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Printable Anxiety said: paisleypark4 said: SO nice 2 c u! Riccotheartist also wanted to know where you were bro! We had the VIP section but didnt stay in it too long. My partner loved The Family! It was nice running into you too, and tell Ricco I said hey. We were all over the place last night, I'm surprised we didn't run into him too! The Family sounded great and they were a lot of fun to watch. What more can you ask for in a band? He was with his poeple on the right side on the benches. We were all over everywhere too! U guys still look good!  Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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minneapolisFunq said: MAZARATI SHUT THE PLACE DOWN
they jammed out on shes just that kind of lady for what seemed like an eternity. they flipped it into stroke and then stopped and started again with 100MPH for a finale incredible.       
Militant said: OMG that was exactly the set I would want to see from them. especially them jamming on 'she's just that kinda lady' flipping into 'Stroke' GOT DAMN.....maybe the only track i'd also want to see the jam on would be 'strawberry lover'. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET SOMEONE HAVE RECORDED THIS (audio or video, either way) I need to see or hear this shit. I blast the Mazarati album weekly if not more.   | |
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I wish I could have been there for this.
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Great show, Mazarati was on this groove that went on and on. VIP was the place to be that night. I had a great look for the entire show. I got Dez, Bobby Z. and Dr. Fink's autograph on my wife's ORIGINAL Prince & The Revolution poster from the Purple Rain album, talk about LEGEND ... Peace ... & Stay Funky ...
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PurpleLove7 said: Great show, Mazarati was on this groove that went on and on. VIP was the place to be that night. I had a great look for the entire show. I got Dez, Bobby Z. and Dr. Fink's autograph on my wife's ORIGINAL Prince & The Revolution poster from the Purple Rain album, talk about LEGEND ...
That's too sweet! I need to think to try something like that next year. | |
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BlaqueKnight said: I wish I could have been there for this.
More stories and recaps! MOAR! That's the Oz-dude^. I remember seeing one episode when they asked him : "You got that cap glued-on or somethin' ?" 
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Thanks everyone else too for The Family-reviews. That must've been solid. Though i haven't checked yet about their new recordings, but did they perform any of those ? | |
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Shango said: Thanks everyone else too for The Family-reviews. That must've been solid. Though i haven't checked yet about their new recordings, but did they perform any of those ?
They opened with a new song. The new stuff should be released sometime this fall. | |
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Anxiety said: Shango said: Thanks everyone else too for The Family-reviews. That must've been solid. Though i haven't checked yet about their new recordings, but did they perform any of those ?
They opened with a new song. The new stuff should be released sometime this fall. Ah, cool. Thanks I'll keep checking the related-topics here in this section. | |
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Shango said: Anxiety said: They opened with a new song. The new stuff should be released sometime this fall. Ah, cool. Thanks I'll keep checking the related-topics here in this section.The new stuff I've heard so far keeps in line with what we would expect from The Family, only with a bit looser, more up-to-date sound. I'm excited to hear what they have in store for us. | |
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Anxiety said: Shango said: Ah, cool. Thanks I'll keep checking the related-topics here in this section.The new stuff I've heard so far keeps in line with what we would expect from The Family, only with a bit looser, more up-to-date sound. I'm excited to hear what they have in store for us. Looking forward to hear it. Any string-arrangements mixed in some new songs ? Also, did the keyboardplayer(s) during the Family-show add the great string-parts of "Screams Of Passion" in the mix as well ? | |
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Okay, i just listened to the snippet of "@ 8" on the Family's Myspace-page. Sounds great ! ... and i like the added strings. Did they perform this last Friday ? | |
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Shango said: Anxiety said: The new stuff I've heard so far keeps in line with what we would expect from The Family, only with a bit looser, more up-to-date sound. I'm excited to hear what they have in store for us. Looking forward to hear it. Any string-arrangements mixed in some new songs ? Also, did the keyboardplayer(s) during the Family-show add the great string-parts of "Screams Of Passion" in the mix as well ? i've heard that they're working with clare fischer's son on this new album, and maybe with clare himself...? and i can't really remember if they sampled the strings when they did screams of passion live friday night (someone help me out here?), but i don't remember anything feeling left out from the song. it sounded just right to my ears. | |
