At The North Star Bar - Philadelphia, PA (11/14/98)
I
arrived at the North Star Bar really early, around 8:15pm. I ran into Gregg
Fitz, B. J. Nelson & Mike Reuben playing a nice game of pool. About 25 minutes
later, I got a chance to show Bernie Worrell the photos that I took of him and
the WOO band on Thursday, November 12th at S.O.B.'s in New York City. Bernie,
Gregg, Mike and B. J. really liked them, and so did Mike "Kidd
Funkadelic" Hampton who decided to show up on the eve of his birthday. A
few minutes later, I showed the photos to PURPLEWOO and Gabe Gonzalez. Gabe
told me that he loved the pictures that I sent him of his group, Enemy Squad,
at the North Star Bar on Halloween Eve '98. He said that he saw the other
reviews & photos on my BROOKSYNTELECHY website, such as Morris Day &
The Time at Tramps in New York City on August 13th.
At 11:00pm, the WOO Warriors began their show with (of
course) the spaced-out funk track "Re-Enter Black Light (Entersection)".
The show's best highlights are the liquifying funk track "Liquid
Sunshine", the smoking groove of "Smokey" (with the sensational
smokin' vocals of Mr. Gregg Fitz.......the funky ghost of Glen Goins), and
Bernie's ass-shakin' medley of "Chocolate City", "One Nation
Under a Groove", and "(Not Just) Knee Deep"!!! Gabe Gonzalez is
great on the drums......his skills are very lethal to the ears, especially
during the last 2 minutes of the show (during the track "Night of The
Thumpasorus Peoples")!! It's so great to here the funky "Here 2
Party" track.
At
12:10am, the WOO Warriors celebrated the birthday of Mr. Mike "Kidd
Funkadelic" Hampton......and Mike had his cake, too! In addition, Kidd
Funkadelic played his ass off on the slammin' funk-rock tracks "Standing
on the Verge of Gettin' It On" and "Cosmic Slop"!!! The KIDD has
skills!!!
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