CLONES OF FUNK & RAW HANDS
At B.F. Biggins - Annapolis, MD (4/21/07)
Mr. Chicky himself!
At
10:00pm, the fun began with the performance of RAW HANDS, led by guitarist/lead
vocalist Chicky. After a funky instrumental jam, it was to JB and Sly territory
with "Doin' It to Death" and "I Wanna Take You Higher".
After covering those few funky tunes well and a slow song, it was on to pop-ish
"Too Hot" (originally by Kool & the Gang)...not a very good song,
but there were some good solos in the mix from drummer Barry Brown, keyboardist
Maceo, and bassist Lloyd. "I've Been Loving You Too Long" (an Otis Redding
song) was followed by a teaser of an instrumental (it sounded like "Red
Hot Momma") that led into a song called "Who is He?"
"California Dreamin'" featured some of the most blazing guitar riffs
by Chicky, especially at the beginning of the song! "Hey Joe" was the
ending to this show with some more pyrotechnic good-tar blasts, of which Jimi
Hendrix would be proud. The Raw Hands set was over at 11:00pm.
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Hands
Rod Hot, Wesley Beann, Andy Lassalle, Baby Clone and Scrape!
The
Clones of Funk summoned the mothership at 11:30pm, with the nasty funk of
"Standing on the Verge of Gettin' It On" fused with a little bit of
"Pumpin' It Up"...Wesley Beann and Scrape sounded great on lead
vocals (as usual) and the inclusion of the beautiful Baby Clone (I think she's
the granddaughter of Chuck Brown, one of go-go music's most famous musicians).
THE CLONES OF FUNK PROMISED A NIGHT FILLED WITH ALMOST ALL FUNKADELIC
TUNES...AND THEY DID DELIVER!! "Comin' Round the Mountain" and
"Aqua Boogie" was good, but better was the inclusion of "The
Goose" with hard-thumpin' bass by Terre Holland and nasty spit-fire guitar
licks by one and only Andy Lassalle (Clones alumnus and axe-slaying phenom of
defunkt funk band Nappyhead Funk Army)!!! "Red Hot Momma/Undisco
Kidd" benefited well from the work of axe slaying fool, Mr. Hot Rod!!
"Maggot Brain" was guitar heaven, with Hot Rod and Andy trading lead
riffs!! It was on to some more obscure P-Funk works, like the irresistible
"Trash-a-Go-Go" (with its driving funk-rock force), "Better By
the Pound" and "Stuffs and Things". They even did a tribute to
the late, great Eddie Hazel on "Trash-a-Go-Go". "One Nation
Under a Groove" was good and so was the original song "We Are The
Funky Ones"! "Cosmic Slop" was a special treat with Hot Rod
laying down some white-hot lead guitar lines and Scrape doing most (if not all)
the lead vocals! "Flashlight" sounded good with the invigorating
synthesizer riffs of Gene McBride! "Up For the Downstroke" was
cookin' with the rhythm section...Mark Brown was sounding real tight on the
drums and Terre was kickin' out very meaty bass riffs...so much funk, you'd get
brain damage, baba!! The Clones of Funk ended their set at 1:40am.
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The Clones of Funk
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