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- I still don't understand where you got all those moves from.

[Laughter] - Divine Providence.

[Laughter] - I think it's-- - Johnny is but a vessel.

- I'm but a vessel for the spirit to move through.

I think it's a mixture of Divine Providence and being 100% okay with looking like a complete idiot.

[Music] - Welcome to Sounds on 29th.

I am Stephen.

How many times have you heard Greeley Funk?

[Cheering] Sweaty Northern Colorado soul, y'all.

[Cheering] So, if y'all are ready, make some noise for the Burroughs.

[Music] ♪ I'm learning as I go ♪ ♪ and every day gets a little more complicated ♪ ♪ I'm still figuring it out ♪ ♪ still learning how to move ♪ ♪ I'm still trying to find my groove ♪ ♪ I may not have it down ♪ ♪ But I can show you how to do ♪ ♪ the new walk ♪ ♪ Step by step, moving one by one ♪ ♪ Just another trip around the sun ♪ ♪ Got to learn before I can run ♪ ♪ this new walk ♪ All right, Foco MX, I need your help on this one.

Check it.

♪ Step one, everybody have some fun ♪ ♪ Shout hey on the two ♪ ♪ Let me hear you now ♪ ♪ Hey!

♪ ♪ All right, who went to music school?

♪ ♪ Step two, as you're learning what to do ♪ ♪ shout hey on the three ♪ ♪ Let me hear you now ♪ ♪ Hey!

♪ ♪ That's pretty good ♪ ♪ Step three, everybody follow me ♪ ♪ Everybody shout it out on the four ♪ ♪ Wait ♪ ♪ Step four, people, if you want some more ♪ ♪ then everybody shout it out ♪ ♪ Say, I'm alive ♪ ♪ I'm alive ♪ ♪ At least I'm trying to be ♪ ♪ Step by step, moving one by one ♪ ♪ Just another trip around the sun ♪ ♪ Got to learn before I can run ♪ ♪ this new walk ♪ ♪ One more time, yeah ♪ ♪ Everybody shout, I'm alive ♪ ♪ I'm alive ♪ ♪ I'm alive ♪ ♪ I'm alive ♪ ♪ I'm alive ♪ ♪ I'm alive ♪ ♪ I'm alive ♪ ♪ I'm alive ♪ ♪ Still figuring it out ♪ ♪ I may not have my own strut ♪ ♪ I might be looking strange, but ♪ ♪ I'm just trying to learn like a baby who makes mistakes ♪ ♪ One more time, yeah ♪ ♪ Shout ♪ ♪ Step by step, moving one by one ♪ ♪ Just another trip around the sun ♪ ♪ Got to learn before I can run ♪ ♪ this new walk ♪ ♪ New walk ♪ ♪ New walk ♪ All right, show me how to get down.

Walk.

Walk.

Walk.

Walk.

Let me see you walk.

Walk.

Ain't it funky now Ain't it funky now Ain't it funky now Ain't it funky now Yo, horns, get down.

Get down Get down Get down Take it up Get down Step by step, moving one by one Just another trip around the sun Got to learn before I can run This new walk New walk New walk New walk Yeah, yeah New walk Yeah, yeah Get down.

- A lot of bands, either toxically or healthily, will say that they're family, right?

- Yeah.

- But you all really seem like you are, so if you were to compare your band to a famous family from fiction, what would it be?

- Whoa.

A famous family from fiction?

- I gotta think of a healthy one.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Oh, you know, the Brady Bunch is like a nice, blended family.

- I would say Bob's Burgers.

- Oh.

- Yeah, just like everyone's kind of wild and weird in their own ways, but it all kind of, yeah, that's also the glue.

The weirdness is also the glue.

- I'm going to throw up a flag and say I've worked-- all of us have worked in a lot of aspects of the arts and been in a lot of bands and projects, and I will plant my flag and say I think we're pretty darn functional.

- Yeah.

[Laughter] - It's some pretty healthy vibes.

We like to be around each other.

We support each other musically.

We support each other outside of the band, for sure.

Yeah, I mean, I think for a lot of us, honestly, it's like the thing that ties us to the place that we live.

It's like the most important community in my life, really, for me, so, yeah.

- What is one of the ways that you feel like you've really showed up for one another?

Can you give us an example?

Because I don't think we get to hear a lot about that with band dynamics.

- I have so many examples.

I mean, like I've talked-- band members coming over and building furniture for my kids and bringing each other food when we know we've been having a rough week.

- Yeah.

When both my kids were born, these two were the first people to get it all assembled and get people giving us food, making sure we could sleep, and it's like true communal family vibes all the way through.

I mean, you guys can probably think of me more than me.

- Oh, yeah.

I mean, it's just like-- I literally talk to someone in the band, honestly, most of the band every day.

You know, and it's not just about things that we're working on.

When I have good news to share, it's this group of people that's the first to hear about.

When I have bad news to share, it's this group of people that's the first to hear about typically.

So, yeah.

I really think it is like that.

