VIDEO & AUDIO: Fiyawrapper Battleship featuring Talib Kweli & 2 Funk Supergroups

Talib Kweli (Photo by Soundfuse Online)(Photo by Soundfuse Online)

FiyaWrapper Battleship featuring Talib Kweli & 2 Funk Supergroups
August 30, 2014
Chicago, IL @ Spirit of Chicago yacht – North Coast Music Festival After Party

FiyaWrapper Battleship (Part 1 – Talib Kweli)
August 30, 2014
Chicago, IL @ Spirit of Chicago yacht – North Coast Music Festival After Party

I Try, Hot Thing (feat. K’Valentine), State of Grace, Get By

FiyaWrapper Battleship (Part 2 – Funk Supergroup Number One)
August 30, 2014
Chicago, IL @ Spirit of Chicago yacht – North Coast Music Festival After Party

Spider [Herbie Hancock cover], Mighty Mighty [Earth Wind & Fire cover]

FiyaWrapper Battleship (Part 3 – Funk Supergroup Number Two)
August 30, 2014
Chicago, IL @ Spirit of Chicago yacht – North Coast Music Festival After Party

Fool For You [Cee Lo Green cover], If I Ever Lose This Heaven [Average White Band cover]

FiyaWrapper Battleship featuring Talib Kweli
August 30, 2014 (actually morning of 8/31/14)
Chicago, IL @ Spirit of Chicago yacht – North Coast Music Festival After Party

Sony ECM-MS908C stereo mic > Canon G20 video cam > Vegas Video > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > CD Wave Editor > FLAC

AUDIO DOWNLOAD: FLAC TORRENT

Set One:
God Made Me Funky [Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters cover]
Spider [Herbie Hancock cover]
Mighty Mighty [Earth Wind & Fire cover]
Red Baron [Billy Cobham cover] (with Fareed Haque & Maurice Brown)
The Hype & The Hoopla (with Leo Nocentelli)
I Try (with Talib Kweli, Maurice Brown & female saxophonist)
Hot Thing (with Talib Kweli, Maurice Brown & K’Valentine)

Set Two:
It Seems To Hang On [Ashford & Simpson cover]
Fool For You [Cee Lo Green cover]
If I Ever Lose This Heaven [Average White Band cover]
State of Grace (with Talib Kweli, Maurice Brown & Borahm Lee)
Get By (with Talib Kweli, Maurice Brown & Borahm Lee)

Set One Musicians:
Adam Deitch – drums
Garrett Sayers – bass
Nigel Hall – keys
Adam Shmeeans Smirnoff – guitar
Ryan Zoidis – saxophone
Eric Bloom – trumpet

Set Two Musicians:
Nikki Glaspie – drums
Oteil Burbridge – bass
Borahm Lee – keys
Nick Cassarino – guitar, vocals
Roosevelt Collier – pedal steel guitar
Jennifer Hartswick – trumpet, vocals
Natalie Cressman – trombone, vocals

Guests:
Fareed Haque – guitar
Maurice Brown – trumpet
Leo Nocentelli – guitar
Chelsea Baratz – saxophone
K’Valentine – MC

North Coast Music Festival, Otter, and Fiyawerx present FiyaWrapper 4 – The Battleship.
Talib Kweli with 2 funk super groups.

FiyaWrapper Battleship

VIDEO & AUDIO: Lettuce 10/20/14 Bloomington, IN @ The Bluebird Bar

Lettuce - Bloomington

Lettuce 10/20/14 Bloomington, IN @ The Bluebird Bar
Part 1 of 2: The New Reel (new song), By Any Shmeeans Necessary > Expensive Shit [Fela Kuti cover with bassline from Asiko by Tony Allen] > Shmeeans, Squadlive, Fly

Lettuce 10/20/14 Bloomington, IN @ The Bluebird Bar
Part 2 of 2: Chief (new song), He Made A Woman Out Of Me [Bobbie Gentry cover] (with Alecia Chakour), What Do I Have To Do To Prove My Love To You [Marva Whitney cover] (with Alecia Chakour), The Sun (with Alecia Chakour) (new song), Phyllis (new song), Flu