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Anxiety said: Shango said: Looking forward to hear it. Any string-arrangements mixed in some new songs ? Also, did the keyboardplayer(s) during the Family-show add the great string-parts of "Screams Of Passion" in the mix as well ? i've heard that they're working with clare fischer's son on this new album, and maybe with clare himself...? and i can't really remember if they sampled the strings when they did screams of passion live friday night (someone help me out here?), but i don't remember anything feeling left out from the song. it sounded just right to my ears. Awesome. And Clare (maybe) + his son are in the mix  . Great that Clare's son is working in the music-business.[Edited 6/7/09 10:00am] | |
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My husband and I where right up front & he did a lot of video taping, I will let you know when he gets it up on the internet. We haven't looked at the footage yet, don't know what we have, and how well it was taped. The whole show was great! I can't wait to share  | |
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How many songs did The Family do all together? Did they do any
other old songs besides Mutiny and Screams of Passion? I'm so sad I missed this...glad you guys had a great time! | |
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brocklynn said: My husband and I where right up front & he did a lot of video taping, I will let you know when he gets it up on the internet. We haven't looked at the footage yet, don't know what we have, and how well it was taped. The whole show was great! I can't wait to share
THANK YOU!!!!! I was really hoping that someone had some video footage. Did you get Mazarati's set on video? |
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Wow, what a fantastic concert! Everyone put on a fun show for us old school fogies. (I was envisioning what the crowd all looked like in the 80's the whole time!) Seeing the Family, Madhouse and Mazarati in one evening alone was seriously amazing and I wish I could have gone back in time to tell my 16 year old self that one day this concert would come! Even Pepe Willie was fun to see in his opening number! Shockingly, I think the part I enjoyed the most was the quasi-Time band that covered all those Prince jams after Pepe. "Housequake" and "Sexy MF" and "17 Days" live? Awesome songs that Prince himself is too uptight to play anymore but need to be heard! Who was that bass player/lead singer? He was great. I think I realized that I'd almost rather see Prince cover bands from now on than the man himself! They're way more fun!
On a side note, did anyone see someone in the crowd throw a drink in the face of the lead singer of Mazarati when he bent down to sing to the front row? He didn't seem to mind really, but I think it lead to him throwing water in the faces of his bandmates later. He seemed to be having a blast performing and he was sure fun to watch. Next year: Bring back Apples, Brenda and Susan!! |
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brocklynn said: My husband and I where right up front & he did a lot of video taping, I will let you know when he gets it up on the internet. We haven't looked at the footage yet, don't know what we have, and how well it was taped. The whole show was great! I can't wait to share
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ProtegeGlow said: Wow, what a fantastic concert! Everyone put on a fun show for us old school fogies. (I was envisioning what the crowd all looked like in the 80's the whole time!) Seeing the Family, Madhouse and Mazarati in one evening alone was seriously amazing and I wish I could have gone back in time to tell my 16 year old self that one day this concert would come! Even Pepe Willie was fun to see in his opening number! Shockingly, I think the part I enjoyed the most was the quasi-Time band that covered all those Prince jams after Pepe. "Housequake" and "Sexy MF" and "17 Days" live? Awesome songs that Prince himself is too uptight to play anymore but need to be heard! Who was that bass player/lead singer? He was great. I think I realized that I'd almost rather see Prince cover bands from now on than the man himself! They're way more fun!
Thanks for sharing your experience 
ProtegeGlow said: On a side note, did anyone see someone in the crowd throw a drink in the face of the lead singer of Mazarati when he bent down to sing to the front row? He didn't seem to mind really, but I think it lead to him throwing water in the faces of his bandmates later. He seemed to be having a blast performing and he was sure fun to watch. WHAT ?!  ... what made that visitor come to the event anyway ? Pathetic, disrespecting, and a sad case of looking for attention. Cool that Casey took it well, but that bully should've been kicked out of the Cabooze right away.
Why did this shit had to happen ?  You expect that the mix of artists, fans and musiclovers will make it a night to remember, except for one bored visitor. | |
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brocklynn said: and how well it was taped.
It was taped and is already on the net. DaD anyone? Pills and thrills and daffodils will kill... If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry. | |
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the performance is on the internet already?
somebody send me a link You're so glam, every time I see you I wanna slam! | |
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minneapolisFunq said: the performance is on the internet already?
somebody send me a link I second this! |
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Shango said: Thanks everyone else too for The Family-reviews. That must've been solid. Though i haven't checked yet about their new recordings, but did they perform any of those ?
