Archive for the ‘RatedFFF’ tag
George Clinton & P-Funk @ Yoshi’s
It is always tremendous fun to see George Clinton & P-Funk. Over the years, I’ve probably experienced at least a dozen shows going back to the ’80s.
This show was in Yoshi’s Jazz Club – a medium sized venue in the Fillmore District of San Francisco. We went to the late show. As the early show was letting out, the building’s fire alarm went off – but the club staff indicated nothing was amiss, so we did not evacuate.
The fire crew arrived and as they left they were laughing… as you may have guessed - too much smoke backstage triggered the aarm. LOL. My friend & P-Funk guitarist Shaunna Hall wrote, When the fire dept arrived at the club, the first man in called it a “Code 4 – there’s… a SKUNK LOOSE IN THE BUILDING!! Nice!”
As the song says, “Ain’t no party like a P-Funk party…” and this show did not disappoint. Superb musicianship + outrageous costumes = one of the finest musical grooves in the universe.
It took a bit getting used to to see George without long hair (he’s got the Panama boater hat on). I apologize for not getting any close shots of him myself – as I was having too much fun dancing. But I did shoot a few segments from our perch in the back to the club:
Here’s Shaunna, RonKat and some of the band jamming after the show:
So you can see some closeups, here’s a video shot by RatedFFF, who apparently had total access, including getting a live audio mix: