MILO-Z
At the Whiskey Bar - Hoboken, NJ (9/20/02)
At 11:00pm, Milo-Z started their funky first
set with a funky dance track called "Serious", featuring the
bombastic bass riffs of Mr. Joe Copeland, the funky vocal stylings of Milo-Z himself,
and some funky scratch guitaring by Roy! Even
better was the fast-tempo wah-wah scratch guitaring of "Papa Was a Rolling
Stone"......so funky that it'd take a regular Afro and straighten the hair
all the way out!!!! The bassline was solid and in-your-face, with the breakdown
being a total blasting jam with the guitar & bass doubling up on the riffs
and the drummer (Yuval Lion) goin' insane on the skins!!! The horns (Richard Lee & Thomas Hutchings) were put
to good use on "Use Me"! "Life" was a moderately funky
tune. "Thank You Falletinme Be Mice Elf
Agin" was the medicine needed for some folks to finally give up the funk!!
Oh, brother Joe was shmokin' the club with the too-funky bassisms!!!! Plus, the
drumrolls at the end were lethal!! "Dog"
was performed at a faster tempo.......one to work the crowd to the point of
exhaustion, but higher funkativity!! "Mustang Sally" featured some
excellent horn work, Joe's smokey vocals (dare I call him, Smokey Joe) and bass
riffs were the order of the day.....with a side of lethal drumrolls again by
Yuval!! "Low Rider" featured more bass workouts (will Smokey Joe ever
quit?!) and standout horn riffs!! "Money" featured a red-hot lead
guitar line! The last song sounded like "On Your Time", but it
wasn't........it was still pretty funky! The only thing that was wrong with
this set was that the keyboardist Scotty Love never really showed his
super-funk chops. The first set ended at 12:20am.
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