PICK OF THE WEEK: Maceo Parker – Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom – Sunday, October 19th

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Why You Should Go: Because the name Maceo Parker is synonymous with Funky Music.  His pedigree is impeccable.  His band is the tightest little Funk orchestra on earth. Everyone knows by now that he’s played with each and every leader of Funk, his start with James Brown, which Maceo describes as ” like being at University ” led to jumping aboard the Mothership with George Clinton and stretching out with Bootsy’s Rubber Band. He’s the living, breathing pulse that connects the history of Funk in one golden thread. The cipher that unravels dance music down to its core.

“Everything’s coming up Maceo,” concluded DownBeat Magazine in a 1991 article at the beginning of Maceo Parker’s solo career. At the time Maceo was remembered by aficionados of Funk music as sideman; appreciated mainly by those in the know. More than two decades later Maceo Parker has been enjoying a blistering solo career. For the past twenty-plus years Maceo has been building a new Funk empire, fresh and stylistically diverse. He navigates deftly between James Brown’s 1960’s soul and George Clinton’s 1970’s freaky Funk while exploring mellower Jazz and the grooves of Hip-Hop. This Sunday at Cervantes’ Maceo will be supported by Denver’s own Funky super-group Analog Son, making this a night of must see music!

Venue:  Cervantes’ Ballroom, 2635 Welton Street, Denver, CO 80205 – 303/297-1772

Doors: 7:00 pm. Show starts at 8:00.

*Price: $25.00 Adv. $30.00 DoS
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