My best friend, Matt(whom I majorly turned on to
Fishbone a few years ago), and I arrived at the Beta
Bar at about 8:50pm. The Beta Bar is pretty much
Tallahassee's premier punk, funk, and underground
venue, and Fishbone used to play at it's previous
location, the Cow Haus. The Soular System, a nuttmeg
band whom is the best thing musically in Tallahassee,
were scheduled to open followed by Living in Question
and Fishbone.

I got to talk to John during Living in Question, and
he extremely kind as always. Now I was under the
impression that Rocky was going to be the only guitar
player in the lineup, but as I was talking to John,
who comes over but Tori Ruffin! I could tell that this
was going to be a good night.

Now, as in the tradition of many Nuttwork reviews
before, I will go song by song with the review:

The Lineup:
Angelo Moore: vocals, saxophone, theremin
Norwood Fisher: bass, vocals
John Steward: drums
Tori Ruffin: guitar, vocals
Rocky George: guitar
Pastor Dre: vocals, trumpet, bass solo on "Bonin'"
Tre: keyboards, vocals

The Setlist:
-"Unyielding Conditioning"
They started off with a 5 min. jam that was
incrdible
-"Party at Ground Zero"
Always a crowd pleaser
-"Beer Gut"
Think about the Chim Chim era ending and double the

length. This was fucking
unbelievable! John was a drum monster on this one!
-"Freddie's Dead"
Intro was a gospel version of "Junkie's Prayer" with
Tre going wild on his keyboard.
-"Another Generation"
Never heard this live, very nice!
-"They All Have Abandoned Their Hopes"
Angelo and Dre traded vocals.
-"Cheyenne Star Forever Moore"
very melodic dub style, I like it alot.
-"Ma and Pa"
Always good. Angelo and Rocky kept kicking each
other in the ass the entire song and jokin around.
Great to see them this happy.
-"Jackass Brigade"
Along the same vein of "Frey'd" and "Primadawnutt". I
enjoyed the shit out of this song!
-"Are You Wit It"
The double guitar attack made this the best version
I've ever heard of this song.
-"Lyin' Ass Bitch"
Best version I've heard so far again.
-"The Suffering"
Yet again the best version I've ever heard. Tre did
his dub intro everyone's talked about.
-"Alcoholic"
Everyone took a swig of vodka before they did this
song. Norwood said he was a little drunk and was
asking the crowd for some weed. John then came on the
mic and told him to sit his drunk ass down. Everyone
on the stage just laughed their ass off. Hilarious!
-"Subliminal Facism"
Haven't heard it this good in while.

ENCORE
-They came back on stage and just started jammin. They
did a version of "Back in Black"("My ass is black"),
"Iron Man", and Norwood started to sing "Runnin' with
the Devil".
-"Bonin' in the Boneyard"
Holy shit was this awesome. Norwood did his solo,
and then He took his bass off and let Dre hold it. Dre
proceeded to do a sickass solo!

After thoughts:
-Dre is talented as hell. The man can sing, and he can
play the trumpet with amazing precision!
-Tre is a master on the keyboards. He is better than
Dowd ever thought about being live. His intro to
"Suffering" was great!
-Tori and Rocky trade off each other better than
Kendall and John did, imho. They are both amazing
guitarists, and they just continued to compliment each
other throughout the show.
-Bottom line, if this lineup becomes the permanent,
look out for some shit to happen! I haven't seen this
much energy, fun, jammin', and creativity on stage
since my first two Fishbone experiences with the
classic lineup when I was young. This Fishbone would
be a force to be reckoned with on a whole new level!
-I honestly haven't seen Angelo, Wood, and John this
happy and energized in a long,long time!

I can't wait to experience this a second time
tomorrow!

-Jamie