At
7:15pm, the H-bomb dropped on Acme Underground ("H" for
"Hickey", baba!) withsome very funky grooves.....if you didn't have your
funk insurance, you certainly wouldhave been in trouble 'cuz from the start to
nearly the end of the set, it was nothingbut straight-up Parliament/WOO
Warriors/Drugs-style of funk, baba!!! The firstsong, "The Means of
Production", featured a fiery lead guitar solo by the one
andonly.............(drumroll, please)..............JOHN HICKEY!! The vocals
were provided byJohn, Cissy Fitz (co-lead & backing vocals) and Gregg Fitz
(keyboardist supreme andvery-funky backing vocalist). "What I Want To
Do" was some good funky stuffwith more pronounced synthesizer riffs by
Daffy himself (Gregg Fitz)! "Down With theShip" was the funk showcase
of all things funky.....a funk BOMB that started off witha powerful guitar
solo, intense drums (by Troy White) and some greatfunk bass (by Billy Perk
Puryear, of FUNK-KIN)......the rest was aspacey synthesizer-heavy funk
bass-blazing guitar delight with some tamborineby Cissy!! "Rub and
Tug" was a slow funk tune with a good synthesizer solo andanother blazing
guitar solo!! "Know Me Better" featured a hardcore rock guitar
intro,while "Dead Beat" was so funky, with the monstrous bass funk
and tight drumming.After everybody sang "Happy Birthday" to John (it
was John Hickey's birthday), it wastime for the last song, "Pot Top",
a country-style funk that actually sounded a littlebetter on the CD.........BY
THE WAY, MAKE SURE THAT YOU PURCHASE JOHN HICKEY'S CDCALLED "Down With The
Ship".........IT'S DA MEGA-BOMB!! GO TO JOHN HICKEY'S WEBSITEAT www.jhickeymusic.com and
follow the link to the merchandise page.
The show was over at 7:55pm.
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