From what i rememebr hearing (and I was 15 mintues late) The Truth Sexy MF Anotherloverholeinyohead (or was it Girls & Boys  )
Family: Satisfaction(?) New Song...it was FUNKY. Mutiny River Run Dry Nothing Compares 2 U Screams Of Passion Mazarati Just That Kinda Lady Stroke 100 MPH Dr Mambo feat. Stokley She's Always In My Hair My Love Is Forever Dirty Mind Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad (extended concert version  )
Nasty Girl Affection I forgot if there were other ones..but those are the songs I remember the most Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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http://www.playbsides.com/?p=1273 http://elbo.ws/post/17301...e-in-mpls/ http://www.citypages.com/...on-916642/ http://www.startribune.co...page=1&c=y 
http://minneapolis.craigs...90027.html The return of Mazarati: "Y'all don't think they're funky? You're wrong!" BY JAY GABLER, TC DAILY PLANET May 31, 2009 “Mazarati’s coming back,” shouted Tony Christian with a grin, “and it’s gonna be dangerous!” Christian was in his Bloomington garage on Sunday evening with the founding members of Mazarati, the Minneapolis band whose 1986 debut album was release number 001 on Prince’s Paisley Park label. The occasion marked the first time in 20 years that the band had been together. They were at Christian’s house to rehearse for their reunion show: they’re playing a set Friday night at the Prince Family Reunion at the Cabooze. Appropriately, the Cabooze was also the venue where the band played their very first show—tickets were $2. “We have rehearsal space,” said lead singer Sir Casey Terry as he ducked into Christian’s basement, “but we wanted to do it this way because this is where we started—playing in the basement.” Terry grew up with Prince, who was nonetheless surprised when he came upon Terry playing at First Ave. “I had real long hair then,” remembered Terry, “and it was hanging down covering my face. Prince came up and said, ‘Is this your music?’ I pushed my hair back and said, ‘Yeah, this is my music! You know who I am.’” Prince signed Mazarati to his label, contributing songs and musical cameos. “He’d jam with us when we were still a bar band,” said Terry. “You’d hear this voice on the monitor—Play “Head”—and you’d know he was there. Once we were playing an awards show in L.A., and the room was full of all these great musicians—legends, like Smokey Robinson. They weren’t that into it, and Prince jumped up on stage. ‘Y’all don’t think they’re funky?’ he said. ‘You’re wrong!’” Mazarati’s 1986 debut was a modest success; they toured nationally, played live on MTV, and had a top 40 hit with the Prince-penned “100 MPH.” “We were playing four to seven nights a week,” remembered keyboardist Aaron Keith. “We went from playing bars to playing for ten or twenty thousand people.” When Mazarati’s producer Brown Mark parted ways with Prince, the band signed with Motown Records—but the band members weren’t happy with the resulting album, Mazarati 2. “I didn’t sound ethnic enough for Motown,” said Terry. At the label’s urging, the band brought in an assortment of other producers, songwriters, and performers. “The sound was generic,” said Terry. “It was just a byproduct of the original Mazarati.” The band left Motown, and their second—and last—album was released only in Canada. Today, Mazarati may be best known for the fact that they were the first act to record Prince’s #1 hit “Kiss.” Prince gave the band a brief demo of the song, which he originally envisioned as a countryish swing number. Mazarati gave the song its funk arrangement; Prince was so pleased with the result that he re-edited the recording—adding his own lead vocal and guitar solo—and released it on his 1986 album Parade. “People sometimes say Prince liked us because we were the band he could never be,” said keyboardist Marvin Gunn (a.k.a. Marr Starr). “We were hard black funk rockers with”—Gunn gestured at Keith and drummer Pancho Lopez—“two white guys who were also funky.” Since the band broke up, all the members have remained active in music. Keith restored the Varsity Theater, and Christian and Gunn performed as the Wild Pair—best known for their duet with Paula Abdul as the animated MC Skat Kat on the #1 single “Opposites Attract.” On Sunday the band declined to be photographed or to be heard in rehearsal, preferring to reemerge in style at the Cabooze. “We hit too soon,” said Christian. “We were young and dumb. Now we’re fluent and we know how to do it! You can quote me on that.” Jay Gabler (jay@tcdailyplanet.net) is the Daily Planet’s arts editor. http://www.tcdailyplanet....wrong.html Two notable Minnesota acts get back together this weekend. Last update: June 4, 2009 - 4:25 PM SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS When: 8 p.m. Sat. • Where: Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Av., St. Paul. • Tickets: Sold out. No wonder