Oooh!! Hear that? Feel that?
The rumblin’ in the floor….? The rattlin’ in the roof….? The risin’ of the river ….?
Well….that is Dr. Bob Harley’s big, slappin’ bass!!
And it’s no coincidence that our river is rising tonight…..’cos there is a Funky Miracle happening here at the Brisbane Jazz Club!!
Playin’ that funky music and weaving their magic alongside Dr. Bob….that’s Steve Francis at the drum kit. Harvey Blues and his wailing wah-wah guitar. Wil Sargison at the Hammond and Yamaha keys. Neil Wickham and Mal Wood in the Horn Section. And those oh, so glorious, powerful and passionate vocals from Stacey Hoy and Ashleigh Denning.
Yep. This huge, multi-layered funkopated sound meant that for this one big night, we were gonna be Brisbane’s Home of Live Funk!!
And they gave us a giant funkburger with the lot!! They were all there….absolute Funk classics….from the likes of Sly and The Family Stone, Graham Central Station, Average White Band, The Meters, Bill Withers, Isley Brothers and Professor Longhair….alongside touches of Stevie Wonder, Jamiroquai, and even, surprisingly, Joni Mitchell!!
Thank you, all eight of you, for giving us a thumping great night of get-up-and-dance. We loved it.
And thanks for putting the place back together again, when you left!!
Alan Smith
Brisbane Jazz Club