The Heard: Chicago Funk to Bear Creek Funk

The Heard at Bear Creek

The Heard – November 15, 2014
Live Oak, FL @ Music Hall – Bear Creek Music Festival
Part 1 of 2: Shake Everything You Got [Maceo Parker cover] (with Simon Allen, Nate Edgar, Paul Provosty, Eric Bloom, Jonathan Lloyd & Nikki Glaspie), Put It Where You Want It [The Crusaders cover] (with Carly Meyers & Nigel Hall), Gossip [Cyril Neville cover] (with Ivan Neville), Good To Your Earhole [Funkadelic cover] (with Roosevelt Collier)

The Heard – November 15, 2014
Live Oak, FL @ Music Hall – Bear Creek Music Festival
Part 2 of 2: ???, ??? > ???, Red Hot Momma [Funkadelic cover] (with Adam Deitch, Farnell Newton, Nick Cassarino & Tony Hall), Safari Time

The Heard:
Lucas Ellman – saxophone
Parris Fleming – trumpet
Bryant Smith – trombone
Taras Horalewskyj – ryhthm guitar
Neal O’Hara – keyboards
Mike Starr – bass
P.J. Howard – drums

Guests:
Roosevelt Collier – steel guitar
Carly Meyers – trombone (Yojimbo, Mike Dillon Band)
Nigel Hall – keys (The Nth Power)
Jennifer Hartswick – trumpet (Trey Anastasio Band)
Ivan Neville – organ (Dumpstaphunk)
Adam Deitch – drums (Lettuce)
Farnell Newton – trumpet
Nick Cassarino – guitar (The Nth Power)
Tony Hall – guitar (Dumpstaphunk)
Simon Allen – drums (The New Mastersounds)
Nate Edgar – bass (The Nth Power)
Paul Provosty – guitar (Earphunk)
Eric Bloom – trumpet (Lettuce)
Jonathan Lloyd – trombone (Atlanta Funk Society)
Nikki Glaspie – drums (The Nth Power)

New Mastersounds with The Heard Horns
11/16/14 Bear Creek Music Festival

Funk It’s Bear Creek 2014 Highlight Video

Umphrey's McGee with Oteil Burbridge

Funk It’s Bear Creek Music & Art Festival 2014 Highlight Video:

Funk It’s Bear Creek Music & Art Festival 2014 Highlight Video:
01. Orgone – Nobody’s Fault But Mine [Otis Redding cover]
02. Earphunk – She Don’t Wanna Hear From You (with Brandon “Taz” Niederauer)
03. Zach Deputy – Put It In The Boogie
04. Turkuaz – Bubba Slide
05. Break Science – Take It To The Floor
06. Soulive – Eleanor Rigby (with Talib Kweli) [The Beatles cover]
07. Soulive – El Ron
08. Umphrey’s McGee – Bridgeless (with Oteil Burbridge)
09. Mingo Fishtrap – Talkin’ Bout New Orleans [The Meters cover]
10. The New Mastersounds – ??? (with Bernard Purdie & The Heard horns)
11. The Budos Band – Ride or Die
12. The Main Squeeze – Dr. Funk
13. Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds – Borderline
14. The Fritz – ???
15. The Floozies – Shakedown Street Remix
16. St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Sugar Dyed
17. Yojimbo – I’m A Pirate (with Khris Royal)
18. Alecia Chakour Band – I Miss You Knockin’ At My Door (with Bernard Purdie)
19. Locos Por Juana – ???
20. Nicholas Payton Trio – Two

Break Science at Bear Creek 2014

21. The Nth Power – Only You
22. Chris Robinson’s Soulive Revue – Hot Stuff [Rolling Stones cover]
23. Lettuce – Salute
24. DumpstaJam – Rock Steady [Aretha Franklin cover] (with Jennifer Hartswick, Skerik, Farnell Newton & Carly Meyers)
25. DumpstaJam – Drum Battle > Mighty Mighty [Earth Wind & Fire cover] (with Nikki Glaspie, Nigel Hall, Nick Cassarino, Oteil Burbridge & Nate Edgar)
26. The Heard – Shake Everything You’ve Got (with Simon Allen, Nate Edgar & Eric Bloom) [Maceo Parker cover]
27. Curtis Harding – Freedom
28. Nicholas Payton Trio – Six (with Pee Wee Ellis)
29. Play On Brother – Who Dare Knock?
30. Oteil Burbridge & Roosevelt Collier Band – Good To Your Earhole [Funkadelic cover]
31. Bear Creek Orchestra At Large – The Chicken [The J.B.’s cover]
32. Bear Creek Orchestra At Large – It’s A Family Affair [Sly & The Family Stone cover]
33. The Nth Power – Faithfully
34. Alecia Chakour Band – Surely
35. See-I – ???
36. Catfish Alliance – Do My Thing
37. Tauk – ??? (with Skerik)
38. The Main Squeeze – Off The Wall [Michael Jackson cover]
39. Lettuce – A Message From The Meters (with George Porter Jr & Khris Royal) [The Meters cover]
40. Dumpstaphunk – Bustin’ Out (with Skerik, Jennifer Hartswick & Farnell Newton) [Rick James cover]
41. Orgone – Ain’t No Use (To Cut You Loose) (with George Porter Jr) [The Meters cover]

