{"id":12640,"date":"2015-03-15T20:59:58","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T01:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/?p=12640"},"modified":"2018-12-31T14:07:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T19:07:46","slug":"week-in-review-fungiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/?p=12640","title":{"rendered":"Week in Review: Fungiere"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Gregory

Gregory Collins: The Mr. Please, Please, Please of the local Funk Scene<\/p><\/div>\n

We wish you knew what it was like to experience something this funky. We’re not talking uptown, but strictly some downtown, alleyway, outside of Armory Square, dumpster funk. Emanuel “never miss a beat” Washington organized “Doin It to Death,” a tribute to James Brown and the show had people nearly climbing the walls inside Funk-n-Waffles (downtown) on Thursday. We don’t know if the band (including a killer horn section) rehearsed or had a previous gig, but on this night the force (of funk) was with them indeed. The only thing that would have made this a better outing is if they had been scheduled during the NCAA Regional Finals weekend.<\/p>\n

Making short cameo appearances during the two-hour plus show were Washington’s band mates from Sophistafunk, Adam Gold and Jack Brown.<\/p>\n

\"Mike

Mike Spadaro: All about the bass<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Eman

E. Washington, drummer, and a crowd jammin’ on the one.<\/p><\/div>\n

The multi-generational crowd also roared when Washington announced that he would be putting together a Beastie Boys<\/a> Tribute in June.<\/p>\n

This was a first show at the new Funk-n-Waffles location and the place definitely has the potential to make some noise on the Downtown music scene.<\/p>\n

\"The

The tight horn section was a Fields sandwich (Dan on trumpet and Nick on tenor sax) punctuated by the \u00a0book ends of \u00a0Melissa Gardiner (trombone) and 17-year old Dunham Hall (alto sax).<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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