From NAMM 2007


Doug Wimbish
provided grooves with Bernie Worrell

on a cover of Jeff Beck's "Freeway Jam", and Bernie anchored Cincinatti bassist Freekbass on his West coast debut
. After a painfully long stretch of speed metal and garage bands, flamenco rock (from Mark Rizzo) and the painful crunch of death-metal from Megadeath bassist David Ellefson.

TM Stevens and Leo Nocentelli joined for a rousing version of "Cissy Strut". Nocentelli was rightfully flaunting his guitar prowess and was acclaimed by Bernie, who joined them onstage on melodica, as the "truly legendary" leader of the Meters .

Late around midnite, Fishbone's Angelo Moore donned his Dr Mad Vibe guise for some insightful spoken poetry like "Shit" and "Rock Star" . Then Doug got set up with guitarist John McCarthy for a nice jam with a guest horn section. Will & Doug then got their rigs set up with Head>>Fake and featured their "Terrorism" track . The duo was joined by Bernie Worrell and a revolving door of guitarists ensued.

First was LC-bandmate, Vernon Reid (he mentioned Corey was actually on the NAMM site the previous evening, but had to board "the JCS gravy train". Then Stevie Salas stepped in and jammed . Vernon returned for a dual guitar attack that mangled "Maggot Brain" almost beyond recoginition. The funk was flying hard and heavy, when vocalist Bernard Fowler led us into Funkadelic's "Hit It and Quit it" and Skip MacDonald took over the guitar spot Keith LeBlanc brought it up on drums for a few Tack>>head tunes and then into "Crosstown Traffic" with guest fills by an unknown trumpet player .

Doug came back thanking us for all hanging around. He hopes to host another Wimbash at the Winter's NAMM. I wonder what changes are necessary if it were opened to the public. Cameras were on site filming, so I'd would expect Doug's performances were filmed for an eventual performance video from Rock House Method (who organized and set up the gig along with a host of co-sponsors).



I spoke briefly with Bernie's new booking agent and he says major changes are in the works for Bernie. Woo will do more touring out West and will probably get partnered up with guys like TM Stevens and Freekbass who don't tour out this way either. Also expect more festival appearances.

I'm looking forward to summer NAMM!

Adisa said:

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...Are you coming to Austin, TX?


tA

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PFunkjazz said:

Coupled with the Randy Bachman appearance (which wasn't bad just not what I was expecting) is what drove me out of the club early.

I spoke with Bernie outside and he told me what time he was scheduled to play.
But you know what a "scheduled appearance" is worth at shows like these.

Should've come back though.


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theAudience said:

If all goes great I will. How you doing, man?

Adisa said:

I'm doing well and you?

Hope to see you in Austin!


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theAudience said:

That's in TX right? I'll know by March if me and the crew are going or not. Obviously a lot will be going on with the baby being due this summer.

Good job on the review, PFunk.....I enjoyed reading it as I sit in my office, high above the city of Atlanta, in my corporate job....living vicariously through you and tA

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Man, You and tA are havin TOO MUCH fun!!!!

Kool Pics!!!!





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theAudience said:

I stared to ring you up, but figured you went about your business.
Calling a spade a spade, After the first few acts, it was all white rock bands and Randy Bachman was the penultimate. I was truly ready to phase out. Then almost immediately, afterwards it's like a Black Rock Coalition show. I was dead tired on my feet and couldn't get into a good spot for more Head>>Fake pics (which was one of the main draws for me).

Thx for the post. Between you and t/A, I feel like I was there.

PFunkjazz said:

Dude, next time drop the dime!

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