Nappyhead Funk Army
At the Good Times Pub - Freeport, NY (Long Island) - 8/11/01
At 10:50pm, the Nappyhead Funk Army started
their first set with some heavy, stank bass grooves of Carlton and some
freakish keyboards by Prez......the song was "P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked
Up)"!! The funky bass and keyboards persisted through "We Want
Bootsy", incorporating some segments of "Theme From the Black
Hole", "Reach Out and Touch Somebody" (Nappyhead Funk Army
chant), and "Children of Productions!" "Funk Y2K
Infection" featured some great vocals by Tanya Thillet. "Fly on the
Wall" featured some spacey keyboard riffs by Eric Wilson.
"Funkemiftheycan'ttakeajoke" featured some funky bass keyboard riffs
by Prez. The Nappyheaded leader, Zack
Roberson, sprang a new song on the funkateers called "Dirty
Vamp".....the song featured a smokin' guitar solo by John Willis and an
irresistible chorus, sung by Zack, Tanya and Eric-Jay. Zack actually began to
rap during the song!! The first set ended at
11:55pm.
At 12:25am, the second set of the Nappyhead Funk
Army attack began with "Tear The Roof Off the Sucka".....and
that's what they did! The 20-plus fans in the pub were getting their groove
on!! A medley of "Let's Take It to the Stage", "Take Your
Dead Ass Home" and "Get Off Your Ass and Jam" followed. "Up
For the Down Stroke" and "Red Hot Momma" were hot, but I liked
"Funkentelechy"......I was
invited to join Nappyhead onstage after walking out of the bathroom, sporting a
large, red-colored, Afro wig!! So, I was a backing vocalist for
"Funkentelechy" and "Atomic Dog/Pumpin' It Up"!!! "Could This Be Love" was a reggae treat that the
N-Funk Army tossed to the funkateers......great vocals by the great Zack
Roberson!!
"Mothership Connection" featured a
dedication to an old funk fan in the audience......she was "baptized"
as a honorary Nappyhead Funk Army soldier with a set of P-Funk tags on a
necklace!!
"Cosmic Slop" featured a good drum
intro by Ainsley Taylor. After "Cosmic Slop", I left at 1:50am for
the train to Manhattan, NYC and I heard the N-Funk Mob performing "One
Nation Under a Groove" (from a distance).
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