YFS, MSBC, MTPL!

Young Funk Sung has teamed up with Mountain State Brewing Company and Matt Lambert to benefit the Mountaintop Public Library THIS Saturday 5/28!  In the immortal words of my good friend MountainState Kate, "It is time to stop making jokes about our library being in a trailer and do something about it!"  So get ready to come out and party for a cause---IPA, T&A, YFS for the MTPL!  The $10 cover goes to the Mountaintop Public Library to fund programs and facilities.  Drinking for books, sounds like a good enough excuse to me :)

The party at Mountain State starts at 7:00 with a kickin' set from our good friend Doc Lambert. Followed by Young Funk Sung (we'll probably hit the stage around 9:00ish...but we'll leave that loose)


So stop playing coy and RSVP to our Facebook Event already.  


There is a ton happening in Tucker County this weekend, and more particularly in Davis & Thomas.  The Library also has a few fundraising efforts happening at the Davis fire station in the afternoon, so be sure to stop by there to grab a few raffle tickets and check out the items in the silent auction. 


Be sure to run across the street to HypnoCoffee for a macchiato so good it will make you weep (and say hey to our good friends Carrie, Cade, Maggie, etc.)  


Later in the afternoon/early evening, stop by The White Room Gallery for their annual Memorial Day wine & cheese party.  Dress is excessively fancy, and this year the featured artist is Thomas' own Nathan Baker, who's metal "attack art" sculptures are pretty damn badass.  Seth and I want to commission a chandelier for our new house!


On top of all this, my awesome sister and brother-in-law will be in.  I got them a room at Tucker County's five star resort & spa, the Tally-Ho.  I tried to tell them that they should just stay at the Fiddle Hostel with us, however I know that the high probability of a late night obnoxiously drunk pool game/shit talking fest mean that it is probably for the best (she really likes her sleep.)  Anyways, they're awesome, and will be hanging with us for the weekend. They live in Brooklyn, so let's show 'em how we party in the WV (more specifically, in the TC).


If you were at last year's memorial day show, you may remember a few things...there was a lot of beer consumed, Ian wore a crazy blouse from the ladies department picked out by our good friend slim$ ("why are the buttons on the wrong side?") , but perhaps most of all...Rob totaled his horn in an epic "neck strap malfunction" incident involving a bad plastic strap, a wobbly step ladder and the concrete floor of the brew pub.  Rob might just be hard on neck straps: he recently broke two at a festival in North Carolina.  In related news, he recently celebrated a birthday.  Convinced that any commercial neck strap wouldn't support the lifestyle and playing intensity of Rob Masten, Seth created a neck strap built to handle rough treatment out of chain link, carabeaners, and seatbelt covers.  It's straight thug, and it will make its debut at MSBC on 5/28.

YFS at MSBC 2/19!

Sounds like a good excuse for a SEXY PARTY!

YOUNG FUNK SUNG makes their epic return to MOUNTAIN STATE BREWING COMPANY

On 2/19, YFS will climb back up the mountain to Thomas for another epic party at the Mountain State Brewing Company.  Just finished the posters...check 'em out.

NEW YEAR'S EVE at EL GRAN SABOR!

Had a great NYE at EGS!  New Year's gigs can always be a bit awkward if they're not done right---all the drunken amateurs come out, there is that awkward break at midnight just when everything feels like it's gaining momentum, but El Gran just does it easy and right- friends, drinks, and a completely righteous party.


Seeing as it was New Year's Eve, I decided to go classy, so I dressed like a high-class escort as opposed to a common bachelor party stripper. Ha ha, I kid, but in my sophisticated dressing I wanted to feature the awesome necklace Seth got me for Christmas, it was hand crafted by Miss Connie out of two necklaces owned by a former First Lady of WV, Edna Hall Scott Kump.  In face we all went a bit classy, Bo rocked a sweet red silk ascot. 


Lots of martinis, IPA, T&A, and general awesomeness went into the making of these videos.  Ch-ch-check 'em out.


"I'll Go Crazy"





"Pick it up/Lay it in the Cut"





Nucilli takes home the game ball...fer'real. This is probably my favorite of our recently-added tunes.  It's a Betty Davis song.  Definitely google her: badass funk goddess...married to Miles for a bit in the 70's...rumor has it she also did Hendrix...very nice ;) Footage by Captain T. 





"Groove is in the Heart" (Footage by Captain T)





"Express Yourself" (Footage by Captain T)





"Cosmic Slop" (footage by Captain T)

Big thanks to the Adelphia!

