Bernard Purdie & Friends - Rock Steady 4/27/16 New Orleans, LA @ Fiya Fest at Mardi Gras World

Bernard Purdie & Friends
April 27, 2016
New Orleans, LA @ Mardi Gras World - Fiya Fest - River Stage
Rock Steady [Aretha Franklin cover]
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - drums, vocals
Alvin Ford Jr. - drums
Leo Nocentelli - guitar, vocals
Oteil Burbridge - bass
Wil Blades - keyboards
Khris Royal - saxophone
Farnell Newton - trumpet
Corey Henry - trombone
Erica Falls - vocals
3 ladies - background vocals
VIDEO 1: Canon XA20 on tripod by FunkItBlog
VIDEO 2: DSLR camera by Funky Nunu
VIDEO 3: Canon T3i Rebel by FunkItBlog

[@luisfuentefdz]

My God, Oteil is just getting better and better. Of course, eveybody does when playing with Mr. Purdie ...

[@jafuso61]

What it is, what it is, what it is .. pure Joy! Thank you!

[@errorgorilla]

Bernard Purdie and that singer in blue: God takes many forms.

[@rustyshackleford706]

Lol!

[@tonys852]

I wonder of the bulk of the people watching understand the royalty that is on the drum kit. Well done.

[@5p674]

Thats right

[@ThePrevis2001]

Deep Soul- This is so nice I gotta do it twice!

[@julieb2968]

WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT IS , WHAT IT IS!!!! Thanks.

[@joesantamaria5874]

Bernard Purdie wearing a Bernard Purdie t shirt. Oh my!

[@Oldstylo71]

Keep that Purdie shuffle comin' !!!

[@gentillyguy1]

My goodness Mr. Purdie foot is practically kicking a hole in skull through the earphones.

[@clarkewi]

Purdie can lay down a groove as wide as the mighty Mississippis.

[@myname8888]

Purdie is the man, wearing a t shirt with a picture of himself on it!

[@kennethbaldonado4348]

Lady in blue 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Wally-H]

That solo is typical Purdie. He is such a unique talent. Played on the original recording for Aretha

[@Daddytang67]

Healed Me!!! damn!!!!

[@ezramacarena3406]

LOVE YOU FUNK BLOG! THANK YOU THANK YOU ! WHAT IT IS! :)

[@mikehuff9148]

bp the funk master

[@theboogiestorm]

great song, wonderful cover, great musician and singers ... just want more or the dvd of the full show 👍

[@FunkItBlog]

for you. I'm going to post the whole set.

[@theboogiestorm]

@@FunkItBlog it s great if you could do it😁

[@flipmcdonought5835]

Fantastic.

[@GrandCanyonRVResort]

Purdie keeping that groove deep in the pocket without a bunch of fluff.

[@funkydrumma2]

FUNKIN FOR FUN!!!

[@RUTHE1ONE]

This is one more GUNKY GROOVE...Aretha wrote this one!!

[@bpabustan]

Because I only know him as bassist for the Allman Brothers, never knew Otell can play super duper heavy funk!

[@siscoismyhomey]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2OukqGGntWjj5o this is oteil with soulive playing some of the heaviest funk you'll ever hear!

[@Louie914]

I was there!!

[@georghiesmayr8310]

Best version ever👍👍👍

[@MrVtwinTorque]

SMOKIN'!!!

[@altaizeinalov3477]

lol! I love how the drummer turned his hi-hat into the crash symbol!))

[@quillan7743]

Purdie on 🔥

[@darudesandstorm5993]

leo notencelli of the meters on guitar!

[@paolotiagomurari]

Yeah !!!!

[@cryptohalloffame]

purdie drums like bonham (or the other way around) big snare hits

[@BamBam_PDX]

Haha, that’s my homie Farnell Newton on trumpet with the PDX Funk shirt.

[@funknsoul4eva]

Them background singers tho!

[@MikeNewland]

Phew!!!

[@remco5145]

I think we all see who is the real star of this band, do we?

[@Naruto-bp6hm]

Why is there a second drummer with a smaller modified ish kit further behind the stage? I noticed this thing too the last time Clyde Stubblefield played at Guitar Center

[@ssadfadefd558]

they used to do that back in the day. James brown always had two drummers

[@valerieericson9387]

Tedeschi Trucks Band have two drummers and The Allman Bros did as well

[@joshuasailor2974]

Thats Alvin Ford! A NOLA legend

[@drumyo]

So, pretty Purdie can shake a tail feather

[@schirmeyerb]

Bernard purdi. ...c est classé JAZZ...... a mes yeux sa place n est pas là. ...

[@kurtismaximus8068]

Those back up vocals are far too loud. Very tasty though!

[@misslindacjones2392]

that was awesome...............Purdie is all i wanna hear here.............imma do a sexual choclate.............SEXUAL CHOCOLATE.......out.....!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@deanfowles3707]

Looked like everyone was wearing masks in the thumbnail

[@anushanush2254]

band not up to Mr Purdie's funky standards - see him with some real dudes groovin in "Tighten up"

[@shadifrick]

The mix is horrible

[@okyu-suekichi]

yes, horrible

[@slasha86]

The dress of the lady in blue was way too small!