Back To You….LIVE FUNK EXPLOSION!

[A seamless live transition from a sexy, intimate slow jam into a full Prince/Mint Condition Minneapolis funk explosion with talkbox, slap bass, horn stabs, crowd eruption, and nonstop groove energy.]

Format:
[ ] Band & Crowd
( ) Lead Ad-libs
{ } Backgrounds
Plain = Spoken / Sung Lead

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[SAX HOLDS A LONG, CRYING NOTE]
[RHODES SHIMMERS, TREMOLO SWELL]
[CROWD SWAYING, THEN BREAKS INTO RAUCOUS APPLAUSE, WHISTLES, SCREAMS]

(Yeah… yeah… mmm…)

{Ooooh… stay… stay…}

[LAST CHORD OF “STAY WHERE YOU ARE” RINGS]

[SAX STILL HOLDING CROWD CONTINUES TO GO CRAZY]

[LIGHTS DIM PURPLE… THEN A SOFT BLUE CREEPS IN]

(Thank you… thank you, y’all feel that love tonight…?)

[CROWD CHEERS]

Don’t stop swayin’…
Don’t let go of your partner…

[DRUMMER CLICKS STICKS – SLOW HEARTBEAT COUNT]
[BASS PLAYER SLIDES HAND UP NECK – FIRST SLAP POP]

(Aye, One Too Many…DROP THAT SHIT! WOO!!!)

[ENTIRE BAND DROPS INTO FULL NEW JACK FUNK GROOVE EXPLOSION WITH HEAVY BASS AND SAX LEAD] 

(GET DOWN GROOVY WITH IT COME ON)

[CROWD ROARS]

BABY, LETS MAKE LOVE TO GROOVE, (COME ON) 

Back To You….(Woooooooo Get Funky With it!)

[CLAV SNEAKS IN, MUTED]
[GUITAR CHANKS SOFT 16THS]
[HI-HAT OPENS SLIGHTLY – MINNEAPOLIS POCKET]

(Talkbox breathes in)
(Waaah… yeahhhh…)

[LIGHTS SHIFT TO ELECTRIC BLUE AND GOLD – MIRROR BALL STARTS TURNING]

{Yeah… yeah… don’t stop now…}

Y’all still with us tonight?!

[CROWD ROARS]

I said… don’t let go of your partner now…
But loosen up just a little bit…

(Talkbox)
(Waaah… get ready… get funky…)

[HORN SECTION STANDS – QUIET UNISON PAD]
[BASS STARTS FULL LARRY GRAHAM SLAP PATTERN]
[DRUMMER OPENS SNARE, FUNK GHOST NOTES]

(Yeah… yeah… here we go…)

[TALKBOX SCREAMS]

(WAAAAH!)

[ONE-BEAT STOP – DEAD SILENCE]

[THEN—]

[BASS SLAP RUN – FAST]
[DRUM FILL – MINNEAPOLIS STYLE]
[HORN STAB – UNISON “BAH!”]
[CLAV AND GUITAR HIT TOGETHER]
[TALKBOX HITS FIRST FUNK HOOK NOTE]

Back To You……(Wooo!)

[CROWD ERUPTS – JUMPING, SHOULDERS ROLLING, HANDS UP]

{Get funky… get funky… get funky now…}

(Ohhhh! Yeah! Rock with us! Don’t stop!)

[BAND CLOSES INTO FUNK GROOVE, LEAD HOLDS FALSETTO NOTE WHILE CROWD APPLAUDS RAUCOUSLY]

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