FUNK-KIN
At the Stone Pony - Asbury Park, NJ (5/22/04)
Donald "Scream" Banks is back in the fold, baba!!!
At 12:15am, Funk-Kin returned to the scene (after a long hiatus)
with a special surprise.....Donald "Scream" Banks was back in the
fold (YES!!) and was representing Funkadelic with the song "The Tales of
Kidd Funkadelic", featuring his nasty, stank-funk synthesizer riffs that
remind folks of Bernie Worrell!! After the Funkadelic stench cleared the air,
it was time for Funk-Kin to go into some of dat old Parliament stuff "The
Goose", featuring Mr. Personality himself on vocals (the one who connects
with the audience most)..........K-FUNKSTAR!!!!!!! "Off Da Hook" was
a rock-tinged funk track (sounding better than the CD version)... K-FUNKSTAR
was da man on lead vocals, bringing mad energy into the Stone Pony with his
purple-colored G. Clinton-type bedsheet gear, some knee-high protective gear on
his legs (look like some stuff hockey players wear), a flashing alien bodylight
and star-rhinetoned red sunglasses (ah yeah, baba!!!) K-FUNKSTAR was in the
audience getting folks to sing along and slapping a bunch of folks high-fives!
"The Monkey" was a nice return to the old vintage Funk-Kin stuff,
sung by Old Man Charlie Rivers and featuring Rivers on some good lead guitar
and some perculating bass by The Perkulator, Billy Perk Puryear! "Testify"
would be great, except the band was playing "All Your Goodies Are
Gone" behind the "Testify" lyrics, which sounded pretty weird.
"Tight Shit" was some tight funk shit with Billy Spruill getting off
an insane pyrotechnic guitar solo!!! "Red Hot Momma" featured some
backing vocals by Roxanne Yery and good drumming by Nowell Haskins......the
only problem was the vocalists somehow missed their cue to sing the first
chorus. Another problem was the reggae song that Billy Spruill was
singing......for Funk-Kin, that really didn't fit with what Funk-Kin is!! (in
other words, TRASH IT!) K-Funkstar did his P-Funky rap (throwing in stuff
like "Gettin' knee deep in your cosmic slop") over "Mothership
Connection".......another problem: I don't know why Funk-Kin was trying
to do Kool & the Gang's "Funky Stuff" but that could GO......if
you wanna know why, email me and I'll tell you why! The show was over at
1:45am.
PERSONNEL:
1. K-Funkstar - lead vocals, partyman personality
2. Donald Banks - keyboards, SCREAM character
3. Nowell Haskins - drums, vocals, inventor of the "Hit
It & Quit It"
4. Billy Spruill - guitar, vocals, possessor of the spirit of
Jimi Hendrix
5. Billy Perk Puryear - bass, funk perculator (no, it's not
coffee you smell, baba!)
6. Charlie Rivers - guitar, vocals, possessor of The Monkey
7. Roxanne Yery - vocals, tambourine, foxey chick
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