Great audio, camera angles and execution. Marcus, you are a "classy" bassist. Alot of positive energy comes out of you. Peace, Tommy
 

YAAAY!!! I got the first comment!!! Nice work as always!! Always looks like you're havin fun!! But I'm gonna have to charge you for my computer speakers you blew out at the end when the dynamics went so low and i turned my speakers up so high!!! LOL!!! NICE!!!
 

Timeless music played wonderfully.

Thank you,
DocP
 

damn I took too long. Day late and a dolla shawt....
 

Great Stuff Marcus.
That Herbie is something special isn't he!
 

My favorite Herbie tune! Still sounds Funky after all these years. thanks for sharing that. I was trying to describe the tune to my Wife (cause I don't have Headhunters), and couldn't find a "free listen" on line.
Love and infinite Peace,
T.J. Franklin
HunkaFunk
 

That was hot. Me ears felt great after that.
 

everytime i heard watermelon man it seems to get better.


thanks a ton for sharing with us marcus!
 

oh yeah--intensely grateful to be able to catch this! thank you for posting!
 

Very Nice!!!
 

Oh My God! that was AWESOME! thanks for posting this Marcus,God bless.
 

Tremendous Marcus...as usual.
You are always an inspiration.
What a pocket you have!
Thanks for posting this.
 

WOW!!! That's all I can say!!! WOW!!
 

Always thank you for wonderful music... ♪

Stay Cool !!!
♪ shot！☆/■--_<) Kazu.
 

Great, Great performance!!!!
 

Heroes!!!
 

Merci beaucoup for sharing this Marcus. This is a great version of Watermelon Man. Here we have a great lesson of musical maturity, where every musician listens to others and where silences are as important as the notes being played. Brilliant! Can't wait to see you again in Switzerland someday !! Big hug.
 

Oh yes! Nice groove

Daniel
 

Wow.
That was fantastic.
Thanks for sharing, Marcus.
Big ups!!!
 

simply overwhelming, a violent emotion.
Fra.
 

Great stuff ...lovin' it.!!
 

man this joint is funky like gym socks in need of malox
smooth enough to ensure that your chakras don't get blocked
holding space allowing the mind to wonder beyond the confines of the daily grind
giving eargasms with spasms to any who love this music called jazz
 

No words can express how PHUNKY DAT IS!!!!
 

Meraviglioso! Il pezzo più funk di herbie.. in funk we trust!
 

this has made my day... awesome marcus!!
 

very nice video, great arregment,you are great musicians, a source of inspiration
Thanks everyone for the Art.
greetings
www.igmaralderete.com
 

Mr. Miller,

You are one of my favorite musicians period. Your versatility has transcended many <myspace>style</myspace>s of music and to share the stage with legendary and talented musicians is a true testimony on who you are and what you're about and yes, your music gets spins here on The Secret.
 

perfect , minimalist , so clever - good to my ears - good !! Thanks to share for us :)) Nina
 

Great music coming from arguably one of the best "electric" rhythm sections on earth. Great intro guys. Very cool!!!
 

thank you so much for the video, I learn so much everytime I see u play
 

So funky! Herbie is a true genius!
 

That's Funky as SSSSSHHHHHEEEEEEIIIIIIT!
 

this is a great hit! i am filled in my heart to be able to enjoy this on the internet thanks for sharin peace, t
 

wow, how I miss whatching you guys play...thanks for posting that
 

enjoyed this so much thanks for sharing
 

great sound marcus
 

WoW! Marcus Miller you do amaze. It's like you'r just chillin' on a nice thick-steady bass line then, next thing you know, you pull some magic out your sleeve.
Great video! Can't wait to see more!
Keep it up fellas I know you will.
One love.
Ross Rodriguez (a.k.a. Rossta Monsta)
 

Loved it!!!!

Sistah J
 

:)
Felt like i was there
thanks for sharing M
Kiss M x
 

That is just killin, and fawnky as hell. I love how you make the rhythm your beeyatch 8`).

And what a band. Vinnie is one of my favorites, as is Herbie.

Can't wait to see you live again in a couple of weeks at Yoshi's. Run for cover and Teen Town, please? I'll be happy either way, but I'd love to hear those tunes again...
 

Marcus..........You.....with Herbie and Vinnie. Unstoppable.
 

This is amazing!

Everything just has so much groove
 

What a great performance!! Should I expect anything less?? lol Keep this stuff coming!!
 

ya man!!!

peace and love
 

Y'know what i love about you Marcus?

It is the groove that you bring, i can always tell by your "signature" sound when you are on the track, cos as a drummer i immediately wanna flow with your groove.

Love the clip, you need to put some more stuff like that out to your truly devoted's!!

If you come to london and are looking for a groovy funky drummer then shoot me an email Mr Miller!!

From the drummer that put the F.U. in FUNK

Peace Always

T.O.
 

Y'know what i love about you Marcus?

It is the groove that you bring, i can always tell by your "signature" sound when you are on the track, cos as a drummer i immediately wanna flow with your groove.

Love the clip, you need to put some more stuff like that out to your truly devoted's!!

If you come to london and are looking for a groovy funky drummer then shoot me an email Mr Miller!!

From the drummer that put the F.U. in FUNK

Peace Always

T.O.
 

