At the North Star Bar - Philly (12/29/00)
At 11:45pm, the WOO Warriors hit the stage with some
wicked funk-rock shit called "Rock The Jungle", written by the
great WOO guitarist himself, Mr. Michael "Moon" Reuben!!! Bernie
Worrell came out and added some hilarious synth riffs, the last few riffs from
a popular kids's song, "Pop Goes The Weasel"! "Gamin' on
Ya" was full of lead guitar madness by Moon!! "Red Hot Momma" featured some
supersonic lead guitar blasting, with some simmering lead vocals by the ex-Deep
Banana Blackout lead vocalist, Jen Durkin!!! "Hit It & Quit It" was
funky, and some was the interlude that followed.....with some B.W. revving
synthesizer riffs and funkafied bass licks by Donna McPherson! "You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks"
featured some more thumping bass-funk, spaced-out synth-keystrokes by Gregg
Fitz, and a super-powerful drum solo by Gary Sullivan......Gary's drumming
could be as devastating as a 7.5-Ritcher-scale
earthquake!!!! "Super Stupid" was super-funky
with Moon's lead vocals, and "Supergroovalistic" was groovin' with
Bernie's talking synthesizer tricks!! Bernie went insane with some off-the-wall
synth riffs on "Comin' Round the Mountain"! Special rhythm guitar
guest Brett Grau played on "America" and
"Trash-a-Go-Go".....the latter with Jen on the cowbell! (The band did
a snippet of "One Nation Under a Groove", with Bernie's ultra-funky
bass synth riffs!) "Baby I Owe You Something Good" featured a normal
guitar intro (not the mandolin-style guitarism), which was kind of a
disappointment......Gregg left the stage and came back for the second half. "Can
You Get To That?" featured a snippet of "Adolescent Funk",
Gregg's funky piano playing, and Moon's "Purple Rain" tribute on lead
guitar!!! Gregg played a little bit of "Volunteered Slavery"
(from the Bernie Worrell CD "Funk of Ages") before the band started
playing "Standing on the Verge of Gettin' It On"!
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