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Official Bootsy Collins 2011 FUNK U-Nity Tour Thread
Colonel Hardgroove - bass & vocals (Public Enemy) Guest appearances included Snoop Dogg, Dr. Cornel West & Tavis Smiley. I don't have time for twittering and tweeting, so here's a setlist that was posted online from the following night in San Francisco... Spreading Hope Like Dope Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy Baby Peace The Pinocchio Theory Hollywood Squares Bernie String Theme Freedumb Purple Haze Red Hot Mama Higher Flashlight Bootzilla Roto-Rooter Yummy, I Got The Munchies Don't Take My Funk One Nation Under A Groove Razor Interlude Stretchin' Out Touch Somebody Hits ...Not sure how accurate it is and not exactly what was done in L.A., but close enough. A few shots I took while the band was getting ready for soundcheck. [img:$uid]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b59/jbodine/Music%20II/Bootsy/Bootsy%20-%20Club%20Nokia/TM1.jpg[/img:$uid]
[img:$uid]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b59/jbodine/Music%20II/Bootsy/Bootsy%20-%20Club%20Nokia/Byrd1.jpg[/img:$uid] Prior to the show, I talked with drummer Ricky Lawson and the dazzling... ...Darlene Ortiz Here's a video somebody shot of Stretchin' Out... ...This gives you an example of the energy level that was present all night. The party may be coming to a city near you: http://prince.org/msg/8/359548 Music for adventurous listeners tA  [Edited 6/15/11 18:41pm] "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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Thanks for sharing that event TheAudience ! Looks like you had a ball !
I'm also spotting a sort of compact MP3-player by TASCAM ? TASCAM (CD-RW 700) and which still works solid like a rock. You can tell it's been fabricated for the professional market.
And don't get me started about that gear below A Moog on the top-left ? ... and i guess that the red synth on the bottom-left is a Nord ?
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And Miss Darlene Ortiz is indeed a foxy lady.
... oh man, for years now i've had a cd-recorder by
... wow, a Hohner. And is that a Prophet 5 in the top-right-corner ?
Excellent equipment to see in that first pic !
She use to be with Ice-T right? | |
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Did they do a bass-battle as well ? A few years after i heard TM on Narada's album "The Dance Of Life", i saw him suddenly appear in an official live-clip with Whitney Houston and her tour band.
I'm also seeing now a Roland on the bottom-left, hehe [Edited 6/6/11 8:57am] | |
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And i think that TM was also briefly part of Narada Michael Walden's band ?
" I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?" | |
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Love how he's taking this tour so seriously, and what a line-up!  | |
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Got my tickets yesterday, I'll be seeing him in 2 weeks!!! Can't wait, I just know this will be a great show!wow thanks 4 posting theAudience! Always nice 2 read your reviews, and also glad 2 see u back with us. Your knowledge and love 4 music is a welcome 2 this site...
I would love 2 have been at that show. The Nokia is a great place 2 an artist. Glad u had a wonderful time. Love the pics. | |
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Thanks for the pics and review! Can't wait to see Bootsy in Sweden at the rockfestival "Hultsfred" in July! That'll be my 3rd Bootsy concert! /peace Manki | |
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Can't wait to see Bootsy,will be seeing him on June 30th & yes Darlene still looks righteous. I used to have the Power album glued to my wall. | |
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Was a really fun show. I imagine it'll just be getting better as the tour rolls on. I'm hoping maybe we'll get another LA date before the tour ends. | |
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My pleasure. It was indeed a party! I took some shots from Razor & Bernie's playing perspective but they didn't really come out well. (Using a camera I wasn't really familiar with). I'll check again and if they weren't deleted i'll post them for you.
Music for adventurous listeners "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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[img:$uid]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b59/jbodine/Music%20II/Bootsy/Bootsy%20-%20Club%20Nokia/BerniesRig_sm.jpg[/img:$uid] "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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SYHTN HEAVEN ! | |
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must've sound tight ! Thanks again for sharing TheAudience ! 
These are all great pictures posted here, but I particularly find these interesting. I always focus on the equipment at concerts, almost as much as I enjoy listening to the music that comes from it all. I appreciate that you've shared these with us very much. I find the closeups of these rigs just fascinating (particularly from this perspective... ON the stage). | |
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yup
WOW!!!That's the real deal!Just by seeing that keyboardsetup you know it's gonna be great! I wonder what effects Bernie uses on his clavinet.It sounds so raw and nasty. /peace Manki | |
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More Snoop...
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Those synthesizers are MAGNIFICENT!
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OoOoO! What was she doing there?! | |
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Damn Darlene... | |
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Make sure you come back and tell us how it was. "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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was wondering the same thing
and who did she come with? | |
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Will do! | |
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And can think of no better place to share my experience than right here on your thread.
and whass goin' on in yo avie? | |
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This just posted on Bootsy's Facebook account. I'm glad to see he still does the bit where he steps off stage and marches out through the audience to 'reach out and touch'. I had the opportunity to hold his hand up high in victory when he did this at Tramps (NYC) several years ago while in concert. But seeing this picture from yesterdays concert; I can't help but remember when I first saw Bootsy in concert back in 1977, while in the car as my parents drove me to the Charlotte Civic Center in North Carolina, listening to the truckers trying to figure out what all the traffic was about in town on our CB (Citizen's Band Radio), them saying to each other... "What the Hell is going on around here? Looks like a G*d-Damned N*gger Convention done hit town!".
I wonder what those truckers would say about Bootsy's audience... TODAY?!? (...further proof that The Funk not only moves, but REMOVES! Uhh, discrimination... that is.)
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Great night. I had a ball. Highly recommended if the tour hits your town. "Real music by real musicians," indeed. Watching Dr. Cornel West doing The Freak onstage and gettin' his groove on with a lovely lady...priceless.
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