♪ I'm so ready to say goodbye to ♪ ♪ To all the negativity I just say you do ♪ ♪ Goodbye ♪ ♪ Cause I just woke up to the fact that ♪ ♪ I don't need to be like you ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Oh my god ♪ ♪ I think I just found my groove ♪ ♪ Good lord ♪ ♪ I think I just found my groove ♪ ♪ Good god ♪ ♪ Fresh kicks, fresh trips, and I'm on my way ♪ ♪ I'm slippin' and I'm slidin' to a new day ♪ ♪ Oh lord, I'm feeling good ♪ ♪ And it's a Saturday ♪ ♪ Somebody better hit the replay ♪ ♪ 'Cause I think I just found my groove ♪ ♪ Good lord ♪ ♪ I think I just found my groove ♪ ♪ Good god ♪ ♪ I think I just found my groove ♪ ♪ So ready to say goodbye to ♪ ♪ Snap your fingers ♪ ♪ To all the fears that I have held true ♪ ♪ Yes, Lord ♪ ♪ Cause I'm a queen holding on ♪ ♪ Baby, this is the truth ♪ ♪ Hey yeah ♪ ♪ Y'all better step back ♪ ♪ 'Cause I think I just found my groove ♪ ♪ Good lord ♪ ♪ I think I just found my groove ♪ ♪ This is how we do it ♪ ♪ Say ain't nobody dope as me ♪ ♪ I'm just so fresh, so clean ♪ ♪ Let's go ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody dope as me ♪ ♪ I'm just so fresh, so clean ♪ ♪ Don't you think I'm sexy?

♪ ♪ I'm just so fresh, so clean ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody dope as me ♪ ♪ I'm just so fresh, so clean ♪ ♪ I love when you step at me ♪ ♪ I'm just so fresh, so clean ♪ ♪ I think I just found my groove ♪ [Cheering] - One of these things does not make sense in this group of words.

It's like an ACT test, alright?

Okay, funk, soul, Greeley.

- That's what you think.

- Well, talk to me about it.

- I mean, well, okay, so that's always been like-- I mean, it's a truth about the band, and I think it's kind of been a bit that we've reclaimed a little bit.

So, we got our start as a Greeley band, and you know, for people from Colorado who might have context about Greeley, it has a certain reputation, which I think has some merit to it and some of it's not earned as being kind of a cow town, agricultural, but we all met basically at UNC or through the music community, which is a great school of music.

And then, through circumstances, a lot of them related to the band, most of us have stayed in Greeley and really rooted down in that community, have homes there, have jobs there, have a really strong community.

And so, I think we just kind of dug into that.

It's a place where we have really been fortunate to have the space to make things happen and try things, which I think is so-- The industry's so tough and so competitive that it can feel like, man, you only get one shot to try something, and we've been so fortunate to have kind of shot after shot, in a way, to just keep iterating and experimenting.

So, really is cool.

- Yeah, it's been a cool home base for us, honestly.

And I think-- I don't know.

For myself individually, probably because I'm a woman who plays the drums, I love living in that space of oh, I'm not-- I'm not supposed to be good at this, but I am, you know?

And I think that's sometimes how we feel about the hometown, you know?

It's like, oh yeah, we're not supposed to be from there, but we are.

Surprise!

[Laughs] - Do you ever get that feedback after shows?

It's like, where are you from?

- Oh, 100% Since day one.

Everywhere we played, we'd play, and they'd be like-- We would shout, you know, sweaty Greeley soul.

They'd be like, "So, wait.

You said Greeley?

Y'all from Greeley?” Especially people in Colorado.

- We were in Alaska this summer, and this lady that came up to me after.

She's like, "When you said you were from Greeley, was that a joke?” And we were like, "No.” And she was like, "What?"

[Laughs] We were like, "Okay.” Made its way up north.

[Music] - Ft. Collins.

Tonight, we came to take y'all to a whole other planet 'cause up there, somewhere, we are all star people.

♪ There's a star man ♪ ♪ There's a star man ♪ ♪ There's a star man, waiting in the sky ♪ ♪ He'd like to come and meet us ♪ ♪ But he thinks he'd blow our minds ♪ ♪ There's a star man, waiting in the sky ♪ ♪ He tells us not to blow it ♪ ♪ 'Cause he knows it's all worth while ♪ Ten Nine Eight Seven Six Five Four Three Two One Hit me.

Let's go.

Foco MX, you having a good time tonight?

Before we keep this thing rolling, I need to know.

Do I have any shining stars in the building?

Up in the balcony, do I have any shining stars up there?

Down here on the intergalactic dance floor, do I have any shining stars out there tonight?

This song is called, Honey Imastar.

And it goes like this.

