LEO NOCENTELLI
At B.B. King's Blues Club - NYC (3/07/03)
Legendary Meters guitarist, MR. LEO NOCENTELLI!!!! (applause!!)
The
first set of the legendary Meters guitarist Leo Nocentelli began at 10:30pm
with a funky jam.....Leo's rhythm guitarisms were very funky and the drymming
was good, but the jam segued into "Fiyo (Fire) on the Bayou" with the
signature Leo funky rock lead guitarisms!!! And the audience sang aloud
"Fiyo on the Bayou"!! "Cissy Strut" was very good with some
great churning organ, hard-hitting drumming and hot horn solos!! The next
instrumental included a piece of "Stay Away".....Leo's heavy guitar
riffs were nastay!! The ending of the set was the New Orleans party theme
"Hey Pocky A-Way"....with the audience singing the lyrics and
exclaiming "Hey--hey hey hey, hey pocky a-way!!" The funky piano
riffs and funky bassisms filled the air of B.B. King's!! The first set ended at
11:25pm.
The second set started at 11:50pm with some
"Little Old Money Maker", full of stirring organ funk and good
percussion!! Leo and the band did an original song that was a bass and guitar
rump romp.......TOO FONKAY!! The guest drummer was great on
"Africa"....this was an absolute funk feast with all the musicians
groovin', soloin' and flyin' so deep (or dare I say ZEEP) that you'd need funk
insurance just to cover any grave injuries caused by over-funking!! "Goin'
to New Orleans" was more hard-rock-funkish than Professor Longhair's
version and with 3 guitarists (Leo and 2 guest guitarists) sounding off with
such high freakquencies, you can just imagine the shatter sounds of many
glasses in the club!! The "smoker" of the night was "Funky Miracle".......a
FFFFFFFFUNKY MIRACLE OF TRUE FUNK MUSIC!!!! All musicians were in rare form,
especially the master of funk guitar, Leo Nocentelli.....the song started with
a subdued yet tasty guitar intro (like the live version of the song featuring the
J.B.'s a few years back!!!! The fans ate it up with extra-large spoons and
craved for more!!!! The encore featured guitarist Michael Powers on a funk jam
that segued into a straight-up blues jam!! The second set was over at 1:30am
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