The club opened it's doors around 9 or so and then a Music Club line was
made.
They were selling 3121 Tambourines, Fury Sleeveless shirts and girl tank
tops along
with the 3121 shirtsirts and a Beautiful, Loved, and Blessed, shirt. Costs
of shirts
were $35.00 and the 3121 Tambourines were $50.00 n cash only for those going
to
the actual 3121 shows.
Larry Graham and GCS took the stage shortly after 10:30. "GCS, the funkiest
band
from East to West" Larry chanted from the stage after walking through the
crowd with
the entire band to get to the stage. He was playing the bass with the mic
attached to
it. I was like, well if Madonna can put herself on a cross and have a mic
attached to
it, I am not going to give him any grief for the bass mic.
I must say, GCS was super tight and very funky. The drummer, Les Cleaveland
is a
huge highlight. They went through countless jams and he even threw in "One
In A
Million You" which got a very good reaction from the crowd.
Prince joined them onstage for two numbers wearing a cream colored outfit
with a
doo-rag. He picked up the Hohner and the guitar faces followed. He was in
a good
mood singing along and doing extended solos. Just really playful. He was
wearing
the O(+> pendant from the Black Sweat video, and I must add, that thing in
living
color, blings like nothing else. Nelly got nothing on him.
After the two numbers, Prince took off his guitar and threw the wild sign.
Been a long
time since we have seen that.
Larry's set lasted about an hour and 15 minutes. Best I have seen him
play. I did
enjoy it. Larry must have something planned cuz that band was tight.
Between the GCS set and The Time, DJ Rashida is spinning on the 1 n 2's.
Around
12:15 the Time takes the stage and it was nice to hear a slightly longer
version of
"Jerk Out" and "Blondie" along with all the other jams.
For "Cool", Morris says "We gonna drag this one out a bit n see if we can
get another
guitar player up here. We have an extra guitar so if someone wants to make
their way
up, they can."
Prince is seen walking towards the stage, kind of taking his time at first
which made
Morris make the funniest comment of the night; "You can stop walking up here
like
you are walking away from Ryan Seacrest!"
Prince plays mostly at first with his back to the crowd, looking over his
shoulder but
slowly turns facing the crowd after a while. He jams with Mr. Freeze a
little bit before
Jellybean plays him a beat he can solo to by the front of the stage. Morris
says
something to make Prince bust up for a minute and then continues playing.
After a
few minutes more, he hands the guitar to audience members and walks off.
They brought up some really beautiful women tonight. The Time show ended
about
1:55 A.M.
It was a funky funky night. GCS got chops and you know the Time is gonna
bring
the funk. It is always nice to see Prince play, weather it is with his
childhood hero or
his friends from the old school.
One last thing of note; while picking up my ticket to the show, the couple
next to me
was picking up their Penn & Teller Tix. They asked the cashier who was
playing
tonight. She said Prince and the lady responded "the real Prince?" If it
wasn't for the
Ryan Seacrest comment from Morris, that woulda taken the slice of the
cheesecake.
As of right now, I am not slated to attend the Saturday show so I will look
forward to
others reviews.
Much Love to all and hoping this makes u guys feel like u r here.
j7
http://www.thebumpsquad.com
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