The sun is finally shining in the Netherlands, time for some sunny music.. "Hot Fun" is a masterpiece of the 80's. A funk album with a couple of incredibly funky tunes...Read more about Dayton on Wikipedia. This tune, sounds a bit like Earth Wind & Fire (EWF), with the horns and backing vocals; almost like you find an EWF song you didn't know it existed...
Just like EWF, Dayton has a strong emphasis on the groove and instruments which make it extra fun for me to listen to. There are vocals in every song but I think the groove and sounds are more in the spotlight.
And my favourite track featuring Bootsy Collins:
"Boogie down down down...krackity krack, feel the funk"... That's my kind of lyrics. :-)
So the first time we played the music from Royalty For Real wasn't in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, but in Bengaluru and Mumbai, all the way in India in 2023!Here you'll see me play Au Privave, Classy Cats and Royalty For Real, together with Timothy Banchet (piano), Marius Beets (bass) and Sven Rozier (drums).Au Privave is a well-known blues by Charlie Parker which I often like to start with, almost like a soundcheck tune. Although most of the time a soundcheck is done I found out it's a good idea to play a tune everybody of the band knows very well so we all can get used to the sound of the stage, the presence of the audience and it also gives the sound engineer the chance to adjust microphones last minute. During the soundcheck, the sound of the room is significantly different because of the lack of audience. All that flesh and clothes work a little bit like a totally empty room versus a room with furniture and carpets, if you know what I mean :-)Acoustics are so interesting and full of surprises.. Anyways.. hope you like it! - The sun is finally shining in the Netherlands, time for some sunny music..Hot Fun is a masterpiece of the 80's. A funk album with a couple of incredibly funky tunes...Read more about Dayton on Wikipedia.This tune, sounds a bit like Earth Wind & Fire (EWF), with the horns and backing vocals; almost like you find an EWF song you didn't know it existed...Just like EWF, Dayton has a strong emphasis on the groove and instruments which make it extra fun for me to listen to. There are vocals in every song but I think the groove and sounds are more in the spotlight. And my favourite track featuring Bootsy Collins:Boogie down down down...krackity krack, feel the funk... That's my kind of lyrics. :-)
