Last Night of the AFS

One of A-town's best and brightest lineups, who do their best to revive the funk wherever they may play are back tonight, but for a limited engagement. The Atlanta Funk Society closes down their July gig with the final monday at the Five Spot down in Little Five Points. Be sure and check 'em out with 2 sets of funky as cover tunes. Show begins at 10; Spencer Garn (he of the Soulphonics, and Super Dynamite Express will sit in on keys and liven up the crowd with dj sets before and after.

Also, this past friday was George Clinton's 70th birthday, so hopefully you got on the Mothership to wish him a happy journey into his seventies. Hard to believe the man is still rockin' considering all he's been (and put himself through). We'll have more announcements later in the week and of course you can listen to us on 91.1 FM WREK Atlanta -- or streaming at wrek.org -- this and every Thursday night from 11pm to midnight, Eastern time. In the meantime, here is last week's playlist... you can stream last week's show by clicking here:

Playlist for 7/21/11:

Artist - Title

New Birth - Got to Get a Knutt

The Pharoahs - Blac Enuff

CJ & Co. - Sure Can't Go to the Moon

The Funky Fiasco - Chunky Soup

The Chambers Brothers - Do Your Thing

Creative Source - Who is He and What is He to You?

-- Henry Mancini - Johnny's Theme

The Meters - Love Slip Up on Ya

Uncle Joe's Medicine Show - You Sold Your Car

-- Henry Mancini - Shaft

Labelle - Nightbird

War - This Funky Music Makes You Feel Good

That Funky Uncle and Other Announcements

Alright, it appears that I may have bit off more than I could chew in keeping this blog thing up to date. The good news is Facebook has changed their group configuration, making it much harder to locate all of the Electric Boogaloo-approved events for our weekly What's Up with What's Going Down. Thus, I think I may abandon the group and make those posts here instead. At the least, I'll list them here weekly, and try to make more frequent posts here to keep you attuned to the goings on about town as well as what is coming up on the Boogaloo.

That said, we've got some special guests coming on this week's (5/19//11) show. Jeff Jeswald and Brian Didsbury of Uncle Joe's Medicine Show will be joining us. They've got a gig this weekend at The Five Spot, where they'll be opening for Asheville's own, Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band. I'm unofficially dubbing it the Booty Medicine tour, 2011! This show is going to be slamming, so make sure you tune in for a chance to win tickets as well as to hear some funky ass music. And if you don't win free tickets, keep it in mind, as it should surely get the hips moving of all in attendance.

Lots of other good shows coming up in the near future, so here is What's Up with What's Going Down in A-town:

• Raphael Saadiq - Variety Playhouse - Wed. 5/18/11
• Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band / Uncle Joe's Medicine Show - Sat. 5/21/11
• Atlanta All Star Soul Revue (Ruby Velle & Soulphonics, Atlanta Funk Society, George Hughley, Michelle Marshall) - The EARL - Fri. 5/27/11
• Karl Denson's Tiny Universe / Atlanta Funk Society - The Masquerade - Wed. 6/1/11
• Grupo Fantasma - The EARL Fri 6/17/11

Stay tuned for more announcements in the near future, and be sure to keep it fonkay!