♪ I simply cannot describe ♪ ♪ All the beauty that I see inside ♪ ♪ It's luminous ♪ ♪ It can hold out the night ♪ ♪ It can mimic the sun with its light ♪ ♪ Turn out the lights ♪ ♪ And I'll shine in the dark ♪ ♪ 'Cause honey you know I'm a star ♪ ♪ Turn on the lights ♪ ♪ And I'll shine in the dark ♪ ♪ 'Cause honey you know I'm a star ♪ ♪ Honey I'm a star ♪ ♪ Honey I'm a star ♪ ♪ Honey I'm a star ♪ ♪ Honey I'm a star ♪ ♪ I walk the astral plane ♪ ♪ to find knowledge to help me feel sane ♪ ♪ I dance at home ♪ ♪ The great galaxies came ♪ ♪ From the world that was hidden in me ♪ ♪ Turn out the lights ♪ ♪ And I'll shine in the dark ♪ ♪ 'Cause honey, you know I'm a star ♪ ♪ Turn out the lights ♪ ♪ And I'll shine in the dark ♪ ♪ 'Cause honey, you know I'm a star ♪ ♪ Honey, I'm a star ♪ ♪ Honey, I'm a star ♪ ♪ Honey, I'm a star ♪ ♪ Honey, I'm a star ♪ ♪ Honey ♪ ♪ Turn out the lights ♪ ♪ And I'll shine in the dark ♪ ♪ 'Cause honey, you know I'm a star ♪ ♪ Turn out the lights ♪ ♪ And I'll shine in the dark ♪ ♪ 'Cause honey, you know I'm a star ♪ Put your hands together.

♪ Honey, I'm a star ♪ ♪ Honey, I'm a star ♪ ♪ Honey, I'm a star ♪ ♪ Honey, I'm a star ♪ ♪ Honey ♪ ♪ Turn out the lights ♪ ♪ And I'll shine in the dark ♪ ♪ 'Cause honey, you know I'm a star ♪ ♪ Turn out the lights ♪ ♪ And I'll shine in the dark ♪ ♪ 'Cause honey, you know I'm a star ♪ ♪ No, no ♪ ♪ Honey, I'm a star ♪ ♪ Turn out the lights ♪ [Cheering] - What are you all trying to build with your show?

- I mean, since the beginning, the goal of any time anybody comes in contact with our music is that they walk away feeling better than what they did when they came in.

And I think out of that has also grown this idea of that people get to, but for a moment, attach themselves to something bigger.

That's what's so beautiful about live music is you get to come to a space where all of a sudden, you're a part of something bigger and better than what you are in your everyday life.

And even if it's just for a moment, you feel like you're a part of something that is just huge.

And so, for us, we really want people to come to a space where they feel accepted exactly for who they are and they get to be a part of something.

If we can take that community, family vibe that we have within our own band and spread that to if we're playing to ten people or ten thousand people, and bring them all together for a moment.

My goal every show is that I can get everyone in the room together for one moment at least where we're all doing the same thing.

There's something so beautiful and something just kind of beyond what this world is in that moment.

And then, they walk away feeling like, oh okay, you know, life may not be what I want, but it's good and it's only going to get better.

- Thank you so much for your time.

- Thank you.

- We really appreciate having you all here.

And can't wait for the show.

- Yeah, it's going to be so fun.

- Thank you.

Thanks for having us.

[Music] ♪ People get up and clap your hands ♪ ♪ Don't you see ♪ ♪ What we're spreading across this land ♪ ♪ Is love and unity ♪ ♪ Love and unity ♪ ♪ We are a part of the rhythm nation ♪ ♪ This is the test, no struggle, no progress ♪ ♪ Lend a hand to help your brother do his best ♪ ♪ Things are getting worse, we have to make them better ♪ ♪ It's time to give a damn, let's work together ♪ ♪ People of the world today ♪ ♪ are we looking for a better way?

♪ ♪ One time, say ♪ ♪ We are a part of the rhythm nation ♪ ♪ People of the world unite ♪ ♪ Strength in numbers, we can get it right ♪ ♪ One time, say ♪ ♪ We are a part of the rhythm nation ♪ ♪ People get up and clap your hands ♪ ♪ Sing ♪ ♪ We are a part of the rhythm nation ♪ ♪ People get up and clap your hands ♪ ♪ Sing it ♪ ♪ We are a part of the rhythm nation ♪ ♪ People get up and clap your hands ♪ ♪ Let me hear you now ♪ ♪ We are a part of the rhythm nation ♪ ♪ People get up and clap your hands ♪ ♪ Sing it loud ♪ ♪ People get up and clap your hands ♪ ♪ Ft. Collins, sing ♪ ♪ We are a part of the rhythm nation ♪ ♪ People get up and clap your hands ♪ ♪ A little louder, sing ♪ ♪ We are a part of the rhythm nation ♪ ♪ Now, I know you can get louder than that ♪ ♪ Get louder than that ♪ ♪ Get louder than that ♪ ♪ Let me hear you say ♪ ♪ We are a part of the rhythm nation ♪ ♪ One more time ♪ ♪ One more time ♪ ♪ Scream, scream it out ♪ ♪ We are a part of the rhythm nation ♪ [Screams] ♪ We are a part of the rhythm nation ♪ ♪ We are a part of the-- ♪ [Screams] ♪ We are a part of the rhythm nation ♪ ♪ We are a part of the rhythm nation ♪ - Thank you so much Foco MX.

Thank you to Washingtons.

We are The Burroughs.

Peace.

Love.

Music.

All around the world.

Thank you.

[Cheering] [Music]