Wednesday at Takoma Station
Takoma Station, 6914 4th St NW, Washington, DC 20012

Ray, Angie, Tracy, Tim (LJ), Tamara, Darrell, Mara, 6'9, June and his wife Shadonna, and Stacey were there.

A guy sitting next to me asked me what my affiliation was with the band.

Familiar Faces
First Set
The line up was: Mike Muse, Halima, Donnell, DP, Dwayne Lee, Bobby Smoot (Bass), Lorenzo, Godfather, Stomp, Smoke and Jacques.
Bobby stood in a different spot than Doc would normally stand - on the right, in front of Godfather so he could hear better.
1) Instrumental
2) Grover Washington Jr.'s Mr. Magic
Donnell said, "Give a second for the bass player to get it together."
Tracy (Bobby's younger sister) said, "Don't do that."
Donnell replied, "What you say, little sis?"
Halima said, "Good Evening. Hey Mike. Y'all right?"
3) Halima-led Erykah Badu's Didn't Cha Know - she did some nice improving. Donnell said to Halima, "Just a little more." So she did.
Halima said, "Happy Birthday Charles"
4) Halima-led Rodgers & Hart's My Funny Valentine - excellent as usual
Mike used the same mic as Halima had
5) Mike-led John Legend's Ordinary People
The dance floor filled during
6) Mike-led Toto's Georgy Porgy
7) Mike-led Marvin Gaye's I Want You - long percussion solo
8) Halima-led Faith Evans' Mesmerized - Halima used some very different nonverbal arm & hand gestures
9) Mike-led Prince's Purple Rain

Cherone, Cookie, Sharika, Yaquim, RE Angie, Go-Go Mickey, and DeeDee were there.

The DJ said that Mike would wear a speedo to the pool party and that Donnell would wear a halter top.

Rah and Nikiya were there.

Second Set
Donnell did announcements including the one for the pool party.
He said, "We're going to lie, it is at Oxon Hill Country Club."
Donnell said something about Cherone tolerating Mike
Mike said, "Can you say professional 'Bama?"
1) Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Slow Down
Jazz was there, he took pictures
2) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
3) Donnell-led "Do it for the ladies/fellas, Oh my God!"
4) Halima-led Erykah Badu's Cleva - the frontline danced during it
5) Mike-led Prince's Take Me With You
6) Donnell-led Hold the Note
Donnell did a shout out to someone from L!ssen (possibly E who I saw later on) and to Blue from Y2K in the audience
7) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Stars Be Partyin'
8) Alternating Donnell-led Trillville's Some Cut / Notorious BIG's Warning - Go-Go Mickey sat in on congas (and stayed there) / Keith Murray's Call My Name (tease) / "Wait a minute" echoes
9) Halima-led Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl - Go-Go Mickey played timbales / Donnell-led Rare Essence's Hook Me Upa
10) Halima-led Mariah Carey's It's Like That
11) Donnell-led Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love (tease) - with Donnell doing the keyboard sounds vocally / Rare Essence's Spotlight / Rare Essence's Get on the Wagon?
12) Donnell-led Vinnie D's Porno Star?
13) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Geraldine - Donnell initially did the keyboard sounds vocally
14) Go-Go Mickey solo - the crowd shouted "Go-Go Mickey" - Jacques played cowbell
15) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Twenty Minute Workout - Mickey played congas and timbales at the same time - a female fan rapped
16) Donnell acapella Minnie Riperton's Memory Lane
17) Godfather played something I didn't recognize - I asked him later what it was, he said "Slap that bitch, whip that trick" - Djayz' Whoop That Trick
18) Donnell-led 911 (tease)
19) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Uh Oh (Heads Up) (tease)
Donnell joked, "Go-Go Mickey's not playing well. That's it give him a drink".
Despite what Donnell said, Mickey kept playing.
20) Donnell-led Common's The Corner - there was a guest male rapper - it might have been Whitie, but I'm not sure
21) Donnell & Halima-led Djayz's It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp
Many of my favorite Familiar Faces shows are the ones Go-Go Mickey sits in on and this was no exception.

I went over and talked with Dwayne and Blue. Blue asked me my real name, she only knows me as FunkMasterJ. I told her - Jordan. She then asked Dwayne his name, she only knew him as DL. He said it stands for Dwayne Lee.

Los and Chi Ali were there.