Avis aux inconditionnels de P-Funk, voici « Volume 1« , titre du premier album de THE BIG OL’NASTY GETDOWN, le projet « all-stars » de JOHN HEINTZ réunissant un ahurissant casting de plus de 30 musiciens (dont George Clinton, le regretté Garry Shider, Belita Woods, Ian Neville, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Michael Ray de Kool & the Gang…).
L’album est sorti l’été dernier mais continu de faire parler de lui.

La pochette, réalisée par EMEK (artiste très connu pour la réalisation des pochettes des disques d’ERYKAH BADU), est magnifique.

THE BIG OL’NASTY GETDOWN a été crée en 2007 lors du festival jazz de la Nouvelle-Orléans.

LINE UP:
John Heintz: Bass, Percussion
John-Paul Miller: Guitar, Percussion, Bass, Sitar, Vocals (Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band)
Derrick Johnson: Trombone, Guitar, Percussion (Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band and Asheville Horns)
George Clinton: (P-Funk)
Ian Neville: Guitar (Dumpstaphunk)
Greg Hollowell: Sax (Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Asheville Horns)
Alvin Lee: Guitar (Lee Boys)
Roosevelt Collier: 12 String Pedal Steel (Lee Boys)
Terence Higgins: Drums ( Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Swampgrease)
Matt Grondin: Guitar (Inca Maya)
Rob Mercurio: Bass (Galactic)
Kendra Foster: Vocals (George Clinton and the P-Funk Allstars)
Robert (P-Nut) Johnson: Vocals (P-Funk)
Garry “StarChild” Shider: Guitar (George Clinton and the P-Funk Allstars)
Danny Bedrosian: Keyboards and Synthesizers (George Clinton and P-Funk)
Belita Woods: Vocals (George Clinton and the P-Funk Allstars)
Alvin Ford Jr.: Drums (Big Sam’s Funky Nation)
Tyler Simmons: Keys (Sci-Fi)
Frank Mapstone: Keys, Vocals, Percussion
Ralph Roddenbery: Vocals, Guitar (Ralph Roddenbery Band)
ET: Trumpet (Dirty Dozen Brass Band)
P-Nut: Trombone (Dirty Dozen Brass Band)
Roger Lewis: Baritone Sax (Dirty Dozen Brass Band)
Kevin Harris: Tenor Sax (Dirty Dozen Brass Band)
Justin Hunnicutt: Shekre, Percussion (The Afromotive)
Laura Reed: Vocals (Laura Reed and Deep Pocket)
Sidney Barnes: Vocals (Stevie Wonder, P-Funk, and many others)
Rev. Desmond D’Angelo: Vocals (The Soular System)
Brandon Butler: Keys
Buddah: Percussion

TRACKLIST:
01. The Big Ol’ Nasty Getdown
02. Include Me
03. I Will Wait For You
04. College Funk
05. Wake Me Up
06. Platinium
07. Room 2012
08. Away From The World
09. The Beauty Of Pretty
10. It’s so hard To Go
11. Amplify

+ D’INFOS: Funk Music News
ÉCOUTE DE L’ALBUM: Amazon.com

(sources: funk-u; funkric; funk-o-logy)