Y2K at Reggie's
Reggie's Sports Kafe, 4881 Glen Dale Rd, Bowie, MD 20720


Blue, Dollar Bill, Pooh, Scuba Steve, Doug Gilcrest, Mike Fitzhugh, Eric Marner
Picture taken by and Copyright Jordan Rich

Last week Y2K was not able to get a good soundman in time for the show, so they didn't perform then. This time, China Boogie told me they had Googie (Familiar Faces' regular soundman, also works with Rare Essence, etc.).

For the first set, they opened with just keyboards, drum, bass and horns. Their first set, their "Jazz" set, consisted of extended versions of Miles Davis' Tutu and Earth, Wind & Fire's Can't Hide Love.

They then took a five minute break and then moved into their full line up and regular GoGo set. The highlight of the set and the night was their performance of Al Green's Let's Stay Together. Also, right after that song they cranked it up a notch, with Scuba Steve leading the way.

During the break after they finished the set, Sharmba Mitchell and Big Don Pimp came in with some more people.

Their third set was the most crankin' - among the covers they performed were Destiny's Child's Soldier, Snoop's Drop It Like It's Hot, and Terror Squad's Lean Back. They also performed a chorus from KC & the Sunshine Band's That's The Way (I Like It). They also performed what I assume is an original "Y2K, time to party" and Young Groovers' Buddy?, "You get a freak, I'll get a ho, and meet you at tomorrow's show." It was definitely a good show.

Both Blue and Dollar Bill's vocals sound better to me than the last time I saw them perform. They didn't have a set cowbell player - I saw Dollar Bill, Scuba Steve and Mike Fitzhugh all play cowbell at different times. Also, they didn't have any improvised instrumental solos really. While the horns give them a defining sound, they still could add a couple notches to the crank. However, while the throwdown crank style is my favorite, that may not be what they are aiming for. The bar crowd was middle aged people, the table crowd, who were clearly here to see Y2K, consisted of people in their 20s and 30s.

After the set was over, Dwayne Lee of Familiar Faces came in. I talked with China Boogie; he said that Dwayne was going to be producing their album. It makes sense, since he and China Boogie are very good friends.