PH Rendezvous - The Nail

So last night was a fun night. Brendan, Jon and myself were at The Rusty Nail to give our support for friends Downtown Harvest. It was a good night and Downtown was really good. You should check them out when you get a chance for sure...

Plans have been made to get PH back rockin. We have been taking a mini hiatus due to commitments, surgery, and other life changin events and stuff. Rest assured, PH will be back with some fun music very soon!

Rumor Mill: Rumor has it that PH Friends, The Beazley Phillips Band will be in Philly from Chicago towards the end of the summer and dates are starting to get set up for some joint shows. Keep checking back for more information!

don't fake the funk,
-Y

So good you don't know where you are...

What's up ya'll... I have been trying to sift through my music collection to find those songs that feel so good that you can't even remember if you are standing on a busy street in NYC, or you are in your underwear in a doctors office turning your head and coughing. The songs groove or flow so damn much that you can't help but close your eyes and take yourself exactly where the artist wanted you to go... I have come up with a few of mine. (These are in no way related to the other guys of PH). In no specific order:

• Move on Up - Curtis Mayfield - Try not to dance or at least bop to this. I dare you.
• Big Country - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Try not to close your eyes and feel peaceful.
• Orin O'L - Keziah Jones - Powerful song, but i must admit - i have no idea what it means. :)
• The Only Living boy in NY - Simon and Garfunkel - Thanks to the Garden State movie for popularizing this... amazing eye closer.
• Summer Madness - Kool & the Gang - This is a song that puts me on the deck at 7pm at the beach with a cocktail and some good friends...
• Ne-Ne - Soulive - Just a great great groove... and at the 7:05 mark, it engulfs you.
  
• City of Blinding Lights - U2 - This one is probably because it was so amazing in concert that it has lasting effect on me everytime I hear it.
• King of Snake - Underworld - My years as a techno lover come out with this one. I listen to this song (and the entire Dubnobasswithmyheadman album) when I need to have a speed groove in my head to get stuff done at work... figure that one out.
  
• Give it Away - Zero 7 (but this could be LOTS of Zero7 songs) - this song has a "mind removed from body" element...
  
• Release - Pearl Jam - OLD school depression song... don't ask... just know, this one is one of those songs that saved my life.
  
• Grey's Groove - Greyboy - great fusion of hip hop beats and jazz...
  

Ok, well, that is my first installment of these song selections. Stay tuned for more and feel free to add your own in the comments below!!!

don't fake the funk,
-yos