VIDEO: Orgone & Monophonics: West Coast Soul Tour – Denver 2017 Night One

Monophonics – April 28, 2017 Denver, CO @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Part 1 of 4: Hard Times [Baby Huey cover], Lying Eyes, Promises, Beggin’ [Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons cover], Sound of Sinning

Monophonics – April 28, 2017 Denver, CO @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Part 2 of 4: They Don’t Understand, Foolish Love, La La La Love Me, Hanging On

Monophonics – April 28, 2017 Denver, CO @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Part 3 of 4: Find My Way Back Home Your Love Keeps Liftin’ Me Higher [Willie Hutch cover] Run Away People [Dyke & The Blazers cover]

Monophonics – April 28, 2017 Denver, CO @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Part 4 of 4: Run Away People [Dyke & The Blazers cover] (ending)

Orgone – April 28, 2017 Denver, CO @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Part 1 of 4: Brand New Wayo [Mixed Grill cover] // cuts
missing 2 songs (Take You Higher & Big Day) due to battery dying

Orgone – April 28, 2017 Denver, CO @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Part 2 of 4: Trampled Underfoot [Led Zeppelin cover], Rock Me Again & Again & Again [Lyn Collins cover] > PsychoticBumpSchool [Bootsy Collins cover] > Rock Me Again (Reprise), Ride My Swing, Bulletproof >

Orgone – April 28, 2017 Denver, CO @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Part 3 of 4: Sweatshop [Syrup cover], Down, Down, Down, Pull Up To The Bumper [Grace Jones cover], Don’t Stop (with Kelly Finnigan & Ian McDonald)

Orgone – April 28, 2017 Denver, CO @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Part 4 of 4: Picture On The Wall (with Kelly Finnigan & Ian McDonald)

Orgone x Monophonics ENCORE – April 28, 2017 Denver, CO @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Part 1 of 2: Ritual [Nico Gomez And His Afro Percussion Inc. cover], Stop On By [Chaka Khan cover], Mama Feelgood [Lyn Collins cover], The World Is A Ghetto [War cover]

Orgone x Monophonics ENCORE – April 28, 2017 Denver, CO @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Part 2 of 2: The World Is A Ghetto [War cover], Good To Your Earhole [Funkadelic cover]

Bootsy Collins & Bernie Worrell at Bear Creek

Bootsy Collins

Saturday, November 16, 2013 went down as a huge day in Bear Creek Music & Art Festival‘s history. The main stage lineup at the Big IV Amphitheater was STACKED for nearly 14 hours. Opening at noon with the Bernie Worrell Orchestra (as seen in the videos below) and proceeding with a strong set by Galactic (including a Bernie Worrell sit-in). Elsewhere at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, festival-goers were treated to mid-day sets by George Porter Jr. & His Runnin’ Pardners, Robert Walters’s 20th Congress, and the Mike Dillon Band.

Bernie Worrell Orchestra (Part 1 of 2) 11/16/13 Bear Creek Music Festival:
So Uptight (Move On), BWO Is Landing

Bernie Worrell Orchestra (Part 2 of 2) 11/16/13 Bear Creek Music Festival:
Red Hot Momma (with Freekbass)

Bootsy Collins

As the sun set, Bootsy Collins & The Funk Unity Band took to the Big IV Amphitheater and funked and rocked us till the sun went down, as you can see and enjoy in the video clips below.

Bootsy Collins (Part 1 of 3) 11/16/13 Bear Creek Music Festival:
Ahh…The Name Is Bootsy, Baby (inc. Bootsy? (What’s the Name of this Town), Bop Gun & Give Up The Funk), The Mothership Connection Is Here > Psychoticbumpschool > The Pinocchio Theory

Bootsy Collins (Part 2 of 3) 11/16/13 Bear Creek Music Festival:
Swing Down Sweet Chariot (with Bernie Worrell)

Bootsy Collins (Part 3 of 3) 11/16/13 Bear Creek Music Festival:
Roto-Rooter, I’d Rather Be With You (inc. What’s A Telephone Bill? & Everything Good is Nasty)

Bootsy Collins: bass, vocals
Erik “Elastic” Hargrove: drums
Mike Cobb: bass
Keith “Sun” Cheatham: guitar
Joel “Razor Sharp” Johnson: keys
Rashon “RaMu” Murph: keytar
Randy Villars: saxophone
Scott ??: trumpet
Candice “Candi-Yam” Cheatham: vocals
Dani “Razzberry Hershey” Cox: vocals
Zachary “X-Zac” Adams: vocals
Gary “Mudbone” Cooper: vocals, tambourine
Patricia “Peppermint Patty” Collins: dancer
Frankie “Kash” Waddy: announcer / master of ceremonies

Guests:
Bernie Worrell – keytar, Moog

After Bootsy finished his 90 minute set, the crowd looked both exhausted and invigorated (if that’s possible), and clearly ready to explore and party into the rest of the night. Only a few feet away at Uncle Charlie’s Porch Stage, the always salient and superlative MC Chali 2na hit the stage with his House of Vibe Band (albeit with Nikki Glaspie subbing on the skins). Videos right here.

