At
8:30pm, Original PFunk set it off with some serious funkativity.....funkatizing
the fans with some "Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples".......the earthquakic bass riffs of Derrick Davis shook
the entire club!!!! Derrick
showed his funky attitude again on "Standing on the Verge of Gettin' It
On", which featured the band's own chant "The Funk is in the
House" (as proclaimed by the crazy Fuzzy Haskins on vocals......by the
way, Fuzzy.....if you're gonna shake your groove thang like that, don't wear
those see-thru pants.....some fans and I nearly had cardiac arrest!!)
"Tear the Roof Off the Sucka" was a Ray Davis highlight, as well as
his excursion into his best highlights, like "Papa Was a Rolling
Stone" (by The Temptations), "I Can Make You Dance" (by Zapp),
"Pumpin' It Up" and a General Caine track! "Up For the Down
Stroke" and "P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)" were good, but
"Bop Gun" was better with the strong, funky vocals of Douglas Knight-Smith!!
"Cosmic Slop" featured Gene Thomas on lead vocals and a fiery lead
guitar intro by Billy Mimms......it was Gene that took the fiery lead guitar
spot in the breakdown portion and smoked every inch of B.B. King's Blues!!
"Atomic Dog" was the point where 30 people were brought
onstage.....mostly women. "Maggot Brain" was da shit with some
tripped-out, monstrous lead guitar strokes, courtesy of Gene!! "Mothership
Connection" featured Douglas doing the "I can hear the mothership
coming" portion that Glenn Goins was famous for!! "Knee Deep"
featured some tight scat vocals by Douglas! "One Nation Under a
Groove" featured the OP girls (Emerald Davis, Jackie Love and De'Jean)
doing the Kirk Franklin song, "Stomp"! "Flashlight" shined
the funk on anyone left who was still not mesmerized by the Original PFunk!!
The show was over at 10:15pm.
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