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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