Gav said:

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Sometimes a littel sarcsm is okay but sometimes it is WTF. Because you don't care for this era of P's music seeing Kip would be a waste of time. Come on now. Guys got a decent voice.

laurarichardson said:

i didnt read all that into the initial post....your reading all sortsa hate on your own...

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laurarichardson said:

You just love being paranoid don't you ?

Matt was just making a subtle gag about the Rave album, not having a pop at anyone, especially Kip.

I'd suggest you spend some more time away from the org Laura, it might make you feel a little less anxious.

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I'll be there gonna be a fantastic night

Diamond said:

This and London gets Maceo Parker this week too! Gig-tastic!!

http://www.islington-academy.co.uk/
Thu-16-Mar
MACEO PARKER
£18 adv
7pm - 11pm

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VERY EXCITING DEVELOPMENT -

Kikit Promotions has just annaounced that JAMAL THOMAS (currently touring with MACEO) will be playing on the drums tonight at KIP BLACKSHIRE'S show at the JAZZ CAFE!

This night is getting better and better!

AMAZING SHOW!!! even though the Jazz Cafe was half empty, Kip really gave us a good show! He played several Prince tracks ( i wanna be your lover, controversy, rave, kiss etc...) then a guy from the public got on the stage and grab the guitar for an atomic Realease Yourself !!! The highlight of this show, the 15 minutes performance was dupa! i loved it, Kip please come back!

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MrSoulpower said:

Terrific performance last night by Kip Blackshire at the Jazz Cafe in Camden, London.

Two members of Maceo Parker's band were there - guitarist and drummer. I was at the bar before the gig started and Maceo's guitarist chatted to me.

Prince fans were definitely in the house, everytime a Prince tune got played people went wild. Lots of Prince t-shirts and hats were on show.

Before Kip came out, the DJ was playing some Prince tracks, including 3121 stuff like Black Sweat, and a couple of others I hadn't heard before. He also played The Work off of TRC (I think Kip did backing vocals on it).

The gig was great - Kip has great charisma as a performer and he got a good atmosphere worked up in the crowd.

Damn funky band. As well as doing some Kip original material, they did real-funky cover versions of Superstitious (by Stevie W.), Everyday People (better than the version on the Rave DVD), Hey Joe (Jimi H.) but one of the highlights was a medley of Prince songs Kip playing piano and the rest of the band jamming alongside him - including Controversy, Wanna Be Ur Lover, Uptown. Thought it was kind of cool of Kip to not mention Prince all night, and just play some of his stuff like that. More subtle than if he'd just got up there and started talking about how he used to jam with Prince.

Halfway through the show, he called up Maceo's guitarist to jam through a song with him as replacement for his regular guitarist.

Performance showed off Kip's multi-talented skills - piano, covers, originals, guitar, ballads, it was all there.

Great performance.

Thanks to everyone that made the show so special!
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