TM STEVENS & FUNK FILHARMONIK
At Downtown - Farmingdale, NY (8/26/04)
TM STEVENS, leader of Shocka Zooloo (yeah mon!!)!!!!
At 10:05pm, TM Stevens and the Shocka Zooloo Band
started with some nasty, speed funk-rock of "P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked
Up)/O.O.C. (Out of Control)" from the TM Stevens CD, BOOM....what can I
say??
BEWARE OF
BLACK GUYS WITH GUITARS!!! IF YOU SEE THEM, HEAD FOR THE HILLS 'CUZ IT WON'T BE
PRETTY!!!!!!!!!
"It's All Good" was very good, and so was the powerful jam of
"We Want The Funk", featuring the hook of "Cholly (Funk Gettin'
Ready to Roll)" and the highly volatile bass attack of the bass monster
himself, TM STEVENS!!!!!! The little duel between TM and guitarist Mike Barnes
was great, too!! "Go My Way" and "Sex Machine/Soul Power"
was da bomb, the latter featuring some of TM's favorite fans onstage shakin'
that ass, including Mike and Gary "G-Man" Sullivan (the drummer)!
"The River Flow" was good, but better was the rasta-funk of the
reggae/rock-tinged "Maximum Respect"! Gary "G-Man" Sullivan
nearly brought the Downtown to ruins with his crazy, seismic drums....did
anybody see G-Man's hands moving??!! "Hair" was soooooooooo nasty,
because of super-size helping of stankalicious funk bass.....enough to make a
bald man's hair follicles to spout enough hair for a large Afro in 15 seconds
or less!! "Raw (Like Sushi)" was serious lead guitar territory and
"Boom" shook the room to death, especially the sped-up
ending......yeah, the fans were having serious FUNK CHAIRCH (not CHURCH),
baba!!! The SHOCKA ZOOLOO EXPERIENCE was done at 11:15pm.
Dr. Brookenstein (red pimpin' pimpin') with a
female companion!
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At
11:50pm, Funk Filharmonik began their funk show with an intro and a little jam
that featured some Tower of Power's "Squib Cakes"....the horns were
tight on this piece! "Get Yo Feet Back on the Ground" featured some
great lead and background vocals, the lead vocals done by former T.O.P.
frontman Tom Bowes!! "The Goose, The Skunk and The Fly" was a funky
showcase with some hot lead guitarisms and standout basswork....the synthesized
grooves and saxophone solo were da bomb! "Down to the Niteclub" and "Maybe
It'll Rub Off" were nice and funky, along with "Souled Out"
which featured a show-stopping percussion solo and a great drum solo. Then, it
was time to get into the Earth, Wind & Fire mode of the show with the EWF
funk suite ("Brazilian Rhyme/Serpentine Fire/Sing-a-Song/September/Getaway/Got
to Get You Into My Life/Shining Star")...."Brazilian Rhyme" and
"Shining Star" featured some great electric piano riffs!! "Funky
Stuff" featured some great, funky rhythm guitar riffs! "Jungle Boogie"
was good, but better was the soulful vocalizations of Tom Bowes on "So
Very Hard to Go". I left before the show was over, at 12:55am, so I can
get some sleep and get an early start on a project (that following afternoon).
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Funk Filharmonik
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