DEEP BANANA BLACKOUT
At the Blues Cruise - NYC (8/25/04)
Pipes at the mic, with drummer Eric Kalb and percussionist Johnny Durkin in the
back!!
At
7:25pm (20 minutes after the Blues Cruise ship left the dock at Pier 83, 42nd
Street @ Hudson River), the original configuration of Deep Banana Blackout
started their funky show with the song "Getcha All in the Mood"
(featuring the DBB horns, Volo and Rob Somerville).....every ass on the ship
was rockin' (and not just from the motion of the river, baba!) DBB was on a
mission to give the NYC fans a super-funky experience reminiscent of the old
guys with these guys would tour up and down the coast....and boy did they!!!
The next song was a funkified jam that featured a great percussion solo by the
one and only Johnny Durkin, nasty lead guitarisms by The Big Fuzz, a tight
& funky drum solo by Eric Kalb, and some good synthesized riffs by Cyrus
Madan!
"Eat at Volo's" and "Stiff Pickin'" were great, but better
was the crowd butt-shaker "Bump and Sway"......of course, it wouldn't be a great show
without the super-talented, soulful vocalist supreme.......(drum roll,
please)......JEN "PIPES" DURKIN!!! The fans were on Cloud 9 as EVERYONE
was singing & FEELIN' the hook!! "Red Hot Momma" featured the
lead guitar madness of The Big Fuzz", while "Super Bad" was
Pipes's shining vocal moment.....WATCH ME, I GOT IT...HEYYYYYYY!!! (You gotta
love the Durkin percussion on "Super Bad") "Take Your Time"
featuring some groovin' bass by Benj LeFevre and a serious drum breakdown by
Eric.....made the boat rock violently! The last song was the Aretha Franklin
hit "Rock Steady".....and that's what the fans did....and the boat
did too, baba!! (IF THIS BOAT IS A-ROCKIN', DON'T COME A-KNOCKIN'.....'LESS YOU
WANNA GET DOWN WITH THE BANANA!!) Pipes's vocals were nothing short of spectacularly
funky!! The show was over as the boat docked at Pier 83.....at 9:00pm.
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