LETTUCE, featuring Eric Krasno & Fred Wesley
(with Screaming Headless Torsos)
At the Wetlands - NYC (1/17/01)
My birthday
gift was to check out Lettuce & Screaming HeadlessTorsos do their thang at the
Wetlands. Fred Wesley was the special guest for the Lettuce sets, and Eric
Krasno (of Soulive)was one of the rhythm guitarists for the group!
Dave Fiuczynski, on the double-neck guitar!!
At
9:35pm, Screaming Headless Torsos started their set with "FreeMan",
which was some high-energy funk-rock with slightly distorted guitarisms by Dave
Fiuczynski (original guitarist for Bernie Worrell & The WOO Warriors)
and the phenomenal drumming of Gene Lake!! The lead vocalist, Freedom
Bromner, was actually very good....doing half-singing & half-rapping! "Softee" featured high-energy
percussion work from Dan Sadonwick (from the Kelli Sae band), powerful
Lake drumming, heavy bass by Fima Ephron, and driving funk-rock guitarisms!!!!
"Smile in a Wave (Theme From Jack Johnson)" featured a heavy drum
&perscussion intro, smokin' lead guitarisms, and vocals that mimicked some
of the rhythm guitar licks! "Reason For Silence"was a slice of slower funk/less
rock with a distorted guitar intro and breakdown, and off-the-wall guitar wailing that sounded
like Buckethead's sonic blasts in the Praxis song "Vacuum-Mass"!!!! "Torsos Jungle" was an
instrumental jazz tune with lots of different percussion sounds and strange
guitar riffs........the riffs sounded like "sound waves from deep in outer
space" (orperhaps feedback noise)!! "Vinnie" returned the
show back to the rock format with a funkafied chorus......the tight drumming,FONKAY guitar, and smelly
bass also reminded me of Funkadelic!!!! The percussion solo was outstanding! "Fuel" was
some slow funk-jazz with excellent percussion! "Dead Christmas Tree"
was in the vein of "Free Man"......s'more heavy drum/percussion
workout!! "Cult" was the last song before they ended the set at
10:45pm.
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pictures of Screaming Headless Torsos
Fred Wesley gets a little "horny" for the P-Funk fans!!!!
At
11:15pm, Lettuce started their set with some super heavyweightfunk that'd
knock you out like Mike Tyson would!!! Fred Wesley took the spotlight and blew the
horns into a state of infinitefunkativity!! The audience also loved the second
song, with more Wesley soloing, meaty bassisms & Eric Krasno's funky rhythm
guitarisms!!! The third song was a funk-for-all tune where the horns just
accentuated the funky chorus and the funky organ stinked up the Wetlands for
hours!!!! Guest
vocalist Stephanie McKay did some steaming vocals for "Use
Me".....the bass was strong and Eric's rhythm guitar licks were tasty! "It's Your Thing (I Can't Tell
You Who To Sock It To)" featured more of Stephanie's vocals, excellent
horns and some tight drumming!!! "Soul Power" was the next song, followed
by a taste of P-Funk with the horn riff from the Brides of Funkenstein's
"Disco-to-Go". The last song featured s'more smelly bass,
powerful drumming, and organ funk "to-the-millionth-power"!
The first set ended at 12:35am.
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Fred Wesley)
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