Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

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Upstairs LIVE presents: Maceo Parker Tickets on sale May 1st at: Lyles Place / Ditch Records / Ticketzone.com Maceo Parker http://maceoparker.com/ Maceo Parker: his name is synonymous with Funky Music, his pedigree impeccable; his band: the tightest little funk orchestra on earth. Everyone knows by now that he’s played with each and every leader of funk, his start with James Brown, which Maceo describes as “ like being at University “; jumping aboard the Mothership with George Clinton; stretching out with Bootsy’s Rubber Band. He’s the living, breathing pulse that connects the history of Funk in one golden thread. The cipher that unravels dance music down to its core. “Everything’s coming up Maceo,” concluded DownBeat Magazine in a 1991 article at the beginn... more...