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Ronkat Spearman was a surprise guest
and amazed the audience
Special Christmas should be getting serious airplay all across the country. Funky Christmas should be getting play in the clubs and bars in the North, South, East and West. Gift is nice and funky for Christmas and all year round. Very nice Holiday music by RonKat. new ronkat is very funky Posted by Frosty the snowman ya'll check the new ronkat out funk
for the holidays.
RonKat's superBootsy bass playing,
killer voice, and
Viva 'Viva Varietyí!
Again, I can't list the whole line-up; all the performers were truly wonderful and deserve notice. My special focus went to comedian Mark Davis, back from LA and hotter than ever, making the ripe point that if they'd had experienced gays in those military prisons, they would have recognized immediately that the BDSM was non-consensual and would have put a stop to it pronto! Betsy Salkind cracked up the audience when she emerged in a red skirt with white spots/white blouse with red spots, and proceded to muse on the likelihood of an Anne Frank sitcom. The she disappeared to re-emerge in a a squirrel outfit, with red tassels dangling from pasties ove the nipples. She nibbled a cracker rolled her eyes, scrunched he nose, and occaissonally flicked her tassels. For about five minutes - and every moment was hilarious! Miss Peggy Judy, in a leopard print thing, with platinum wig and diamond necklace, played a boozy blonde dizzy white-trash lounge singer character - and wowed the crowd! She's got the moves and voice to back them up. She did "Funny Valentine", and told a story about her loser ex-hubby Rudy Judy, and of glamorous gigs at the swank Truckee Hotel Lounge. With Barry lloyd on piano, she poulled off a show-stopper. The surprise delight of the night was RonKat Spearman, a yooung African-American singer/songwriter who plays with George Clinton. At Viva Variety he played a couple of sweet songs, accompanying himself on guitar, and his sweet high voice, R&B style, and sharp finger picking won over the gay and lesbian crowd even though he was singing "Sugar Booty" to his girl. 
written, produced & performed
by RonKat Spearman
Uncompromising concept funk from
the Funklectik. The set opens with a haunting guitar riff stretched out
over a keys riff from what sounds like an almost ambient cathedral pipe
organ. A rich musical and bass heavy journey thru a stew of polyrhythmic
thick brick funk.
BE MY GUEST PODCAST - DJ DICK Holy Funk!. We had a great time in the mountains with correspondent Gina Hall and Parliament bassist and songwriter Ronkat Spearman. We get the podcast premiers of Go Down + Mind Control + So Fine + Dead and Gone - all pumped out of Katland Studios in San Francisco + Iím telling you guys, this guy is the shit. Not full of hissself and deep respect for his mentors. Ron also does some acoustic riffing in the living room |
IZM (pronounced 'ism') is the latest groove collective to spin out of the Bay Area's bubbling street rock/funk scene. Now ther are all sorts of 'izms' out there. Theres neuroticizm, alienizm, favoritizm, adventurizm, idealizm, eroticizm, poetizm, sensualizm, expressionizm. IZM is a musical journey through some of these izms, although this IZM ain't those izms, get it, dig it, good. The band's objective seems to be putting some good ole 'pow-wah' back into the power trio- an all too forgotten genre in its own right. Indeed it is a treat to have a true power trio in this time and space capable of laying down such a thick groove. The treesome throws down with the unabashedness of early 80s Brit-Rock. The amazing new wave vocal sangin' styles couched down in deep funk chops and power chords from the talented Eric McFadden on guitar, the incredible RonKat Spearman on bass thump and vocals, all held in tha pocket by 'San Francisco's favorite drummer' Kevin Carnes. Picking up right where the best of them left off (the Who, Clash, Rush, Sweet, Hardware), the set busts off with "Superstar". And indeed, what better way for a trio to kick it off than with a straight up jamm laced with 'funk & roll' fantasy. A hard 1-2 vamp powers the groove as they get into a lyrical ode to plain old rock and roll hedonism over some crunched out guitar. On "Nappy State of Mind", an outrageous chicken-scratching rythum guitar lick over a 'pop-a-long' percolating bass breakdown is mixed with a dose of Clinton-styled silly seriously vocals. Lyrics like 'nappy is in the mind not the head' and 'nappy is the root that he gave us' brings to mind vintage P funkizms. IZM cuts right through all the BS and tells it like it is on "Can't Help Myself". Wiry guitar chords and full frontal vocal assaults of 'you look so fine I just can't help myself'-now fellas, how many times have you just wanted to to go right up to her and tell it like she aught to already know it?! On "The Web", right smack-in-the-middle
of a preposterous bass funk attack the beat just melts down into a cauldron
of layered guitar chords.
