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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While I always considered them to be just another one hit wonder band from the 80s (their 1983 single "Red Red Wine" is lost somewhere in my dusty cassette collection but is still alive on my MP3 player), UB40 has not died, and neither has reggae. While hints of '90s pop and European disco influences surface throughout Labour of Love III, rich, warm harmonies and gentle, rocking beats transport listeners once again to those light hippie days of the '70s. Still, it's hard not to smile at lyric eloquence like "I love you. I love you. I love...
Think again. Lee Fields, known as "Little J.B." to his friends "throughout the global funk community," has made a valiant effort to resurrect what he considers the fallen genre of "rough, nasty and genuine" '70s funk in this album. What the album lacks in musical talent (the band and the background singer have a few problems with consistency and staying together, and Fields himself isn't exactly James Brown), it definitely makes up for in character. Funk was played to bring smiles to people's faces and motion to their feet, and Let's Get A Groove On certainly does...
Towards the end of the show, DiFranco introduced her band: Julie Wolf (keyboards and accordion), Jason Mercer (bass) and Darren Han (drums) to an extended introduction of "Jukebox." Wolf joined DiFranco in some improvisational wordplay (how to describe these great musicians?) and DiFranco tried her best to coax Han out from behind his kit to give the crowd a little bit of break dancing (so they've got other talents, too!). As the jam came to a close and DiFranco struck the first rumbling chords to "Jukebox," the audience blasted the stage with a thrilled roar. Organ? Drums? Bass? Hell...
...Towards the end of the show, DiFranco introduced her band: Julie Wolf (keyboards and accordion), Jason Mercer (bass) and Darren Han (drums) to an extended introduction of "Jukebox." Wolf joined DiFranco in some improvisational wordplay (how to describe these great musicians?) and DiFranco tried her best to coax Han out from behind his kit to give the crowd a little bit o breakdancing (so they've got other talents, too!). As the jam came to a close and DiFranco struck the first rumbling chords to "Jukebox," the audience blasted the stage with a thrilled roar. Organ? Drums? Bass? Hell...
While women contribute to every other aspect of the company's shows-they are involved in the technical staff, band, writing and production--women cannot perform on stage during Pudding productions...