At 2:30, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk came on. Ivan Neville is the son of Aaron Neville of Neville Brothers, and he has played keyboards with The Rolling Stones and was a member of the Spin Doctors for a little while, in addition to having some acclaim under his own name.

With Dumpstaphunk, Neville has created a bona fide funk outfit with some ace musicians, including his cousin Ian. The band started off strong with a cover of Sly & the Family Stone’s “I Cannot Make It” and it only got better from there. The group often incorporated two bassists, Nick Daniels and Tony Hall, and their interplay was essential to the music. There were even a couple times where they got to battling each other, and the results were too funkily dangerous.

The band grooved along for an hour, and attracted a nice crowd throughout. This was party music, and each member seemed like they were having a blast on stage. When the group got to the song “Put It in the Dumpster,” they had the crowd in the palm of their hand, having them chant that phrase as often as they could.

Ivan Neville’s keyboards were essential to the group, as he took many organ solos throughout that were always interesting and never superfluous. When the set was over, it felt like it was too short. This was funk done right, the kind that makes you dance. It was dirty, grimy and all around a good time. George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic had a hard act to follow, because Dumpstaphunk were accomplished and setting the bar rather high.

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