FUNK DYNASTY
At the Jones Beach Boardwalk Bandshell - Wantagh,
NY (8/9/07)
Lisa Michaels with Dave Mullen!
After the soundcheck session with the song "Undisco
Kidd", at 8:20pm, it was on to some mo' P-Funk stuff... "P-Funk
(Wants to Get Funked Up)", featuring the lead rap of The Funk Dynasty
general, Eric Jay and some cool sexophone sounds by none other than Mr. Horny
himself, Dave "Mahoney" Mullen!! "Cosmic Slop" was actually
great, with female lead vocalist Lisa Michaels climbing down from the stage and
doing a stellar vocal performance in the audience!! Of course, it was great
having a fiery rock guitar presence, courtesy of one Groovalicious! "Let's
Take It to the Stage" featured a little bit of "Rhythm &
Rhyme" (of course, the lyrics were changed to protect the ears of little
kids in the audience). "Tear the Roof Off the Sucka" and "Night
of the Thumpasourus Peoples" were followed by the JB-style funk of James
Brown's "Payback", full of funky bass riffs by Gary Bordies and
delicious rhythm guitar licks by Groovalicious! (Now, all the fans needed was
someone who could do the James Brown (dance) and scream like James)
"Atomic Dog" incorporated the song "Pumpin' It Up" and the
wacked-out, superfunky synthesizer/clavinet grooves of The Pearl! Lisa shined
on "Red Hot Momma", while the guitar army, bassist Gary and guitarist
Groovalicious (especially), nearly summoned the Mothership itself with the
electrifying performance of "Dogstar (Fly On)". "Maggot
Brain" was good, but better was the next hefty dose of JB-funk, prescribed
to the fans in the form of..."Get It Together"....complete with the
red-hot scratch guitar grooves, funky sax riffing, thumpin' bass, and good
drumming by drummer Carl...and Eric Jay demanding that the band "hit"
him X number of times. It was all over at 9:50pm.
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