| | |  | BLUES MUSIC | Home » » James Chance - Chance of A Lifetime: Live in Chicago 2003 | | | | | | | Description: | | Milwaukee-born saxophonist James Chance leads the up-and-coming band Watchers, in this 2003 concert at the Double Door in Chicago. Includes "Designed to Kill," "Roving Eye," "Jaded," "Almost Black," "Sex Maniac," and more. 71 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; "making of" documentary. | | | Features: | |
• Designed to Kill Roving Eye Jaded Throw Me Away The Scream Almost Black Sax Maniac King Heroin Contort Yourself Twice Removed Bedroom Athlete System Requirements: The No-Wave scene that enlivened the New York City rock underground in the 1970s produced many charismatic figures. James Chance was one of them, producing a coruscating din with his band The Contortions, and significantly
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| James Chance | | Format:
| Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| DBK WORKS | | Run Time:
| 71 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| May 24, 2005 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 1 reviews |
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The Godfather of Punk Funk ReturnsJun 11, 2005
By DJ Mr. Rid
Mr. Contortion and his little brother David Siegfried tear it up with Chicago's The Watchers at The Double Door 0n 11/14/03.The band combines the taught rawness of Chance's original Contortions lineup with a phat horn section that conjures JC's later, slicker period perfectly. Chance still has 'it' as he skronks his patented scree on sax and organ like it's 19-79. His stage moves are a far cry from his more confrontational bait and swats from his heyday, though. Throughout the set the crowd was a bit lukewarm and the camera picked up a constant stream of bar chatter. They could've used a few choice slaps and some verbal abuse from Chance who was a pro and seemed unfazed.
Nevertheless, it's just so heartening to see this Sax Maniac still kicking ass after so much junkie business and downright
thrilling to hear him segue 'Jaded' from 'No New York' into James Brown's 'Prisoner of Love'!
Video production rates 3 stars at best. The sound is adequate but somewhat lacking in low end. The camera work is OK but could've been better - pretty much one static shot with a few auto zooms. You see a second camera guy on one side of the stage
but never his POV. The bass player is never shown playing and the still image inserts are rather clumsy. BUT - what a set! The band crackles on 'King Heroin', 'Contort Yourself' and a duet with brother Dave on 'Amost Black' covering all the bases.
Like JB, Iggy and Suicide ( where's their DVD treatment?) before him, James Chance is the Real Deal. Since there's virtually no video documentation of New York's first No Wavers back in the day, you should pick this up pronto. Especially if you want to see where Jon Spencer, early Red Hot Chili Peppers and countless others copped a big dollop of licks and style from.
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