Cranberries, 5740 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20747
I arrived a little before 8:30 - it took me an hour to get there. I missed Da Mixx Band's performance. This was my first time here for Familiar Faces as their regular Friday spot.
Ray and Unique were there.
Familiar Faces
Sound Check
Donnell-led Rare Essence's Hey Tamika (tease)
The line up was: Sean "Kal-lel" (vocals & guitar), Halima Peru (vocals, second set only), Donnell Floyd (vocals & sax), Dwayne Lee (guitar), Doc Hughes (bass), Lorenzo Johnson (keyboards), Jammin' Jeff Warren (drums), Smoke Dews (lead percussion), Packy Jenkins (percussion).
First set
1) Mother's Day - Donnell and Lorenzo soloed
Kia was there.
2) Sean-led Brian McKnight's Anytime - there was a light crank
TaTa, Chevy of Fatal Attraction, and Kim (don't know) were there.
3) Alternating Percussion solo - Donnell said, "A happy hour pocket", it cranked / Sean-led Robin Thicke's Lost Without U -->
Pinkey was there.
4) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
5) Alternating Donnell & Sean-led Tattoo - it cranked / Percussion solo -->
Danielle (Pink), and R'ochelle (toosweet) were there.
6) Alternating Sean-led Omarion's Entourage - it cranked / Percussion solo - Donnell chanted, "Eya eya" / Donnell-led "___ Is in the building" -->
Darrell was there.
7) Donnell-led Ludacris' Runaway Love featuring Mary J. Blige - Chevy sat in, it cranked, Donnell had problems with his mic -->
8) Donnell-led "Party, party everybody" - it cranked / Alternating Percussion solo - Donnell chanted, "Eya eya" / Sean-led Ne-Yo's So Sick - Donnell chanted, "Wait a minute!" repeatedly, women in the audience sang the lyrics, Donnell said, "Hey D-O-C", Donnell said, "Get with him, Lee" -->
Jay113 was there.
9) Donnell-led "Do you think about me?" - Donnell said, "Percussion" and they started a light crank, this song was long, they stopped and Donnell said, "Keep it real, Jeff, you f*cked up", they did the ending a couple more times
Rickea, Stacy, Netty, Tracy S. (celebrating her new job), LA (celebrating her birthday), Trina, Tony, Nikiya, and Nikia were there.
Second set
1) Halima-led Cheri Dennis' I Love You - it cranked / Percussion solo
I zoned out a bit.
2) Sean-led Musiq's Buddy - it cranked / Percussion solo - Donnell sang, "You never heard a pocket like this I swear..."
3) Donnell-led 50 Cent's In Da Club (tease)
4) Alternating Sean-led Justin Timberlake's Sexy Back - it cranked (I still hate it) / "Gangsta, walk with me, talk to me" - with additional lyrics
5) Halima-led Mis-Teeq's Style - Smoke played timbales, it cranked
Alena, Shawn, and Peanut were there.
6) Alternating Donnell-led "Reggae" - it cranked / Halima-led "Used to be son of a ..." / Sean-led Damien Marley's Beautiful / Percussion solo
7) Halima-led Beyonce's Ring the Alarm - it cranked / Donnell-led DJ Unk's Walk It Out - the house lights came on and people started to leave
Ayisha was there.
8) Sean-led R. Kelly's I'm a Flirt - it cranked
I danced with Julia during the set.
