Dave Mullen & BUTTA
At Club Groove - NYC (9/23/06)
Master of the BUTTA, Dave Mullen, with Jerald & Don Martin!
At 7:20pm, Dave Mullen and his band BUTTA started with some jazz/funk stuff
featuring the spoken word of Eric-Jay Pierce (aka Snakefoot, an old-guy
character modeled after Richard Pryor's MUDBONE and TM Stevens's UNCLE FESTER
(from the song "Roots" on his 3rd CD release STICKEY WICKED)...the
song was "Mahoney's Way". Etienne provided the nastiest funk clavinet
since Stevie Wonder, while Don held the fans' attention with some good ole
thumpin' funk bass!! This stuff continued into the next song "March of the
Roaches" with Eric-Jay handling the DJ stuff on the wheelz of steel!! Dave
Mullen set the place afire with some red-hot saxophone & clarinet riffs,
especially when he played both at the same time. During the set, vocalist
Margarita held her own on two songs, including one called "True
Believer". Jerald was aboard handling some hot trumpet riffs on the last
song "Squid", which featured a heavy-duty power drum solo by Damon!
The show ended at 8:45pm.
Run it down, MR. DJ Eric-Jay!!!
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