I'm headed to Philly Saturday night to see Grace Potter, and man, I haven't been as psyched for a show in a long time.Last summer, I was supposed to get the XPN all about the music fest, for at least two of the days, but some sort of real-life nonsense screwed that up. Anyway, the one and only Brian H waxed eloquent about the fest on some music mailing list, and in particular raved about Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. I had heard of them but hadn't heard many of their songs at that point. But knowing Brian's excellent taste in music, I checked 'em out right away. After finding the excellent studio albums, I also found that these guys pop all their live shows over on archive.org.
A no-brainer, people -- this is a great band in a very classic vein. Grace has a strong bluesy voice and great rock & roll attitude. And, she cranks up the B-3 about as hard as anybody has since the 70s. You may have heard Bonnie Raitt comparisons, but Bonnie never had the balls to make music like this! Lots and lots of good songs, and solid musicianship. You can hear a little Feat, a little Traffic, a little early Fleetwood Mac maybe. Like they said in those old Prego TV commercials: "It's In There"
(And since I'm admittedly a total sucker for a good looking rocker chick and for a B-3 screaming through a Leslie, this is just right in my wheelhouse.)
Recent shows have been opening for Government Mule, so they're relatively short. Here's a decent sounding one from earlier this month:
meantime (dedication ;-)
ah mary
stop the bus
sinking man (unreleased)
water parts 1 and 2
whole show (11/1/07)
Another nice show for your listening pleasure is from the paradise in early 06
sweet hands
mystery train
house of the rising sun/gumbo moon
paradise show 2/18/06
Enjoy!
