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In The Community: The Hockaday Museum of Art's has Rails, Trails, and A Road -- honoring the 75th Anniversary of Going To The Sun Road in Glacier National Park.
Also -- Ace Powell -- Ace of Diamonds and Native American Interpretations from our permanent collection.
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Concert Reviews:
George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars at B.B. King"s in New York City on July 8, 2008
Snabby said -- Had a great time
I'm sorry I'm not better at collecting the setlist, but my recollection is that it was fairly standard, but with some nice variations of some Funkadelic cuts I haven't heard for a while.
Back on stage (first time I've seen him this year) was Michael Hampton, as was Kim Manning. Kendra and Belita were on quite a bit, and Sativa came out once for Somethin Stank.
Other songs for sure I remember (in no order, and no surprises) were Funkentelechy, Red Hot Mama, Atomic Dog, Maggot Brain, Cosmic Slop, Gamin On Ya, Bop Gun, Flashlight, Up for the Downstroke, One Nation, Aqua Boogie, P.Funk, Give Up the Funk, Mothership Connection. Show clocked in at about 3.5 hours, maybe more.
I thought it was a great show, lots of energy on both sides of the stage.
What is the name of the drummer who isn't Rico or Frankie? Man, he works his ass off.
(Digital collage from live on-the-scene pictures by Snabby.)
SWANG said -- the third drummer is Foley McCreary.
P-Bee said -- The Set list in no particular order, from what I recall:
Funkentelechy
Flashlight
One Nation Under A Groove
Cosmic Slop
Aqua Boogie
You & Your Folks
Good Old Funky Music
I'll Betcha
Stuffs & Thangs
Tear The Roof Off The Sucker
Bop Gun
Maggot Brain
Up For the Downstroke
Red Hot Mama
Gamin On Ya
Mothership Connection
Rumpofsteelskin riff
P-Funk
Bounce to This
Traylewd's rap
Atomic Dog
Somthin Stink
Nice to hear Stuffs & Thangs. Can't remember hearing that before.
Think I'll join the Ricky Rouse Club. The man was on fire!
Props to Lige too, an unsung p-funky hero.
The man was all over the bass all night. Remember when P-Funk had 2-3 bass players at shows? Thank goodness they retired the R&R end of the show. By eliminating that part of the show & shortening some of the songs that are usually stretched out, they were able to play more songs than usual. The show was the best I've seen in years.
- Missed Boggie
- Always miss Bernie
P.S. Advertisements in Holland say Bernie Worrell is playing with the P-Funk All-Stars there this Fall!
Bob said -- I had a great time. Good musically. Mike Hampton was out playing on quite a bit and saying hey to the fans after the show. The Dr. had lots of energy and was out front for a long stretch. Trey's rap was super tight, Sativa sounded great, and once again Belita blew my doors off. Can't think of a highlight for me at the moment. Shaunna got a short solo and torn it nice.
Snozzle said -- Every time that I think that P-Funk will put on the 'auto pilot' switch and give a 'by the numbers' type gig, they throw me curve ball and fry my consciousness in the process. After witnessing the absence of three major guitarists at the Stone Pony in NJ(May 8th), it was a relief to see Michael Hampton back in the line up. While he was only on stage primarily for the first half of the show, he definitely made his presence felt, supplying some nastay searing solos on "Funkentelechy", "Cosmic Slop" and "Red Hot Mama".
The part of the set that features early Funkadelic never ceases to amaze me and last night was no exception, especially when they jumped into "Stuffs And Things". Not a medley either, but the entire song. They followed this with "I Got A Thing...", "I Bet You", and "You And Your Folks...". They also, to my surprise. pulled out "P-Funk", which I haven't heard live since 1995, as well as "Mothership Connection".
After that came the standards: "Maggot Brain" "One Nation...", "Flash Light", and "Atomic Dog".
M.I.A.: Cordell Mosson
Media Watch: Gaughhh -- Reality shows! I saw the final episode of Celebrity Circus, and all I can say about it is that the physical art of Circus benefits from exposure to the public. Model Rachel Hunter looked good at her six foot height, plus they had an athletic small person in their final three who called himself Wee Man. So You Think You Can Dance was extremely popular in Canada, so it was hard to miss an episode. One lady was slammed by the judges so hard, she got broken ribs and quit the competition. (Just kidding a little about the cause, but not her condition.) Matter of fact, there were some injuries in the Circus series too (makes sense).
Let's see -- Mario Lopez was announcing America's Best Dance Crew II, and there was a Ballroom Dance competition on PBS from Moscow, Russia. The announcers on the later show WOULDN'T SHUT UP. They drowned out the music, and made the show about THEM, rather than dancing. Their wheezy English accents made me think of Monty Python's History of Ballooning, where relentless chatter ascended over everything else.
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