At 10:50pm, the original lineup of TACKHEAD (Doug Wimbish,
Skip "Little Axe" McDonald, Keith LeBlanc, Bernard Fowler and Adrian
Sherwood) began their funky set with the insane party track, "Ska
Trek" playing over the speakers. Doug Wimbish (bassist) thanked all the
fans for comin' to their first few shows in 14 years! It was off to some good
bass-funk of "Tell Me The Hurt", featuring the soulful vocals of Mr.
Bernard Fowler and the heavy, meaty bass attack by Doug....a few times, Doug
chimed in on vocals with Little Axe adding spice to the mix with his subdued
lead guitar chords! "Dangerous Sex" was good, but there was so much
static from the lead mic that it became unbearable. Doug rapped on the track and
played some monstrous bass, along with the red-hot rock guitarisms! Let me say that it was nice to have Adrian
Sherwood adding some effects to the mix (audio and ESPECIALLY video).....there
were video streamed to the large canvas behind the band that showed images that
pertained to the songs......very nice!!!) "Stealing" featured some of the best Fowler lead
vocals and so' more bass funk with moments of guitar brilliance. "My
Life" (a beautiful ballad, inspired from a bass jam that Doug used to warm
up the shows with) was followed by "Get Away" (off of Bernard's
upcoming CD, which featured some tight drumming by Keith. The next song was a
drum & uptight bass jam with good synthesizer chords....it was fast and
techno-sounding with some weird sound effects. "Stormy
Weather"....Doug, you gotta stop spankin' that bass so good (my ears are
still bleeding)....and there was a duel between Doug's monster bass and Skip's
fiery guitar!!!!!!!!!!! "Airborne Ranger" was a nice piece of
military-style funk-rock where the audience chanted the lyrics along with Doug
and Bernard! DJ Logic stopped by to give up the funk on the turntables for one
song......it was a drum/bass/turntables jam type of thang!
And now, for a
commercial break..............................
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