Posted by Jeff on November 16, 2001 at 14:40:58:
Fri 11.16 | BIG FUNK FROM THE BIG APPLE | Great American Music Hall
(859 O'Farrell)
Mandrill * Sugarman 3 * DJ Motion Potion
Mandrill, the band often credited with inventing world beat in the 1970’s, returns in the new millennium to a world that has finally caught up to their beat. The 9-piece outfit still led by the four founding Wilson brothers churns out explosive funk, texturing it with strategic journeys into
Latin clave breakdowns. At their Justice League show in May, it took these funk-forefathers all of 3 minutes to get an unfamiliar crowd jumping with joy at the sound of music so powerful that Funkadelic and Earth Wind & Fire used to open for them.
In this case, the opener will be one of New York’s hottest young funk acts, the Sugarman 3. A leader of New York's ultra-hip Desco rare-groove scene, the Sugarman 3 look, sound, and most importantly, play classic and original 45-style funk. Translating the space-between will be SF’s own DJ Motion Potion.
Show 9pm | All Ages | Tickets $20 adv. / $25 door