Our Final Day of Jam Cruise was a full day at sea with music all day. We got our 6ish hours of sleep, hit the buffet for breakfast, and got on our way.
The day musically started at Lebo’s Yacht Rock on the pool deck. A Jam Cruise staple, and always a favorite, Lebo and his crew took us through Yacht Rock covers that had us all feeling like a Yacht Ship Captain. We felt especially boaty as we watched the entire part of the set we saw from the pool deck hot tub!
We dried ourselves off, got our outfits for the final theme day ready, and off we went to the Mike Dillion Super Jam. My notes from the show included-
Band
Mike Dillion
Jim Loughlin
The Horn Section
Multiple Drummers at different times including Stanton Moore, Nikki Glaspie, and Fro
Multiple Guitarists at different times including Tim Palmieri, Eddie Roberts, and Chris Brodhead
Multiple Bassists
Garage a Trois songs, Zappa songs (including Peaches en Regalia with Tim!), a go-go song! Just an overall amazing time!
We stopped in for a quick bite to eat at the buffet and made quick stops at Ivan Neville in the atrium (WHICH WAS PACKED), the casino, and ended up getting set up for Perpetual Groove in the Black and White Lounge. We took in 30 mins of the Jam OG before moving back to the theater for another dose of Cimafunk adrenaline. Finally we set up for the final “Sets” of the cruise. New favorites Eggy played an amazing set with deep jams and also included a sit in from satan himself Chuck from Moe and Cory Wong!
Directly after, Lotus played the closing set for the Pool Deck stage and absolutely set it on fire. A massive Catacombs to open set the tone for all of us to give every last drop of energy to the Jamtronica Legends. A high energy Eats the Light I continue to see mentioned across social media as a favorite. An interesting Neon Tubes that bass player Jessie Miller’s keyboard died on him and forced him to play the bass on the entire song!
We ended our Jam Cruise voyage with good ol Marc Brownstien and Chali 2na‘s Jam Room! Brownie brought along his Star Kitchen partner in crime Marlon Lewis to play bass. So many people came on stage including DJ Logic, Lyle Davinsky, Magic Beans Keyboardist, AC from Tauk, Eggy Guitarist and Keyboardist, and many more again showing the world class of musicians that we had seen all week on the boat!
JAM CRUISE FUNK CITY AWARDS
Top Sets
1. Lotus Pool Deck
2. Remain in Light
3. Franc Moody Pool Deck
4. Magic Beans Brews at Sea
5. Everyone Orchestra
MVPs
1. The Horn Section (Truly Unbelievable how many sets they were a part of)
2. Adryon De Leon (Crushed every single sit in)
Best Covers
1. Be My Lover – Magic Beans
2. Ordinary Love – Shira Elias w/Adryon de Leon