Sugar
Daddy started their set at 11:55pm. Their performance was as good as their
performance at Harper's Ferry in Allston, MA
on October 4, 2001. "When You Were Funky" was just
that....FONKAY, with a wet, Bootsy-influenced bass solo by Dr. Longstroke!!
Cashton Keyes and Dr. Longstroke represented P-Funk well as the slammin' guitar
army on "Hardcore Jollies"!! The intergalactic, spaced-out
keyboardisms of Sweetstick were the order of the day for "Interplanetary
Freak"!! The funky bass ruled on "Buried Sunshine", as well as
the guitar rock breakdown in the middle of the song! THe fans who were dancing
(only a handful) had to scrub the funk off of them on "Shower Song"!
A new song that Sugar Daddy performed next had some good vocoder vocals &
funky keyboard riffs by Sweetstick!! Michigan Blacksnake
frontman/vocalist/guitarist Greg Luttrell joined the band for sum'n "Good
to Your Earhole"......some tight druming by The Candyman and rock guitar
shit by Cashton Keyes!! Greg provided some great vocals for
"Earhole", but went into the chorus too soon during the third time
around, where the song's opening guitar/bass riffs are repeated. "Ain't a
Thang" featured more spaced-out keyboardisms, great piano-funk riffs, and
some very good scratch guitaring!! The encore was "I Wanna
Testify"....which sounded very different from the Parliament's versions
and although it was a good performance, it was the low point of the show. The
Sugar Daddy experience concluded at 12:45am.
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