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James Blood Ulmer's
Blues Experience



Review 01/15/99
From: Dr.Brookenstein

At the Knitting Factory, NYC                                              
(with Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey)                                           

I attended the first show for James Blood Ulmer's blues experience, which 
started at 9:15pm.  And it was funky, too!!  Richard Panse                
(pfunk53@aol.com) and I were at the front of the stage, witnessing the    
drumbeats of the legendary funky drummer, co-creator of "Give Up The Funk 
(Tear The Roof Off The Sucka) and the mastermind behind the funky group,  
Mutiny.........JEROME "BIGFOOT" BRAILEY. Bigfoot's heavy bass drums &     
funky cymbals (which were used every second, with the help of a foot      
pedal) were the perfect complement to Ulmer's bluesy guitar chords and    
bassist Mark Peterson's funky bass chords!!  There was a female vocalist  
(and a beautiful one at that) named Queen Esther, who sounded wonderful,  
especially on the song "First Blood".  "First Blood" was recorded on Third
Rail's album "South Delta Space Age" (a James Blood Ulmer project) and    
it's a fast-tempo, alternate rock song which did not fit with the blues   
theme of the show.  In fact, it's totally out-of-place on the album. The  
show was a near-perfect mix of blues, funk and rock music.  The show also 
included a kick-ass solo by Mark Peterson....this man can play bass almost
as well as Bootsy.  The show stopped at 10:18pm, with an eight-minute     
encore at 10:20pm.                                                        

After the show, Richard and I went upstairs to meet Bigfoot.  I was so    
thrilled to finally meet Capt. Hymbad (aka J. Romeo)!!!!  It was so funny 
because Jerome recognized me when I first snapped a photo of him behind   
the drums!  I had my picture taken with the Bigfoot, too!  I also         
purchased three of Bigfoot's new CDs (Quazar's "Funk With a Big Foot",    
Mutiny's "Rome-Dog Vol. 1", and Mutiny's "Black Hat Daddy and the Silver  
Comb Gang").                                                              


Hey Jerome, I hope you enjoyed that little tip that I gave your lovely    
wife, for the CDs.....I KNOW YOU NEED ALL THE MONEY YOU CAN GET!!