I decided to
go back to Bootsy-land where the funk magic all started......at the Mad Frog!!
This was the place where history was made.....folks were treated to a magical
funk feast called Freekbass and Dr. Brookenstein was there in January 2002 to
document the whole show, while in very funky habadashery, baby baba!! The folks
were totally funked up with infinite funkativity then and they were at this
show!!!!!! Cincinnati is not really bad, because next door is a mall called
NEWPORT ON THE LEVEE (in Newport, KY), which features a very hip & funky
wear/jewelry outfit and a large movie theatre!!
At
12:30pm, (after a good performance by IVC), Freekbass started with some of that
"Freekbass 2YK", a smoldering Mutron bass feast and great vocals by
Freekbass himself!! Following that was a new song that sounded like a variation
of "Body Over Mind" (with the lyrics repeating, "Put Your Body
Into Motion". "Red Hot Momma"'s breakdown featured a lot of
keyboards (provided by Aaron Mahoney......BETA-17's replacement) which did not
sound all that great.....also there was NO SERIOUS guitar power!! The freakish
keyboards were great on "She's Already There"! Sean McGary's funky
scratch guitar was the order of the day on "Fame"! I had went to the
bathroom for five minutes and came back, to hear a funky drum solo (by Swift),
some tasty lead guitarisms, and more funky keyboards!! The band went into a new song........this
wasn't your average funk .....this was some hardcore guitar and bass jam that
got every head and ass a-shakin' in the Mad Frog! SO FUNKALICIOUS.....IT
WAS ENOUGH TO GIVE A FUNKATEER BRAIN DAMAGE (FROM OVERSTIMULATION OF THE
PLEASURE RECEPTORS!!) OR STRAIGHTEN THE CURLS OUT IN ONE'S AFRO!! Swift is the rap master on
"Thang", while Joodi blew his "horn"
(saxophone)........y'know what I mean!
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