Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at the 20th Century Theater via Cincinnati.com. Hey Cincinnati folk, you should also know that the Nocs bought some instruments at Mike’s Music in Clifton on a previous visit.
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Gear Talk from K Cortez on Vimeo.
Grace remembers Bogarts and hey, so do I.
“Now is a bad time for writing great albums, because it seems like it’s all about having just one big hit song,” she says. “Back when Neil Young and Bob Dylan were plucking away, it was about writing an entire album of great songs. Not that I’m comparing myself to them, but I’d like to try to keep that pattern going.”
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“The 20th Century club was one of the most epic shows we’ve played,” she says about last year’s visit. “There was magic in the air … we crossed some kind of precipice that night. We went from being just a band to a full-on rock band.”
Take a bow, Cincinnati. If local fans are responsible in even a small way for raising the group’s game, it would be wise to take credit. Potter is in this for the long haul, and if the trajectory continues on its present course, we’ll be able to puff out our chests and say we always knew that she would be huge someday.
Pretenders lyrics quoted because I was born and raised in Ohio.
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What a great moment that was.
I never would’ve heard of this band if it weren’t for WNKU radio which is in the Cincy area. I’ve lived in Oakley for 12 years and have never stepped foot inside the 20th Century Theater. That all changes in 48 hours.
Potter is in this for the long haul, and if the trajectory continues on its present course, we’ll be able to puff out our chests and say we always knew that she would be huge someday.
From his keyboard . . . . .
Sidenotes: remembered seeing a blurb on the Pretenders going out on tour in 2009 and tracked to this Billboard piece
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003888932
and seems Chrissie Hynde is also a restauranteur . .
“VegiTerranean, in her hometown of Akron, Ohio.”
Anyone know if the show tonight is sold out? Ticketmaster is not letting me buy tickets and I live in Columbus and don’t want to drive all the way down there just to be turned away at the door. Thanks…..