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.
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"
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.
krazykent 1 year ago
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......
FunnyBecauseItsTrue 1 year ago
is this at cochella?
slydeviljaeckel 1 year ago
haha, I was at the show the day after this in Ann Arbor MI.... one of the best shows of my life
superjay42 2 years ago
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!
fiddlercrab3 2 years ago
FUCKING AWESOME!
SEKSHINATE 2 years ago
muiiito bosta!
mapalejo 2 years ago
Brilliant!
propagandagroup 2 years ago
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"
sublimephish187 3 years ago
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.
alexrobes 2 years ago
its always good
cot65 3 years ago
I like how they start ambling about like a bunch of idiots at the end. These guys have great chemistry.
woutertron 4 years ago
i want whatever medeski is on.....
nmerchantlasershow 4 years ago
bitch! he's on mad schoolin'.
highway234 4 years ago 5
what instrumentes are the percussionist and pianist playing at the end? o_O
pretty awsome btw:D
Fernandoandretn 4 years ago
Billy (drummer)- Cuica
John (pianist)- Melodica
TonyBono 4 years ago 2
Thank God (or whomever) for this site - and for this video ! What a treat - and such fun ! Theses guys can make music with anything...
aifcee 4 years ago
jOHN mEDESKI IS A FREAK!!
aikidoka00 4 years ago 2
You're damn right white guys can be funk!!
cjeanhancock 4 years ago
this is some good shit
annonindahouse 4 years ago
University of Iowa Hancher Auditorium
tommy420nyc 5 years ago
where was this show? was it in new york?
wotothefo 5 years ago
God these guys are amazing, I will never forget when I saw them in concert.
MeltingIce8917 5 years ago
Go see them again. And again.
phan419 4 years ago
you are very lucky to have seen this show, keep recording what you see...mmw ftw
kinddud 5 years ago
yesssman! they are.. and ..let's admit it... whites CAN be funk..
Wunkyai 5 years ago
whew, they are fucking badass dudes.
fuzzcentralage 5 years ago