NAPPYHEAD FUNK ARMY
At Leavy's Last Stop - Huntington, NY (4/11/03)
At 10:30pm, the Nappyhead Funk Army marched
onto the field (stage) and began to kick some Sir Nose asses out there.......it
was time to do the "Funk Army Mash", featuring the fearless leader #9
playing the funky bass......oh, it was so funky that it stank up the room like
a 1,000 wet farts!! Those noxious bass riffs were accompanied by some funky
synthesizer riffs by the funky PREZident!! Having
the original funky female vocalist, Pat D'Auria, in the mix was so
heavenly.....especially on the 2003 version of "Funk Y2K Infection"! "Fly on the Wall" was followed by
"Sexy MF", which oddly featured lead vocals by #9 (the lyrics were
somewhat off and vocally, I like Tanya's voice on the song)! "Jungle
Boogie" was another super-funky treat with some nasty, cosmic keyboardisms
of The Pearl!! "Cosmic Slop" was a shining moment for Pat D'Auria and
her funky, rapsy lead vocals! The lead guitarisms of Groovalicious were red-hot
during the solo!! Leader #9 threw out some old nursery rhymes ("Let's Take
It to The Stage" and "Take Your Dead Ass Home") and some new
ones, over the music to "Every Dog Has Its Dog"! The bass synth riffs
of The Pearl were great! "Up For The Down Stroke" got the fans
dancin' their asses off. The Army surprised the hell out of me when they
performed Cameo's "Single Life" and "Candy"!! "Single
Life" was good, but was missing the freakish snyth riffs during the bridge
of the song. "Candy" featured the super-funky stank bass of #9!!!
"Atomic Dog/Pumpin' It Up" ended the first set at 12:05am.
The second set began at 12:35am with the sizzling vocals of Pat D'Auria, who
was a "Red Hot Momma"......that song was preceded by a little bit of
"I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing" and
featured some powerful lead guitaring by Groovalicious! "God" was a
funky song and "Bottoms Up" featured some excellent lead guitar
wailing by Andre Lassalle"!! "One Nation Under a Groove" was a
short song that was followed by the long jam of "Knee Deep". "Play That Funky Music, White Boy" featured some
good rhythm guitar by Groovalicious and a funky, white guy who got some serious
"dance on" near the stage!! "Funkemiftheycanttakeajoke"
featured the subtle funk breakdown (where everyone sang "WE ARE SOLDIERS
IN THE ARMY").....and the bass was kickin'! Everyone clapped their hands
and stomped their feet to the funky grooves of The Army!!! The show was over at
1:35am.
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