Covid-19 came through and wiped all concerts off the playing field. A necessary move, for safety purposes, but a hard hit for The Family Stand, and all other artists.
So what to do, what to do, in my Harlem AirBnB, during stay-at-home orders, not being able to get a flight home? Make a video. Do a couple of DJ sets. Why not?
The first DJ set I named “Earth’s Palate Cleansing Playlist #1“. The 2nd “Funky Makossa DJ Set“, focused on horn players, after the death of Manu Dibango. The last set, for now, was a set of Prince for PRN Alumni Foundation, on the date we would’ve been playing in Minneapolis at Fine Line. For some reason, the Prince set cuts out some of the music in the video below. But it plays fully on Twitch directly, via the hyperlink underneath the video. But I’m dropping the video here as well, for shits and giggles.
The Family Stand 2020 LIMITED CONCERTS
Peter Lord, V. Jeffrey Smith, and Sandra St. Victor present the “Full Moon In Scorpio” album set!
TFS perform their seminal album, “Moon In Scorpio” in its entirety for the first time.
Set will include other fan must-have cuts from additional TFS albums.
The Cutting Room New York City
https://tickets.thecuttingroomnyc.com
City Winery Washington DC https://citywinery.com/washingtondc/thefamilystand3272020.html
*more dates to come
In a NY state of mind. The last couple of months, I’ve been burying myself all up into the live music scene of my beloved New York. Jumping on stages everywhere I can, and soaking up the bottomless well of talents, old and new, in this city that really never sleeps. I mean, really. No. Sleep. These are just some of the memories I’ve savored.
In a zone, at sound check. Shelley Nicole and Everett Harp chilling on the BGs, LaFrae bout to bang dem skins. – photo: Paul Lobo
You know what. Just dig up into what I been falling off up onto this fall. Here are a gazillion pictures. Have at it.
The Met photos are by Andrea Watts Photography. Others are selfies, or taken by friends.
Black Rock Coalition Presents: History of Our Future 
Corey and Vernon of Living COlor 
Darrell McNeill of BRC 
Wade In The Water –
but not in these shoes! Kicks pimped by Christine Tol
Gold cape designed by Fleur Ouwerkerk – Amsterdam 
backstage at The Met
ear pieces by Fleur Ouwerkerk
The Family Stand 
The Family Stand 
black goat shawl designed by Vanderwilt – Amsterdam
ear pieces by Fleur Ouwerkerk
V. Jeffrey Smith & SSV at rehearsal in Brooklyn 
Rocky Bryant and Leslie Lemon at rehearsal in Brooklyn 
Peter Lord at rehearsal in Brooklyn 
Ronny Drayton at rehearsal in Brooklyn 
Marcus Machado at rehearsal in Brooklyn 
Tom Hammer at rehearsal in Brooklyn 
The TFS fam! 
SSV & badass rocker, Sophia Ramos 
with Leslie 
SSV & FABulous voice, Shelley Nicole 
with my buggaboo Jeff 
This Is Us –
I adore the ear pieces of Fleur Ouwerkerk!
Pete and I 
TFS with lovely Melanie Athena 
This Is Us 
with sweetiepie, Yumi Akiyama 
with the fam, Guy Routte & Chanae Routte 
with hood hippie sista Yvonne Salgado 
TFS LIVE 
I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up 
The man of The Met hour, DMc 
Glasper is a big ole bear size of a talent 
Yvonne and I 
Ain’t we cute 
Stanley Jordan, Kenwood Dennard and I 
Stanley Jordan, Kenwood Dennard and Gary Kelly 
Stanley Jordan Plays Jimi 
Hood Hippies at it again 
BRC’s Prince Participatory Experience was killer 
Right as Nona Hendryx spotted me in the audience 
Loving up on Felicia Collins 
More Felicia love 
Singing FOOL, Ada Dyer 
At Felicia Collins’ Jukebox, Cutting Room 
Alec Shantzis, Felicia, Jeff and I 
I heart he 
Jeff! 
My new lovebug, trumpet master JS WIlliams 
With sistagirl, Maritri 
After The Soulfolk Experience show 
LOVE Alyson WIlliams 
with Will Downing, and Frank Sheffield, after the Kindred event 
Guy, Will, Aja and I
leather top by Vanderwilt Amsterdam
ear art by Fleur Ouwerkerk
These two, Aja and Fatin are truly special 
Kindred Presents crew in Philly 
With brothaman, Will Downing
THAT VOICE!
My homie 
At Steely Dan’s show, David Crosby popped up 
Steely Dan bassist, and looongtime good friend, Freddie Washington 
with mix engineer and keyboardist, Shinya Miyamoto 
After another Wednesday at Felicia’s Jukebox 
After another Wednesday at Felicia’s Jukebox with another looongtime buddy, and pianist extraordinaire, Alec Shantzis 
My BOO BOO, Lisa “Sangs Her Face Off” Fischer 
We be trippin’ 
I love entertaining 
My babyboy, the insanely talented, Marcus Machado 
black goat vest by Vanderwilt – Amsterdam 
Nothing but love 
So much love and respect for this young man, decades of love for Guy Routte 
Marcus! 
Muah! 
Heyyy 
After show smiles 
This Is Us