The Main Squeeze at Bear Creek 2014

Fiya Fest 2014 Highlights – New Orleans, LA

Fiya Fest 2014

Fiyawerx Productions did it again for a 2nd year in a row, putting on a lineup of complete fiya, with all the proceeds benefiting The Roots of Music. Combining the best performers in New Orleans with other musical icons and up and coming acts in the contemporary funk scene, Fiyawerx Productions is pushing the storied history of New Orleans music forward while investing heavily in the cultural heritage of the city.

If you are in New Orleans for the Jazz & Heritage Festival, Fiya Fest is an event that is not to be missed. I’ve been very fortunate to be asked to helped document these once in a lifetime musical moments and below I’ve shared video clips from most of the acts that performed this year. I believe the music is for everyone and should be enjoyed and spread far and wide. I think the Fiyawerx krewe would likely agree with me, so I’ve shared quite a lot of footage in hopes that those that could not attend can enjoy these “once only” live collaborations.

Maceo Parker & Friends (Eric Krasno, Nigel Hall, Nikki Glaspie, Calvin Turner & The Shady Horns)
“Go Ahead” (inc. Mothership Connection & Sing A Simple Song), Uptown Up, Shake Everything You Got

The Headhunters Super Jam (Mike Clark, Bill Summers, Donald Harrison, Fred Wesley, Blackbyrd McKnight, Doug Wimbish, Eric McFadden, Ivan Neville & Karl Denson)
Four String Drive
Paging Mr. Wesley (with DJ Logic, and Will Bernard replacing Eric McFadden)
Shekere Intro > Watermelon Man (with Will Bernard replacing Eric McFadden, Donald Harrison replacing Ivan Neville, and ??? on Fender Rhodes)

The Nth Power
Waiting, Thank You (ending jam), Catfish [Four Tops cover]

The Midnite Disturbers Allstar New Orleans Brass Band
Baker’s Dozen [Galactic cover] (with Brandon “Taz” Niederauer)
Snowball [Dirty Dozen Brass Band cover] (with Brandon “Taz” Niederauer & Cyril Neville)
Who Took The Happiness Out? [Dirty Dozen Brass Band cover] > Jam > A Day At The Races (Chali 2na) > Freestyle (Chali 2na) > Who Took The Happiness Out? (reprise) (with Rahzel, Chali 2na, Brandon “Taz” Niederauer & Cyril Neville)

Eddie Roberts West Coast Sounds
unknown song

GRITTSS (George Porter Jr, Roosevelt Collier, Ivan Neville, Tony Hall, Terrence Houston, Big Sam & Sam Kininger)
The Chicken [The J.B.’s cover] (with Bernie Worrell)
Genius of Love [Tom Tom Club cover] (with Bernie Worrell) >
Let’s Get Fired Up [Zigaboo Modeliste cover] (with Bernie Worrell & Corey Glover)
Will It Go Round In Circles [Billy Preston cover] (with Bernie Worrell, Corey Glover, Billy Iuso, Norwood Fisher & Eric McFadden)
Welcome To New Orleans [Zigaboo Modeliste cover] (with Bernie Worrell)

101 Runners
Shoo Fly

The Revivalists
Masquerade (with Jennifer Hartswick, Carly Meyers & Khris Royal)
Stand Up (with Brandon “Taz” Niederauer)
Sunny Days (with Jennifer Hartswick, Carly Meyers & Khris Royal)
Whipping Post [Allman Brothers Band cover] (with Pete Murano on guitar)

Clint Maedgen (of Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
unknown song

The Heard
unknown song

Frequinox (Stanton Moore, Robert Walter, Will Bernard & Robert Mercurio)
Hunk (Robert Walter), Sprung Monkey (Stanton Moore), Penske (Will Bernard), Adelita (Robert Walter), Kickin’ Up Dust (Robert Walter), Chicken Lickin’ (Funk, Inc.)

Fiya Fest Schedule

You can also find my videos from the 2013 Fiya Fest here and the 2012 and 2011 Fiyawerx Family Funktion Crawfish Boils here and here.

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