUTE
At Zanzibar on the Waterfront - Washington, DC
(1/5/07)
JB drummer Mousey with Clones bassist Terre Holland!!
At
9:25pm, the Clones of Funk began their tribute show to James Brown, against a
backdrop of archived footage on the legend's music career (I think that the
footage is currently available on DVD). The first song was the super-funky
"Soul Power", followed by a hefty serving of "Pass the
Peas" with solos performed excellently by the JB-style horns of Mike
Powell (on trumpet), Jerry Queene (on sax) and John (on trombone)!!! "Up
For the Down Stroke/I Can Move You (If You Let Me)" featured some great
funky clavinet work by Gene McBride!
JB drummer Mousey with
Clones drummer Mark Brown!!
Special guest Mousey (drummer from James Brown's band) dropped by to say a few
words about the legendary JB and played drums on the old JB ballad "Try
Me"...YES, Mousey performed "Try Me" with the Clones of
Funk...Scrape did a very good job as the lead vocalist along with backing
vocals by Wesley Beann and Gene... unfortunately, the horns missed the mark
as far as the ending of the song (they started out note-for-note like the
original, but went a different direction). No problem because Mike tore the
roof off the sucka with some of the hottest trumpet blowing ever heard on
"Aqua Boogie"! "Cosmic Slop" was guitarist Hot Rod's moment
to shine on some six-alarm blazing lead guitarisms! "Flashlight"
featured some good standout basswork by Terre Holland! Unfortunately, the show
ended too soon at 10:25pm.
JB drummer Mousey with Dr. Brookenstein!!
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