Bootsy Collins & The Funk Unity Band – The Funk Unity Tour 2011

Bootsy Collins & The Funk U Band – July 9, 2011 – Jazz A Vienne, France:
The Pinocchio Theory, Hollywood Squares, Swing Down Sweet Chariot, Cosmic Slop

Bootsy Collins has assembled a monster band of P-Funk alumni (calling them the Funk Unity Band) for his 2011 Funk Unity Tour in support of his new album, Tha Funk Capitol Of The World. And if that sentence didn’t have enough Funk for ya, I’m about to hit you off with even more!

You can start by pressing play on the above audio track. Then move on to the full course, this 2 hour pro-shot video of the full show from July 9, 2011 in Vienne, France:

When you’re done with that i’ve got some downloads for you. I’ve ripped the above video and you can download the 800mb flash video file via: MEGAUPLOAD or TORRENT.

I’ve also got audio of the next night’s show at North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands from July 10, 2011. It’s a 103 minute untracked audio file and you can download it in either MP3 or FLAC. I recorded it from the NSJF webstream, so it is soundboard quality, although it was only streaming at 192kbps.

Bootsy Collins & The Funk Unity Band:
Bootsy Collins: space bass, vocals
Frankie “Kash” Waddy: drums
Bernie Worrell: keys
Joel “Razor Sharp” Johnson: keys
DeWayne “Blackbyrd” McKnight: guitar
Keith Cheatham: rhythm guitar
T.M. Stevens: bass
Brian Hardgroove: bass, vocals (of Public Enemy)
Garry Winters: trumpet (of the NastyNattiHorns)
Sarah Morrow: trombone (of the NastyNattiHorns)
Randy Villars: saxophone (of the NastyNattiHorns)
Dani “Razzberry Hershey” Cox: vocals
Candice “Candi-Yam” Cheatham: vocals
Kyle Jason: vocals
Ouiwey Collins (Bootsy’s son): MC

R.I.P. Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse – June 26, 2007 Hove Festival, Norway – Tears Dry On Their Own,
He Can Only Hold Her > Doo Wop (That Thing), Love Is A Losing Game, Valerie

MP3 DOWNLOAD LINK (FULL SHOW): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EOPEXKNO

Amy Winehouse
June 26th, 2007
Ardenal, Norway @ Hove Festival
Pre-FM / soundboard source

1. Addicted
2. Just Friends
3. Tears Dry On Their Own
4. He Can Only Hold Her >
Doo Wop (That Thing) [Lauryn Hill cover]
5. Cherry
6. Back To Black
7. Wake Up Alone
8. Love Is A Losing Game
9. Cupid [Sam Cooke cover]
10. Hey Little Rich Girl [The Specials cover]
11. Monkey Man [Toots & The Maytals cover]
12. You Know I’m No Good
13. Rehab
14. Me And Mr. Jones
15. Valerie [The Zutons cover]

Russell Brand – For Amy: http://www.russellbrand.tv/2011/07/for-amy/.

I have to share this too:
Amy Winehouse – “Tears Dry on their Own” (Organized Noize Dungeon Family Remix) by Big Boi

Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters 1998 Reunion – Tip Toe

Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters 10/2/98 Tip Toe (Through The Ghetto)

While I’m on the Headhunters kick, check out this tune. Y’all know Paul Jackson, The Black Octopus, right? This is from the 1998 Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters reunion tour. A soundboard recording from a festival in Gainesville, FL, remastered by TheTooleMan. (full recording available to download here: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=364160.

P.S. If you missed the 1974 Headhunters DVD & youtube clips I posted a few months ago: http://funkit.virose.net/?p=43.

P.S.S. Did you know that Mike Clark & Paul Jackson made an instructional VHS tape called “Rhythm Combination” in 1992? I think it was a Japanese only release. Parts of it are on youtube:

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