JohnnyConga wrote:Here is the 15 piece funk band I work with called TYPE A at a fundraiser for the drummer Kurt Kolstad...who has been battling cancer for the past 3 years...we play the Tower of Power tune "What is Hip!...."JC" Johnny Conga
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PORGJTY7XyI
JohnnyConga,
Sorry to hear about your drummer Kurt Kolstad battling cancer for several years now. Cool cover, you guys, especially your rhythm section and more specifically you on congas, Kurt on drums and your horn section!
Not that there's something wrong with it, but I'm a little surprised that a lady is singing the lead vocals on this song. She sings it on the same original key as TOP and I'm sure that it's much easier for her. For a guy, you have to be a tenor, even a high tenor, to do so.
"What Is Hip?" is one of my favorite Tower Of Power songs, a song which I myself used to sing with one of my previous cover bands and still sing when I'm doing 1-man band gigs using minus-one back tracks. My current, fairly-new cover band still has to learn this song, along with "You're Still A Young Man".
Admittedly, it's a challenge singing lead vocals and simultaneously playing congas on "What Is Hip?". For one, I can't be as emotive or soulful as I'd like on the vocals.
If it's not asking for too much, do you mind if you share with me the rudiment(s) you use on the congas for this song? I'd greatly appreciate it. I just want to compare notes with you.
Thanks in advance,