SLAVE (featuring Mark Adams)
At North by Northwest - Philly (12/23/06)
At
10:30pm, the late 70's/early 80's funk band Slave began their show with the
song "Way Out" (originally sung by former band member, Steve
Arrington)... of course, Steve wasn't there, which is a shame because none of
his stuff sounds as great as when he performs it. Interesting enough, this
show was more of a showcase for bass monster, Mark Adams, who set out on a
mission to let loose a funk bass attack with just about every song. He
played some standout FONK bass riffs on "Way Out" and "Weak at
the Knees"! After another funk tune (I don't know the name of it), it was
on to some serious Slave classics, like "Watching You"...the large
crowd of mostly black folks in their late 30's/40's & older was seriously
into some of THIS STANK FUNGK!! (By the way, I've never seen North by Northwest set up with just
chairs in the middle of the floor--the tables on the sides but the most of the
dancefloor was occupied with chairs...very stupid! WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNGK
Y'ALL...YOU DON'T SIT DOWN FOR FUNGK!!! GEEZ!!) Slave went into a long funk jam with
Mark throwing down some of the nastiest slap-funk bass riffs you ever
heard...that was for the song "Just a Touch of Love"...even the
drummer went into some tight, super-stank soloing! Slave left the stage for a couple
of minutes, but Mark Adams came back to funk up the fans with solid funk
rumblings of a very familiar tune..............."SLIDE"!! The band
came out and kicked off the song with some majestic horns along with the Mark's
bass attacks...and some of the folks were "sliding" along with the
band! After that blistering performance, the band left Mark onstage to dazzle
the fans for another 4 minutes before he was done...around 11:45pm.
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