mmw Medeski Martin and Wood 9-26-01 encore

[krazykent]

illyB is playing the quica, which is a stick inside a drum body attached to a drum skin. The sound comes from stroking the stick. The drum skin is an amplifier. I first heard the quica in Gato Barbieri's orchestras from his 1970 albums. Brazilian percussion is awesome for jazz and funk.

[FunnyBecauseItsTrue]

Tune's called "Swamp Road"...not sure who wrote it (not an MMW original).

Medeski recorded a version with DJ Logic for some organ compilation CD......

[slydeviljaeckel]

is this at cochella?

[superjay42]

haha, I was at the show the day after this in Ann Arbor MI.... one of the best shows of my life

[fiddlercrab3]

I love Medeski's tone. Keyboard is a hard instrument on which to have a distinctive tone, and John's a total tone nut. Love it!

[SEKSHINATE]

FUCKING AWESOME!

[mapalejo]

muiiito bosta!

[propagandagroup]

Brilliant!

[sublimephish187]

The keys with the tube attatched is a melodica, My guess would be Hohner since that's the brand of clav he usually jams on and also uses a string performer quite often. I dunno what martin is playin with but I've heard that groove before that they go into halfway through, it's at the end of one of the tracks on Uninvisible called "I Wanna Ride You"

[alexrobes]

martin is playing a cuica (brazilian)

just because they are using similar instrumentation as the ending to "I wanna ride you" doesnt mean its that song.

[cot65]

its always good

[woutertron]

I like how they start ambling about like a bunch of idiots at the end. These guys have great chemistry.

[nmerchantlasershow]

i want whatever medeski is on.....

[highway234]

bitch! he's on mad schoolin'.

[Fernandoandretn]

what instrumentes are the percussionist and pianist playing at the end? o_O

pretty awsome btw:D

[TonyBono]

Billy (drummer)- Cuica

John (pianist)- Melodica

[aifcee]

Thank God (or whomever) for this site - and for this video ! What a treat - and such fun ! Theses guys can make music with anything...

[aikidoka00]

jOHN mEDESKI IS A FREAK!!

[cjeanhancock]

You're damn right white guys can be funk!!

[annonindahouse]

this is some good shit

[tommy420nyc]

University of Iowa Hancher Auditorium

[wotothefo]

where was this show? was it in new york?

[MeltingIce8917]

God these guys are amazing, I will never forget when I saw them in concert.

[phan419]

Go see them again. And again.

[kinddud]

you are very lucky to have seen this show, keep recording what you see...mmw ftw

[Wunkyai]

yesssman! they are.. and ..let's admit it... whites CAN be funk..

[fuzzcentralage]

whew, they are fucking badass dudes.