Then it was right back to the Big IV Amphitheater for a contender for one of the absolute best sets in Bear Creek history, The Legendary Roots Crew. The Roots proceeded to burn it down for 100 minutes without pause, as evidenced in the videos here.

After The Roots, the evening continued for no less than 5 more hours with sets by Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, The Bear Creek All Stars (aka the annual Dumpstajam featuring members of both Dumpstaphunk and Lettuce), and a late night set by The Nth Power.

If you haven’t been to the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park or Bear Creek Music Festival to experience an exhilarating day such as this, all I can do is highly recommend such as an experience.

Funk It’s Jam Cruise 2014 Highlight Video

Anders Osborne & Cyril Neville

Funk It’s Jam Cruise 2014 Highlight Video:

01. Everyone Orchestra – Rock The Boat (Matt Butler, Steve Kimock, John Morgan Kimock, Chris Chew, Anders Beck, Paul Hoffman, Allie Kral, Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz, Zach Gill, Jans Ingber & Jennifer Hartswick)
02. March Fourth Marching Band – ???
03. Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe – New Ammo (with Bill Evans)
04. Monophonics – There’s A Riot Going On
05. Aron Magnor & Tom Hamilton – Franklin’s Tower
06. Stanton Moore Trio – Cissy’s Got The Blues (with George Porter Jr & Kofi Burbridge)
07. Thievery Corporation – Take My Soul
08. Lotus – Wax
09. Lettuce – Don’t Be Afraid To Try (with Alecia Chakour)
10. George Porter Jr’s Jam Room – I Get High (with John Popper, Stanton Moore & Billy Iuso)
11. George Porter Jr’s Jam Room – Second Line > Iko Iko (with Adam Deitch, Will Bernard & the Bonerama horns)
12. Nathan Moore / The Spot – Born On The Bayou
13. George Porter Jr & The Kimocks – Turn On Your Lovelight
14. Anders Osborne – Fire On The Mountain (with Cyril Neville, George Porter Jr, Ivan Neville & Billy Iuso)
15. Stanley Jordan – Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 – Andante
16. Kelly Finnigan (of Monophonics) – Why Can’t I Let Go (with Adryon de Leon)
17. Eric Krasno Band – Torture
18. The Revivalists – Appreciate Me

Galactic with Maggie Koerner

19. Galactic – Quitters Never Win (with Maggie Koerner)
20. John Popper, DJ Logic, George Porter Jr, Stanley Jordan & Adam Deitch – Improvisation
21. Conspirator – ???
22. Galaxy Disco – DJ Dan Hastie (of Orgone)
23. The New Mastersounds – ??? (with The West Coast Horns)
24. Nigel Hall’s Jam Room – Jam (with Robert Randolph & The Family Band, DJ Williams, Alvin Ford Jr, Rashon RaMu Murph & unknown horns PLUS Lenisha Randolph & Roosevelt Collier)
25. Nigel Hall’s Jam Room – Voodoo Chile (Brandon Niederauer, Tony Hall & Eric Bolivar)
26. The Wailers – Stir It Up
27. Stanton Moore & Adam Deitch – Drum Off
28. Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang – Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver
29. Robert Randolph & The Family Band – ???
30. Robert Walter’s 20th Congress – Quantico, VA (with Eric Krasno & Chris Stillwell)
31. Bootsy Collins – Stretchin’ Out (In A Rubber Band)
32. Mike Dillon Band – It’s 7am At The Jazz Fest (with Stanton Moore)
33. Skerik’s Bandalabra – Simon Says (with Carly Meyers)

Dumpstaphunk with Victor Wooten & Billy Iuso

34. Dumpstaphunk – Meanwhile (with Victor Wooten & Billy Iuso)
35. Zach Deputy – Beautiful Morning
36. Orgone – You Got The Love
37. Ivan Neville & Cyril Neville – Be My Lady
38. Electron – Comfortably Numb
39. Alan Evans Super Jam – Superfly (with Nigel Hall & Monophonics)
40. Alan Evans Super Jam – Purple Rain (with Dumpstaphunk)
41. Adam Deitch’s Jam Room – Jam (with Victor Wooten, Zach Deputy, Bobby Deitch, Rashon RaMu Murph & unknown horns)
42. Adam Deitch’s Jam Room – God Made Me Funky (Dr. Klaw with James Casey, Jans Ingber, Kofi Burbridge & March Fourth Marching Band Horns)
43. Jans Ingber hallway party
44. Warren Haynes – Sugaree (with Anders Osborne, John Popper, George Porter Jr & Cyril Neville)

Everything shot by one person using 2 cameras and one mic. Canon G20, Canon T3i Rebel, and Sony ECM-MS908C stereo mic.

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