Lettuce
October 20, 2014
Bloomington, IN @ The Bluebird Bar

Sony ECM-MS908C stereo mic > Canon XA20 (LPCM audio) > Vegas Pro 12.0 > WAV > CD Wave Editor (tracking) > FLAC

AUDIO DOWNLOAD: FLAC TORRENT or LIVE MUSIC ARCHIVE

01. “Big Anthem” (new song)
02. Fly
03. Yakatori (new song)
04. new intro > Monorail 3000 > Blast Off
05. Squadlive
06. He Made A Woman Out Of Me [Bobbie Gentry cover] (with Alecia Chakour)
07. What Do I Have To Do To Prove My Love To You [Marva Whitney cover] (with Alecia Chakour)
08. The Sun (with Alecia Chakour) (new song)
09. Lettsanity
10. Phyllis (new song)
11. Chief (new song)
12. Flu
13. new intro > Madison Square
Encore:
14. “The New Reel” (new song)
15. By Any Shmeeans Necessary > Expensive Shit [Fela Kuti cover with bassline from Asiko by Tony Allen] > Shmeeans

Bonnaroo SuperJam 2014 feat. Derek Trucks, Chaka Khan, Taj Mahal, Ben Folds, etc.

Bonnaroo SuperJam

Bonnaroo SuperJam group shot by Re:FreshMedia

Derek Trucks Bonnaroo Superjam
June 14, 2014 – 12am
Manchester TN, @ That Tent – Bonnaroo Music Festival

SBD > webcast > Cool Edit Pro > WAV > CD Wave Editor > dbpoweramp > MP3

FULL MP3 DOWNLOAD: HERE

01. Intro by Hannibal Buress
02. Eleanor Rigby [The Beatles cover]
03. Keep On Growing [Derek & The Dominos cover]
04. Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring [Traffic cover]
05. Darlin’ Be Home Soon [The Lovin’ Spoonful cover]
06. Kissing My Love [Bill Withers cover]
07. Respect Yourself [The Staples Sisters cover]
08. Everybody’s Gotta Change Sometimes [Taj Mahal]
09. I Can’t Turn You Loose [Otis Redding cover]
10. Statesboro Blues [The Allman Brothers Band cover]
11. These Arms Of Mine [Otis Redding cover]
12. Space Captain [Matthew Moore / Joe Cocker cover]
13. You’ve Got A Friend [Carol King / Donny Hathaway cover]
14. Signed, Sealed, Delivered [Stevie Wonder cover]
15. What Is And What Should Never Be [Led Zeppelin cover]
16. Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do) [Stevie Wonder / Aretha Franklin cover]
17. Tell Me Something Good [Rufus & Chaka Khan]
18. Shining Star [Earth Wind & Fire cover]
Encore:
19. Sing A Simple Song > I Want To Take You Higher [Sly & The Family Stone cover]

Derek Trucks – guitar
Susan Tedeschi – guitar, vocals
Tim Lefebvre – bass
JJ Johnson – drums
Tyler “Falcon” Greenwell – drums
David Hidalgo – guitar, vocals (Who Knows What Tomorrow Will Bring)
Eric Krasno – guitar
Nigel Hall – keys, vocals (lead vox on Respect Yourself, You’ve Got A Friend & Shining Star)
Kofi Burbridge – keys, flute?
The Shady Horns: Ryan Zoidis (sax), James Casey (sax), Eric Bloom (trumpet)
Alecia Chakour, Jasmine Muhammad, ?Mark Rivers? & Mike Mattison – background vocals
Willie Weeks – bass
James Gadson – drums (enters on t6)
Adam Deitch – drums (enters on t6)
Saunders Sermons – vocals, trombone (on Kissing My Love)
Taj Mahal – guitar, vocals (on t8 to t11)
Anthony Hamilton – vocals (on These Arms Of Mine & Signed Sealed Delivered)
Ben Folds – piano, vocals (on Space Captain)
Chaka Khan – vocals (t14 to t17)
Andrew Bird – ??
Karl Denson – ??

Group photo by Re:Fresh Media.
Live shots by John Partipilo / The Tennessean.

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