Had a great time in Marietta! The Adelphia is a beautiful room with good acoustics and an awesome staff.  Shaggy the sound man was great to work with.  And big shout out to Rodney Masten and John Radcliff for puttin' us up (and putting up with us- ha)


Like the efficient, road tested band we are we arrived at sound check in 7 different vehicles.  We need to work on that whole going green thing.  However Randraiz drives an awesome hybrid now, so perhaps that makes up for a few of our ecological sins.


Sound check was quick (thanks again Shaggy!) which left us a bit of time to check out the town of Marietta (or nap on the upstairs lounge couches at the Adelphia in some cases...ha).  Marietta is pretty cool.  Seth, Jared, Moriah and I sampled the local beers at the Marietta Brewing Company and walked around town a bit peeking in store windows and whatnot.  There was an awesome red accordion in the window of the music shop that Seth really wanted to take a look at...too bad the shop was closed.  Maybe I'll have to make it back out to Marietta before Christmas to check it out for him.


Gig went well.  Got a bunch people dancing by the end.  It's always hard to win over a new crowd and get them to dance when you first get to a club...strange...but some people eventually got out there and it turned into a really fun party.

Captain T took a bunch of good pics and videos at the event.   All of these are his.  You can check out the rest of the album here.  


Again, big thanks to The Adelphia at the Galley for having us out. 


"He Was a Big Freak"



"I'll Go Crazy"



"Red Hot Momma" 



"She's Not There" 

Marietta! Tonight!

Greetings from sunny Parkersburg.  Young Funk Sung is ready to drop the funk bomb on the Adelphia tonight.  It'll be a special show, not only will my parents be in attendance (who I'm sure will be happy they paid for all that college to watch me binge drink and booty dance), but we will have Randraiz Wharton sitting in on the keys, and the always funky Tim Marks sitting in on Alto Sax.


I write this from the living room of our good friend John Radcliff, the very living room that Seth and I rawked out last night.  House concerts are awesome.  Good times.  I love Mojo/Young Funk Sung weekends.


I hope Marietta brings it tonight, cause I'm wearing this vintage 1960's crotchtacular number that I bought off Etsy.com.  However, I promise to have a better disposition than the model in the photo.  Again, always aiming to make my parents proud.

Sound check at 5.  Looking forward to running into everyone and playing some tunes!  First, lunch with the aforementioned parents somewhere in Parkersburg/Marietta.  See everyone at the show.  (which, by the way, is at the Adelphia- 205 2nd Street in Marietta...we go on 'round 10.)

Oooooooh Shit! Got'damn! Get off your ass and Jam! YFS to take over the Mid Ohio Valley!

Young Funk Sung road trips are always a somewhat complicated but always incredibly fun endeavor.  It's a lot of people and equipment to organize and to neatly fit (ideally) into just a few vehicles.  This weekend, we take on the Mid-Ohio Valley (Marietta, Ohio to be exact) 

Friend to all, notable area musician, and all-around good guy Todd Burge is helping with booking at Marietta's newest venue, The Adelphia at the Galley, so naturally, when I got that call, I gave him a wicked hell yes.  We're always looking to expand our territory a bit, and we hear the the the area has long been suffering from a Funk deficiency...and just as scurvy can be cured by eating a few oranges, we plan on injecting the region with 1 million cc's of raw funk power...remember, Funk not only moves, it re-moves....dig?

The Adelphia has recently hosted Southern Culture on the Skids, Patrick Sweany, and The Sean Carney band, among others.  Here are some photos that I "borrowed" from the Adelphia Facebook page.  What can I say.  I am a heartless pirate.  Looks like a beautiful venue...and it looks tall enough to break out the horn scaffold :)

Yum! Booze!

Thats a pretty big dance floor, lets fill it! (all photos by not me)

Anytime we play someplace completely new, I always have to try so much harder to get people out...know anyone who lives in the Mid-Ohio Valley or wants to travel to hear an awesome band...tell them we'll make it well worth the trip!  

The band will take to the Mid-Ohio Valley in waves.  On Friday, November 5th, Seth, Ian, and I will take our solo/duo talents to Parkersburg for a Blackwater Mojo/Ian B. Walters house concert hosted by the dynamic Mr. John Radcliff.  It'll be a fun little adventure for sure.  John hosts many house concerts, we're honored that he was able to work us into his already busy schedule (he plays with Todd Burge & the Odd Urges, Ovada, and possibly others that I don't know about.)  Good food, good tunes, and good times if you're in the area.  Check it out here.

The rest of the band will likely drive out Saturday, coming from the farthest corners of Randolph, Tucker and Braxton counties.  (ps: Parkersburg is Rob Masten's hometown, so all manners of Masten will be at the Adelphia gig...maybe we'll get some folks out who remember Rob from his glory days as a prominent member of Hot Ice who opened for the New Kids on the Block back in the day.) 

On Facebook?  Invite your friends to this event! Bring your people and lets get crazy!