Juste Lounge, 4867 Cordell Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814
Joe Robb (spelling?) 10:38 PM
1) I Wonder
2) Happy Birthday
3) Fatal Attraction
4) I'ma Give It to Ya
He was done at 10:52. He sang over a track - he had a nice voice.
Chris, the bartender, was there.
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The line up was: Michael Thompson (singer), D'angelo "Dayo" Jones "Dayo" (Vocals), Pam (singer), Lawrence Farmer (bass), Samson "Moe" Dixon (keyboard), Velle Watts (keyboard), Marc Jackson (trumpet), Eric Jackson (Sax), Delano "Peany" Bowden (congas)
First set - 11:26 PM
1) Michael-led Raphael Saadiq's Ask of You - it had a light crank
2) Michael-led "special kind of love, all around the world" - it had a light crank, the crowd recited the lyrics
3) Pam-led Ledisi's Alright - it had a light crank and then rose to a full crank, the crowd recited the lyrics
4) Pam & Michael-led Erykah Badu's On & On - it had a light crank, the crowd recited the lyrics -->
5) Michael-led Luther Vandross' Never Too Much - it cranked
6) Michael-led R. Kelly's Step in the Name of Love (Remix) - it cranked -->
7) Michael-led Rick James' Mary Jane - it cranked, the crowd recited the lyrics -->
8) Dayo-led ? - it cranked
9) Dayo-led Lil Wayne's Lollipop - it cranked, a couple of girls danced with me
10) Dayo & Michael-led Kanye West's Good Life featuring T-Pain - it cranked, there was a lot of audience reaction, Dayo chanted, "Put your hands in the air, now hold them there" / Percussion solo - the crowd shouted, "GoGo Peany", Dayo chanted, "What's his name?", the crowd chanted, "Oh whoa oh"
During the break, a girl wiped off my shoulders during Lil Boosie & Webbie's Wipe Me Down.
The break was too long for me, I got bored.
I talked with Pam before the start of the second set; she's said filling in while Yannie has something else she's doing.
Second set
Eric played the Jeopard theme song during warm up.
1) Michael-led Gnarls Barkley's Crazy - it cranked
2) Pam-led Erykah Badu's Danger - it cranked, Michael played the cowbell / Dayo-led "Wanna party with me?" / Michael-led Tom Eyen & Henry Krieger's I Meant You No Harm - Dayo chanted, "Put your hands on your knees and shake your rump" / Percussion solo
3) Dayo-led Lil Wayne's Got Money - it cranked / "It's Dayo and some hos"
4) Alternating Dayo-led "What you wanna do? They just came through the... I know you see me" - it cranked / Michael-led Kanye West's One Night Extravaganza / Dayo rapped / Percussion solo -->
5) Instrumental - horn hits (Familiar Faces used to do this song) / Michael & Dayo-led "Uh oh uh uh oh" - it cranked / Percussion solo / "How low low can you go go" / Dayo-led "Me and you girl, we can do the thing" / horn hits (different from the start of the song)
They were done at 2:02 AM. I enjoyed the performance. Pam is a nice singer, but I was disappointed Yannie wasn't there.
