Has anyone else seen Keb play recently and been subjected to a large percentage of rare rockabilly thrown in with some of the sickest rare funk i have ever heard. We did a night last saturday and drew 400 people to a remote hall in the middle of the bush to hear keb and our local djs play. I copped a lot of heat from the partygoers about the rockabilly being dropped. People were starting to get real pissed off and he would berate them with "If you dont like this music you are a fucking twat". I actually enjoyed Keb as a bloke, he is larger than life in many respects but i think he may be flogging a dead horse by trying to turn the world onto Rockabilly and particularly playing it to a crowd that really came for the funk. Our next flyer for our next funk night will have "Guaranteed 100% Rockabilly free" written in large text on it.
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will have to try put a face to the name sometime Boris
PS. True story, I play on 45 nights most months here in AK & because I have been into rockabilly for ages as well as soul/funk etc. I often get groups of my friends that are in to rockabilly coming along to say hi & I often keep some rockabilly 45s in the box to spin for them, cracks me up. I really enjoy that stuff but it does get some strange looks from people there for the funkyblackmansoul. It does go down real well at the gigs I play with local rock bands, but then you can basically play anything those nights.
PPSS: I'm still really gutted Keb didn't make it here.
re: keb and auckland, trust you saw the thread in the announcements which mentioned that a lil?
The night we do has been getting really good crowds and I have been in damage control today apologising to a lot of partygoers I have seen around town.
I am a fucking twat!
I actually found it a little funny as I had consumed a dope cookie and kinda saw it as a performance art piece. It did though make me really appreciate the funk when it was dropped.
He manages to get away with the banter because he just loves taking the piss out of people and likes getting them stirred up. I dont know if I could get away with in my sets but I might get a bald wig and practice my scottish accent and do some Keb Style banter "This song is the greatest fucking song in the world and if you dont like it you can fuck off."
So does 99 percent of rare funk though, so what do ya know.
Dude... Billy Connoly has already started DJing and has pretty much cornered the market on this practice.
funk attracts a bunch of beathead types who are into a later sound - it's a social phenomenon really.
my word(s) of the day.
Keb should listen to the OJays and Give the people What they Want.
Your (UK) friends sound white.
But seriously, it's the same in the US, liking deepfunk is a ven diagram, with an overlap in the middle of ex/lapsed/confirmed punk rockers who never liked rap before Wu-tang, and grown up hip hoppers who never liked rap after Wu-tang. It's the current definition of Crossover.
But fuck rockabilly at a club, that's like the new internet coffeehouse music now that everyone and their mother knows Ethiopiques and Can. Awaiting the Keb Tom Waits set. "Yeeee dooooon knoooooo how lucky yeee arrrrrre!"
rockabilly at a funk night chafes up against the crowds 'lifestyle choices' & expectations
'billy fans grease their hair into pompadors & wear banlon shirts
funkers probably wear hoodies, 'vintage' nikes or whatever.
Skateboards, hoodies and wallet chains = swings both ways.
nice one!
the universally beloved wallet chain.
ugh.
Popsike Rockabilly prices
But maybe Keb is just sick of playing funk for 30 years and obviously wants to share his passion for rockabilly but I wish he didn't do this at one of our nights.
stray cats arent wack. not saying i know any of their songs really but theyre not bad.
...that also is not what rockabilly music is.
dude... you hate on music too much. next time youre up here were going to blaze and im going to subject you to my collection of appalachian folk LPs and 50s country tunes. gotta find you some farmer boys 45s and bring the hillbilly out of ya.
I was actually thinking of starting one after hearing his verse on Musiq's "Buddy" this morning. WORST CAMEO ON AN R&B JOINT EVER.
Unfortunately, the lyrics don't seem to be available online.
I don't know. Somebody needs to explain to this clown that different isn't always good. Particularly when "different" consists of approaching girls at the club and telling them that you're celibate so you can focus on designing streetwear.
There should be a graemlin for this. Disappointing follow-up projects, appearances and career decisions for days.
ewww.
I slept very hard.
I can always tell that somebody doesn't know a damn thing about rockabilly if the only name they can come up with is either the Stray Cats or Brian Setzer.