as he and McFadden churn and burn with a patiently winding guitar throttle before bringing the song entirely over the top (ever heard Funkadelic bringing home the legendary Maggot Brain?, ya'll see my point.) I cannot quite pinpoint Spearman's
vocal tint. Alot of flavors going on here, seems to me a hybrid between
Rick Astley and Terrence Trent D'Arby but he definelty has a unique delivery.
McFadden then proceeds to take you
on an Eddie Hazel-esqe blues guitar romp midway through the track. "Dreams"
can only be described as a 'funk-drenched, jazzambient Spanish Lullabye'.
Spacy, dreamy; Mudbone Cooper-like harmonie' s over a Simply Red smoky
groove jazz/pop beat. "Surviving the Game" is just a grinding, blazing,
blistering guitar battle. Combining the speed of Buckethead and the precision
of Duwayne 'Blackbyrd' McKnight, McFadden literally ignites his axe and
wails away as it burns white hott. The percussive beat then takes off ala
MC5.
Excerpt from ëWHAT DA FUNK NEWSLETTER FROM DJMPí 07-31-01 On Saturday night I caught one of
the best new funk acts I have seen in a
Gimmie some of that chedaaaaaaar, CHEESE!!!!!í a sumptuous blackgrond vocal overlay chants towards the middle of the title track over a bumpin bass groove and rhythm guitar chord ala Parliamentís ìGive Up the Funkî. Welcome to the galaxy of RonKat The Funklectik. I saw P-Funk live for the first time in 3 years this past fall. Although I was more than impressed with the newest funk mobers up on the stage, this one massively unshakeable voice, sort of a tenor, keep cutting effortlessly through the thick wall of Funkadelic sound. ëWhat the funk, who the funk?!!?í ,I exclaimed. Somebody said, ëoh yea, thatís the Funklectikí. Later in the show he picks up a bass guitar and commences to destroy Jerry Lee Lewisí ìWhole Lotta Shakiníî. This RonKat is one bad Cat. Then I remembered where I had heard this once before, last yearís splendid IZM collection. This San Francisco crew just keeps funkin it all the way up. This EP is a pot of simmering fonk that opens with ìKeep It Wetî, a slithering slice of slimy groove, ëyou know your ass has a hell of a dropí. RonKat sings his arse off, he rapps, he plays with all the instruments. Produced, written, arranged and performed by The Funklectik, now thatís what I am talking about. Radio put this on your placebo play list and watch the airwaves smoke!! ìBounceî is just a block party on ice. What sounds like a Bernie Worrell bass synth just pounds all over the beat, as polyrhythmic elation envelopes you into a myriad of synth effects. High octane funkin. Listening to this its easy to understand why George Clintonís P-Funk All-Starswill never die. GCís genius lies in part in injecting all this new, fresh and young energy into the band. He feeds off of it. Itís infectious. Stay tuned for the full cd on the way early next year; if this is a teaser then we are in for another classic. RonKat is one bad Cat!!!!! Reviewed For TheFunkStore.com..By/Funk Journalist&Atlanta Radio Personality~"Bustin'"Bob Mitchell |
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