L.A.W.
At the Trash Bar - Williamsburg (Brooklyn), NY
(1/31/08)
NYC's newest & hottest Funk/R&B/Hip-Hop/Country sensation, L*A*W (aka
Lyrical Assault Weapon OR Loving All Women)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At
8:10pm, Brooklyn was treated to a special funk/R&B/hip-hop act.....one of
their own......the hottest/newest musical sensation himself..... (drum roll
please)..............................
L*A*W
The Planet 12 band kicked it off in Purple royalty with the Prince song
"America", featuring pyrotechnic lead guitar soloing by L*A*W
himself, standout organ soloing by Lilelenna and a gutbucket bass workout by
Cecil.....the six-alarm guitar wailing at the end was just spectacular. L*A*W
placed the guitar down (with the sound of guitar wailing still in the air) and
did a 720-degree spin and slid over to the mic (like the late James Brown would
do)!! The band went into a James Brown groove with "Ain't It Funky
Now" featuring the funky grooves of the Horny Horns (Terry Lunch on
trumpet and Tommy on sax)...L*A*W performed one of his rap songs over the funk
groove! "What We GWanna Do" was another rp song that L*A*W performed,
before the band jumped into "The Description", a great mid-tempo
R&B tune dedicated to all the beautiful women out there. "Wish You
Were Here" was a nice country-style ballad that featured a sing-along part
for the audience. "Get Down", a more uptempo funk workout, featured
the horn riffs of "Get on the Good Foot")...and "Superbad"
(dedicated to the memory of James Brown) featured some great old-school dance
moves from L*A*W. "Get Hollywood on Them" featured guitarist Errol
giving props to P-Funk by playing the intro horn riffs of
"Disco-to-Go" (by the Brides of Funkenstein)...ON GUITAR!! By the
way, the lead guitar solo spots by Errol and L*A*W were nasty (especially the
viciously shredding riffs of L*A*W)!! The band started performing the P-Funk
classic "Knee Deep", before jumping into a long version of
"Flashlight"....this funky jam featured an oldie but goodie rap
called "Thick Girly Girls" and a tight drum solo by Dorsey....L*A*W
and Errol gave props to Rod Stewart by playing riffs from the classic "Do
You Think I'm Sexy?" The funk extravaganza unfortunately had to end at
9:00pm......WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY: "We're the opening act...we
can't come back...we gets no more...we gets no encore....GET DRESSED!"
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