Excellence.… Read the rest
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look at it move!
Tighten Up Your Stroke
Live Ohio funk on prime-time TV? Watch the set turn into a huge party a few minutes in. Oh the seventies, oh the seventies…
Super Group Redux
Here’s maybe the first super-super group, given that their bass player was in one of the worlds first super groups back in the 70’s. Fear not rock is not dead!
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Rare TV Funk
TV appearances by funk artists are often stunted affairs of micro-sized forced funk, easily mocked and pulled away from for commercial break. I had never seen this Sly performance from 1983 playing with Letterman’s Paul Shaffer band. The tempo a … Read the rest
The Ballade of Nikka and Prince
Nice live performance of Nikka’s jam with a special guest on guitar…
Not In Kansas Anymore
Loved these dudes — good music about beer and woman problems. How did this not catch on?
Base not bass, haha.
… Pre-emptive Strike On The Majesticons
Pizza Rocket!
Mmmm pizza!
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Genre jumping again, I know. Check this funky little thang a few years back from an amazing band that played the music business blues in the nineties then dropped from the scene.
… Read the restNEO Neo
Ok sentimental fools, here in Cleveland we had our own version of the Beatles, or was it Queen? Well anyway, The Raspberries are one of the most underrated bands of the seventies. Check them out tackling this pop classical masterpiece.… Read the rest
Layup Lines
… Lipstick Kicks
One of my favorite beats and bass lines from the UK reggae punk vibe:
Potus With The Mostest
Very funny. Look at that applause too — don’t see that on the news much do you?
I remember seeing cheering crowds of (white only) flag waving supporters almost every night for President Bush even when his support was at … Read the rest
Mellow Madness
One of the more radical covers, I dig it for sure. Here’s Come As You Are done jazz bassguitar style.… Read the rest
Knock Knock On Your Front Door, Guess Who?
Wow Michael Franti has come a long way over the last 20 years. I remember the first time I heard this band, I loved them. A big early influence on 2merica, for sure.
Standing Around Playing Music
Proof that every band I like doesn’t jump around like maniacs — early live performance from the Violent Femmes, circa 1985:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaEUMY8yS9c
… Read the restMerging For You
Haha the classical musicians and fans are getting younger than the rock ones! ?Here’s some cool fusion going on between Deep Purple and the London Symphony Orchestra.
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