Michael Muse's return from vacation
Takoma Station, 6914 4th St NW, Washington, DC 20012

Kimberly, Darrell, Darrell F., Dave, Renee, Tamara, and Tim (LJ) were there.

Junior worked the sound.

Familiar Faces
First Set
The line up was: Michael Muse, Halima, Donnell, DP, Googie (bass), Dwayne, Godfather, Lorenzo, Stomp, Smoke, and Jacques.
Donnell said, "My man Michael Muse is back in the building ladies."
1) Grover Washington Jr.'s Mr. Magic - Donnell said, "Stomp Dizzle."
Omar was there.
Donnell said of Halima, "We got her from the Geechee Dan parts of Miami."
Halima said, "Fort Lauderdale."
Halima welcomed Mike back. She asked, "Was it good to you? Did you get everything done?"
2) Halima-led Erykah Badu's Didn't Cha Know
Val "Tina Turner" was there, with a birthday cake for Connie.
Mike said, "I love you and there's nothing you can do about it"
3) Mike-led Bernard Ighner's Everything Must Change / Halima-led Rodgers & Hart's My Funny Valentine - same music as Everything Must Change
Sharika was there.
4) Mike-led Toto's Georgy Porgy - Godfather played different riffs, the song cranked
Donnell said that Tamara wanted to sing a song for Pookie.
5) Tamara-led Bobby Caldwell's What You Won't Do for Love? (it was definitely the music, but the lyrics seemed different) "Don't you look no more, I'm loving you every day."
6) Halima-led Jill Scott's Whatever - the dance floor filled
Archie Paige, Angie W., and Angie were there.
7) Mike-led Eric Benet's I Wanna Be Loved (debut of Mike singing it) - Mike sang on the dance floor
Stacey was there, for her sister Connie's birthday celebration.
8) Godfather played something

I talked with Lorenzo about the Huck A Bucks (he was a member). He said that both they and Pleasure were studio first: the album was made, then a band formed. He saiD All-N-1 was a studio project too.

Godfather talked about Rah and G being at Sunday's show, but being low key about their presence. They were both over by the bar on Sunday.

RE Angie was there.

Second Set
A guy named Big Mike was hugging Renee. Donnell said, "Hey hey, Michael, we don't do that". Big Mike went over to talk to Donnell about it and Donnell said, "I was just joking."
Donnell did announcements. Googie was playing something and Donnell joked, "Googie don't think I'd fire him."
Donnell announced a bus trip for $150 to Cleveland for Familiar Faces' performance with Chuck Brown at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on Friday, February 17th. Donnell joked that women were fine to go, but "men had to answer certain questions first." Donnell sang the line from Prince's Take Me With You: "I wanna ride."
Donnell also announced a live DVD recording on Valentine's Day (Tuesday February 14th). He said they would send out two thousand invitations to women and joked that it might be women only. He said it would be the greatest show and you didn't want to miss it.
1) Donnell & Halima-led (Sade's) Cherish the Day - Donnell went on the dance floor, Donnell did a shout out to Connie for her birthday, Bryant "Big Luther" Roberts sat in (just this song)
Donnell said, "That's my man Luther, he can do it"
2) Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Slow Down - Mike imitated Luther's singing improvs, he said, "I can't do it like you, big guy"
3) Instrumental - grooving
4) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
5) Donnell-led "Do it for the ladies/fellas, Oh my God!"
6) Halima-led Faith Evans' Mesmerized
7) Alternating Mike-led Rare Essence's One on One (Footz version) - Donnell said of Renee, "This is Footz's daughter right here.", Renee was dancing on the stage floor, they added verses they didn't normally sing, nice Jacques timbale solo, Donnell said, "You want to do it again? You want to back it on up?" / Donnell & Mike-led Parliament's Night of the Thumpasorous Peoples (tease) - "Gaga googa ga ga googa"
8) Halima-led Mariah Carey's It's Like That - different riffs
9) Trey (from UCB)-led "Sexy Lady? You can see my eyes, we don't need to make love (Donnell protested this line), we can just cuddle, your body, my body""
10) Halima-led Mary J. Blige's Be Without You - Tamara sang backup, Donnell said of Roe in the audience, "That's my man Roe, he's trying to get us thrown out of Tradewinds (his performance Saturday cleared the dance floor)", the house lights came on
Ray was there
11) Donnell & Halima-led It Is What It Is
12) Alternating Donnell-led "Unh, unh unh" - Donnell added a new rap, Donnell said, "One more time, I forgot", Stomp played a beat, and Donnell said, "Not that beat, a party beat" / 50 Cent's In Da Club (tease)
13) Donnell-led D4L's Laffy Taffy (tease)
Donnell did shout outs to Angie, Curtis Malone, etc.
Tina Turner started to give Ray a piece of cake to Ray, but Donnell said, "Hey, hey, are you serious? You got to give some to me before you give to him." Ray said to me, "See what I got to go through? That's harassment." Stacey started to give Donnell a second, smaller, piece of cake. Donnell told her to give to Ray "because he's small (ha ha)". She ended up dropping it on the floor. Donnell vocally said in response to Ray's statement, play something then vocally did the theme music to Perry Mason.
Sean (Kal'el) was there and Donnell said "Kal'el in the building. Ladies, last week you were gathering around him like dogs around a fire hydrant. In case you didn't get the number."
Donnell said, "Two new friends, Shelly (spelling) and Britney. Britney's just a baby." (This Britney was at Sunday's show with her Mom.)