Come get down with the Grease Traps, the East Bay's filthiest funk unit, this Friday, 6/16 at the luxurious Shattuck Downlow in Berkeley.
The Grease Traps are an Oakland-based quartet specializing in rare deep funk, instrumental soul, and 70's jazz dance classics with a dash of afrobeat and dub. Check out www.thegreasetraps.com
Featuring current and past members of bands such as Brown Baggin, Crown City Rockers and Orlando Julius' Afrobeat Orchestra, it is an eclectic mix of like-minded musicians whose primary goal is to groove.
Opening the show will be live hip-hop sensation, Finless Brown (www.finlessbrown.com), with funik guru, DJ Riddm, spinning hip-hop and old school funk between sets.
When: Friday, June 16th
Where: The Shattuck Downlow, 2284 Shattuck Ave (at Bancroft), Berkeley
www.shattuckdownlow.com
Who: The Grease Traps with Finless Brown and DJ Riddm
How much: $5
The Grease Traps are an Oakland-based quartet specializing in rare deep funk, instrumental soul, and 70's jazz dance classics with a dash of afrobeat and dub. Check out www.thegreasetraps.com
Featuring current and past members of bands such as Brown Baggin, Crown City Rockers and Orlando Julius' Afrobeat Orchestra, it is an eclectic mix of like-minded musicians whose primary goal is to groove.
Opening the show will be live hip-hop sensation, Finless Brown (www.finlessbrown.com), with funik guru, DJ Riddm, spinning hip-hop and old school funk between sets.
When: Friday, June 16th
Where: The Shattuck Downlow, 2284 Shattuck Ave (at Bancroft), Berkeley
www.shattuckdownlow.com
Who: The Grease Traps with Finless Brown and DJ Riddm
How much: $5
