NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS
At the North Star Bar, Philly - 10/03/00
Cody Dickinson, playing a washboard!!
At
10:25pm, the North Mississippi Allstars started their funky set with
"Shake 'Em on Down", with some countrified funk guitar licks by
Luther Dickinson, funky bass riffs by Chris Chew, and heavy, hardcore drumming
by Cody Dickinson!!!! "Drinking Muddy Water" was nice, but "Skinny Woman/Po Black Maddie" was
da shit with a searing rock guitar solo, some bass that's funky enough to
surpass the stench of a landfill, and a fiery drum solo!!"All Night
Long" featured seismic, thumpin' bass riffs and an electrifying lead
guitar solo!!! IT WAS FONKAY!!!! The next song was a funky jam with a little less country flavor. The
song "K.C. Jones (On the Road Again)" is my least favorite because
it's pure country music. Cody did the lead vocals and he performed a kick-ass
drum intro to the song. "Drop Down Mama" was funky, and so was
"Marchin' On". The next song sounded similar to "Skinny
Woman". "Station
Blues" was a great song with a harder funk-rock influence at the end of
each verse!!
"Take My Blues Away" was a fast-paced country-rock tune that included
a bad-ass bass solo by Chris, with Cody scratching away on the old-fashioned
washing board! "Goin' Down South" was good, but the next song
(which I don't know) incorporated the breakdown from "Shake 'Em on
Down" and had moments of hard-rock guitar blasts and bombastic drumming!!
The set ended at 12:00 midnight.
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