Grace Potter and the Nocturnals kicked off the weekend with a stellar set. Going in I’d heard of the band, and tried to listen to some of their studio albums, but I was never really feeling it. But this is a band you have to see live to fully appreciate. Their show is incredible. Under the unforgiving sun, they carried themselves with much more poise and control than would be expected from a young group. Their formal attire, which looked outfitted for a 70’s prom, kept things quirky as they poured through the nine song set, most of which found Grace Potter behind a piano. The Nocturnals set ended with “Nothing But the Water”, a song that begins with an a cappella introduction by Potter. The singer doesn’t have to carry the band by herself, her band mates are good, but her voice and her presence are both strong enough to do so.
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And if you read on … Galactic: The highlight of their set was a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” which featured Grace Potter on vocals
Saw her sing this w/Da Mule & Friends last year in NoLa … Signed up (Gave businjess cards) to 100 new fans on the spot! Great story, ask me sometime. Great also to see her sitting in W/Galactic! That’s a whole new untapped fanbase. ;*)
Whole Lotta Love is so strong … And such a good “Grace Delivery System” … Blues and Lasers should ask her out to sing it next time they open!
Do your thing
I wonder if the reviewer would be embarassed if I pointed out the difference between a piano and Hammon B-3. Probably, so I guess I won’t.
Aww, hell. May I ask.. “Wherefore art thou, Rhodes?”
Ha-Ha! I was thinking the same thing, Van.
Not next to the Hammond in KeyBoard Korner as we have grown accustomed to, that’s for sure..
Ted you make me smile.
I blame the loss of music education in the schools, how can you expe . . . .
opps, wrong blog . . . never mind . . .
Hope media of WLL shows up.