CLONES OF FUNK
At the Eastport Clipper - Annapolis, MD (5/03/03)
The smokin' Terre Holland, GROOVALICIOUS and Jerry Queene!!!
This was a special evening because filling in for the Clones of Funk guitarist
Hot Rod was two special guests from the NAPPYHEAD FUNK ARMY.
Those 2 guys were Clones alumnus Andy Lassalle and John Willis (better known as
Groovalicious)!! Folks were treated to a dose of the New York City funk, as
these guys burned the Clipper to the ground with super-fiery guitar power!!!
At
10:10pm, the Clones of Funk began their first set with some "P-Funk (Wants
Get to Funked Up)".....a funky groove with some good sax work by Jerry
Queene! The bad part was the seguing into "Mothership Connection".....it
was pretty sloppy with the band seemingly starting "Mothership
Connection" on a higher note than normal. The sax riffs were on-point
on "Mothership Connection", but it was missing the trumpet riffs of
Mike, who could not make the show! Again, there was a sloppy change into
"Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples".....Scrape was the one who
verbally acknowledged the mistakes. "Thumpasorus Peoples" was
void of "Ga ga goo ga"'s and featured the lyrics of "Children of
Production".....of course, Wesley Beann and Scrape were on-point on vocal
harmonies! Nasty lead
guitarisms filled in the air, courtesy of Andy Lassalle on "Red Hot
Momma".....bad boy on bass Terre Holland smoked and so did the powerful
drumming of Mark Brown!!! The band did "Undisco Kidd" over "Red
Hot Momma" and Terre's bass were still smokin' the joint! "Theme From the Black Hole"
and "Aqua Boogie" were great because of the vocal prowess of the
dynamic duo, Wesley and Scrape!! Rhythm guitarisms were oh-so-funky on "Tear the Roof Off the
Sucka/Psychoticbumpschool", courtesy of Groovalicious!! The first set ended at 11:35pm.
At
12:00 midnight, the second Clones of Funk set started with something unexpected....."Dog
Star"!! It was a super-powerful blend of guitar and bass rock, courtesy of
the masters Andy, Groovalicious and Terre!!! "Up For the Down Stroke"
featured some good sax by Jerry and funky scratch guitarisms by Groovalicious!
"Up For the Down Stroke" included portions of "I Can Move You
(If You Let Me)", "Take Your Dead Ass Home" and a chant from the
"Pinocchio Theory", baba! "Cosmic Slop" was great, and so
was "Better By the Pound" and "Everything is On the One". There
was a rapper on the set, but I don't remember WHERE in the setthis guy
performed. Funky sax riffs were all over the super-long version of
"Flashlight",which included a bit of "Electric Spanking of War
Babies"....(I'm gonna call Wesley "GC" because he can really
sound like George Clinton on a good day!) The funk on "Unfunky UFO"
was too strong!
THE BEST SONG?? "MAGGOT BRAIN"!!!!!! IT WAS
MAGICAL TO HEAR THE TRULY PYROTECHNIC LEAD GUITAR SOLOS OF GROOVALICIOUS AND
EQUALLY DEVASTATING LEAD GUITAR SOLOING OF ANDY LASSALLE!!! IT WAS LIKE THE
HEAVENS OPENED UP AND POURED OUT A FUNK BLESSING UPON EVERY FUNKATEER IN DA
HOUSE!!!!!!
The second set ended at 1:35am.
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