Whoa! I can smell the funk through my computer! All the more anxious to see you in Cleveland next week!

God Bless!
Ms_Everythang
 

Thanks for sharing, this is hot! I love your smooth bass gruv and Herbie's one of my faves.
 

I just had to read where and what this Watermelon man comes from Marcus. Have a good day. It sounds great on that video.Watermelon Man (film)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Watermelon Man

US theatrical release poster.
Directed by Melvin Van Peebles
Produced by John B. Bennett
Written by Herman Raucher
Starring Godfrey Cambridge
Estelle Parsons
Howard Caine
D'Urville Martin
Kay Kimberley
Mantan Moreland
Music by Melvin Van Peebles
Cinematography W. Wallace Kelley
Herman Raucher
Editing by Carl Kress
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) May 27, 1970
Running time 98 min.
Country USA
Language English
Preceded by The Story of a Three-Day Pass
Followed by Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Allmovie profile
IMDb profile
Watermelon Man is a 1970 comedy-drama film directed by Melvin Van Peebles and based on the book The Night the Sun Came out on Happy Hollow Lane by Herman Raucher. Written by Herman Raucher and distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation, it tells the story of a typical 1960s, somewhat bigoted white insurance salesman named Jeff Gerber who wakes up one morning to find that he has become black.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Production
2.1 Music
3 References
4 External links
[edit]Plot summary



Jeff and his family before the transformation.
Jeff Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge) lives in an average suburban neighborhood with his seemingly liberal housewife Althea (Estelle Parsons), who tolerates her husband's character flaws out of love, and two children, Burton (Scott Garrett) and Janice (Erin Moran). Every morning when Jeff wakes up, he spends some time under a tanning machine, bats around a boxing ball, drinks a health drink, and races the bus to work on foot.
Jeff presents himself as happy-go-lucky and quite a joker, but he's a bit obnoxious and boorish, showing himself to be racist and a male chauvinist. Althea chastises Jeff for not having sympathy for the black people and she watches the race riots every night on TV with great interest.
One morning, Jeff wakes up to find that his pigment has changed. He tries to fall back asleep, thinking that it is a dream, but to no avail. He tries taking a shower to wash the "black" off him, but finds it doesn't work, when Althea walks into the bathroom, and screams. He explains to her that the "Negro in the bathroom" is him.
At first, Jeff believes this to be the result of spending too much time under the tanning machine. He spends almost the entire day at home, afraid to go out of the house, only going out once to venture into the "colored part of town" in order to try and find "the stuff they use in order to make themselves look white." His attempts to change his skin color fail.
The next day, he is persuaded to get up and go to work. Things start out well at first, until Jeff is accused of "stealing something" while racing the bus. The racist policemen assume that, since a black man is running, he must have stolen something. During his lunch break, he makes an appointment with his doctor who cannot explain Jeff's "condition" either. After several calls, the doctor suggests that Jeff might be more comfortable with a black doctor.
Returning home, he finds Althea afraid to answer the phone. He doesn't understand why until he receives a call from a man telling him to "move out, nigger." At work the next day, Jeff's secretary (who had previously ignored him) makes several advances toward him, finding him more attractive as a black man. Jeff's boss suggests that they could drum up extra business with a "Negro" salesman.
At home one evening, he finds the racists who had made the threatening phone calls, who offer him $50,000 for his home. Jeff manages to raise the price to $100,000. Althea sends the children to a relative and later leaves her husband. Finally accepting the fact that he is black, Jeff quits his regular job, buys an apartment building, and starts his own insurance company.
[edit]Production



Jeff and his family after the transformation.
Godfrey Cambridge plays the role of Jeff Gerber in "whiteface" (white makeup) for the first few minutes of the film, and then goes without the makeup when his character changes into a black man. Before director Melvin Van Peebles had come into the project, the studio had told him that they were planning to cast a white actor like Alan Arkin or Jack Lemmon to play the part, but that it didn't seem to work quite right. When Van Peebles read the screenplay, he had thought that the studio had sent him the wrong script. When he was told that they had planned to cast a white actor and have him play the part in black makeup for part of the film, Van Peebles suggested that they cast a black actor instead.[1]
A popular rumor suggests that Van Peebles was contractually obliged to deliver an alternative ending to the film, in which Gerber wakes up to find that it was all a nightmare, and he is white again, but that Van Peebles incurred the studio's wrath by agreeing to film the original ending, and then not delivering the ending as he had promised.[1] On the film's DVD release, Van Peebles explains that he had hated the ending, and convinced studio executives that it had to be changed[1], but they said he had to film both versions of the ending - he says he only filmed the one, "by accident".
Columbia was happy with the finished product, and the film was a financial success, leading the studio to offer Van Peebles a three-picture contract. Instead of taking their offer, Van Peebles made the independent film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, which later turned out to not only be the highest grossing independent film of 1971, but also the highest grossing independent film up to that point. Following that film's success, Columbia tore up Van Peebles' contract.[1]
[edit]Music
Main article: Watermelon Man (soundtrack)
As with much of Melvin Van Peebles' filmography, the film's score was composed by the director himself. A soundtrack album was released in 1970. It has yet to appear on compact disc.[2] The title itself is a reference to the song "Watermelon Man" by Herbie Hancock.
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that gig speaks for itself.
thanks for sharing;)
luv, d