FELICIA COLLINS & THE LIFE
At the Sugar Bar - NYC (3/25/05)
FELICIA COLLINS & THE LIFE!!
At 10:20pm, Felicia Collins & The Life started their set
with some good funky rock stuff (which I cannot recall its name right now),
followed by "Weight of the World" featuring a great lead guitar solo
by Dave! "Say a Little Prayer" featured some good powerful drumming
by Steven Williams! The next song was a nice midtempo song featured some
distorted guitarisms that worked well. Felicia and the guys did the classic
"We Got The Funk" with some hardcore funk-rockisms!
Ashford & Simpson,
with Felicia sandwiched in the middle!
The audience was
surprised by the guest performance of Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson (who
were there to check out Felicia), who performed the funky hit "Don't Cost
You Nothing"...the funky energy of The Life coupled with the great
legendary vocals of Nick & Valerie were a concert-goer's dream come true! Things got better with the performance
of N.E.R.D.'s "Things Are Getting Better"...Felicia rapped her way
expertly through the funk-hop track, with some great thumpin' bass licks by
Buster...maybe things sounded great 'cuz FELICIA'S DA SHIT!
Things slowed down with the performance of "Hole in My Heart", which
was followed by some Jacksons hits. The Life performed "Heartbreak
Hotel" better than The Jacksons ever could, featuring some great
synthesizer work by Valerie (not Simpson) and an interesting jazz-funk
breakdown in the middle of the song!! Then, it was time to "Shake Your
Body Down to the Ground"...and that's what all the fans did!
Lidell & Felicia
Collins
The Life's show went from funk-rock to blues-rock when guitarist/vocalist
Lidell joined the band for one song.....the hardcore rock guitar work of Lidell
was nothing short of pyrotechnic and his voice reminded me of Jimi Hendrix!!
Felicia's guitarisms were tight as well! The show ended with an encore,
featuring a guest performance by Raheem...a uptempo R&B tune that had
everyone jammin' for te last 6 minutes of the show. The show ended around 12:00
midnight.
Felicia Collins &
Raheem!
By the way, it was
interesting to see Hollywood actor Samuel L. Jackson ("Coach Carter",
"Pulp Fiction",...way too many films to mention!) in the audience!!!!
(Check out the picture below!)
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