W.S. Walcott Medicine Show

Another blast from the past, as California’s Fishbone took to the stage at Prospect Park’s BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn. Unlike some of the other bands I’ve been seeing of late, The Bone have been around pretty much regularly over the years (most recently I saw them in Bensalem, PA at @brokengobletbrewing for This Is Not Croydon Fest 4). Angelo Moore and the band are not really the skapunk band that drew me to them back in 1984 when they released their seminal eponymous debut EP. They morphed into a funk-punk band relatively early on and have maintained that course ever since. Furthermore, 2024 has seen a split between Moore and former bassist and founding member, Norwood Fischer. This split was not amicable and a quick google search can offer up the sordid details which I wont get into here. On Saturday night at The Lena Horne Bandshell, they put on a monster show of funk and roll that had the packed crowd all funked up like it was 1981 and we Bonin’ In The Boneyard. While the show itself was one highlight after another, I’d have to say that when Moore et al, plowed their way through “Everyday Sunshine” from 1991’s masterpiece The Reality Of My Surroundings, I felt like I might have died and gone to heaven.

Setlist

1. Fishbone (Is Red Hot)
2. Swim
3. Skankin’ to the Beat
4. Cubicle
5. I Don’t Care
6. Subliminal Fascism
7. Deep Inside
8. A Selection
9. Ugly
10. Ma and Pa
11. Cholly
12. Everyday Sunshine
13. Black Flowers

Encore:

Dr. Madd Vibe Spoken Word

Party at Ground Zero

Sunless Saturday

Servitude

Fishbone Slideshow