Sounds of Blackness' 40th anniversary reunion concert Saturday sold out so fast: They needed to save room for the roughly 100 current and past members of the venerable gospel/funk/R&B choir who plan to make it for the show, including some from as far away as Japan and Italy. "It makes me want to quote one of the old spirituals: 'My soul looks back and wonders,'" leader Gary Hines quipped about the turnout. Among the better-known alumni and associates from the Grammy-winning ensemble, Ann Nesby is unavailable to come, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and Alexander O'Neal are all maybes, and Cynthia ("Funkytown") Johnson will for sure make the show, which coincides with Macalester's own alumni weekend. Of course, rehearsing with that many people will be no easy chore, but Hines said it's actually gotten a lot easier than it was 40 years ago. "We've been sending out MP3s via e-mail to people of the repertoire, so we're going to be almost ready even before everyone gets to town," he said. Since Saturday's concert is sold out, Hines left open the possibility of another big reunion show down the line. For sure, though, look for a new Sounds album to land in August, titled "The Third Gift: Story, Song & Spirit." CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER MAZARATI When: 9:30 p.m. today. • Where: Cabooze, 917 Cedar Av. S., Mpls. 612-338-6425. • Tickets:$25. There are probably seven different versions of the truth if you talk to the members of Mazarati, an underrated funk-rock band from Prince's secretive purple reign. What they all agree on is that they're excited to reunite tonight after 20 years, even if it's just for three songs. Fittingly, their comeback will be at the Cabooze as part of the third annual Prince Family Reunion (in honor of his 51st birthday on Sunday). "We played our first show at the Cabooze" in 1984, said guitarist Tony Christian. Mazarati, which gigged on the Upper Midwest club circuit, scored their only hit -- "100 MPH," co-written by Prince (they also recorded "Kiss" before he decided to keep it for himself) -- on a self-titled album produced by Prince bassist Brown Mark on Paisley Park Records in 1986. A revamped version of the group recorded "Mazarati 2" on Motown. "Fourteen thousand copies were released in Canada," sighed lead singer Terry Casey, who has a Mazarati logo on his left bicep. Since then, Casey, now with salt-and-pepper curls, has toiled as a machinist. Christian and keyboardist Marvin Gunn (aka Marr Starr) worked on Paula Abdul's hit debut; now Gunn is an actor and musician in Phoenix while Christian has been producing with Prince sideman Dr. Fink. Bassist Jerome Cox (aka Romeo) worked with Death Row Records in L.A. before dropping out of the music biz. Guitarist Craig (Screamer) Powell has continued to gig, mostly with Westside. Keyboardist Aaron Keith played in a piano bar for 10 years, reopened the Varsity Theater and has served as a union stagehand for everyone from Eminem to Barack Obama. New to Mazarati is well-traveled Twin Cities drummer Pancho Lopez, who did stints with Stevie Wonder and Kool and the Gang. The band sounded as tight and funky as ever at a recent rehearsal. "We're going to do an album" -- and some gigs -- Christian promised. Also appearing tonight are such familiar Purple faces as Dez Dickerson, Bobby Z, Dr. Fink, Michael Bland, Margie Cox, Tyka Nelson, Mike Scott and the Family, the Paul Peterson/Susannah Melvoin group that recorded the original version of "Nothing Compares 2 U" and is working on a new album. JON BREAM http://www.startribune.co...page=1&c=y On that note, a few updates i found of 2 other Mazarati's 
Jerome "Romeo" Cox : http://www.myspace.com/jeromecox 
Marvin "Marr Starr" Gunn : http://www.myspace.com/onegunn As for the Cabooze-reports. Spill 'em ... NOW !   Here is Mazarati guitarist Tony Christian http://www.myspace.com/to...tianonline 
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violett said: SomewhereHereOnEarth said: glad 2 read that some ppl actually went 2 that reunion
it was packed actually...it felt to me like there were more people there last night than there was there last year.... 
 it was fun. i loved the family...susannah was up there shakin it out so cute. it was awesome.
also loved the first 45 minutes of the show...was all good. when krik johnson was asking the crowd who knew the words to sexy mf...i was going crazy... yelling em all out...the peeps around me were like what?! lol really was a alot of fun.  It was actually VERY fun - had a great time and lots of great music. In addition to all that ... there was some very interesting people watching. 
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MORE MORE MORE! You're so glam, every time I see you I wanna slam! | |
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minneapolisFunq said: MORE MORE MORE!
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