The penultimate (look that one up here, folks) spotlight for Shine A Light Productions falls to Earl Greyhound, a hard-rocking trio from Brooklyn who have been touring madly over the past couple of years to rock faces across the nation. They have packed houses in L.A., they have toured the whole continent opening for Chris Cornell, they have been featured in the NY Times Magazine as Fusionista style mavens to watch... in short, they have been kicking ass and it's time you knew why.
The videos featured at Shine A Light's Live Music page come from their appearance at 2008 Langerado Festival in Florida, and a recent concert they played at (le) Poisson Rouge (a newly-refurbished classy joint that used to be the hallowed Village Gate). Earl Greyhound was invited to play this Obama Fundraiser by none other than Living Colour, and the sights and sounds of these videos deliver the pure EG experience.
Earl Greyhound is currently criss-crossing the country, rocking faces on both coasts right through the end of November. They are touring with an arsenal of mighty new material which will get laid down in the studio in LA come December. They are sending word from the road in the form of video updates, like this one from Cleveland...
New Yorkers will get a very special trick or treat next FRIDAY the 31st when Earl Greyhound will be scaring you with their monster riffs and rhythms! Get your tickets to the Halloween Bowery Ballroom extravaganza before they disappear...
The second installment of ROCKTOBER from Shine A Light Productions presents The Slip frontman Brad Barr's solo work. The selections for this week come from Barr's performances at Pete's Candy Store last autumn (which served as the capper for a magnificent wedding weekend, which partially explains why Barr is in a suit and tie for this performance); at Sullivan Hall this past January where he opened on the final night of Marco Benevento's residency; and his recent appearance at the Bowery Ballroom where he graced the stage twice, first as a solo performer and later with his Slip bandmates backing Sonya Kitchell. You can view the videos HERE.
Barr's songwriting has become increasingly prolific and poignant, and the rare chance to catch him play solo is something not to be missed. His guitar chops are widely heralded, and here at Shine A Light Productions we don't think it's an understatement to call him the best guitar player of his generation, for he can deftly channel Chuck Berry or Jimmy Page, Django Reinhardt or Jimi Hendrix. Most importantly, he also can sound like Brad Barr, and that's something no other player out there can claim.
Barr is currently on tour with his Slip bandmates backing Sonya Kitchell, and Barr is oftentimes performing a solo set to open the show, so be sure to go early to catch these rare solo sets. Full tour dates and more information about Barr available on his MySpace page.
After a lengthy blogging absence, we are jumping back into the thick of things here at Shine A Light Productions, and we are going to be providing you with some of what we've been working on over the summer months.
Over the course of the next five weeks, we will release live footage of some of our favorite artists every Friday through a series we're deeming ROCKTOBER. These exclusive videos will be released via the Shine A Light Productions Live Music Page and through our Facebook page, so be sure to become a fan so you will receive updates announcing the latest live video releases.
The first featured artist is Surprise Me Mr. Davis, an innovative electro-folk quartet which is comprised of singer-songwriter Nathan Moore and what is surely the most under-rated band in modern rock, The Slip. The story goes that Nathan was on the road as The Slip's merch guy when the acoustics in some hotel shower convinced the Boston-based trio that they should begin collaborating musically with Moore.
Many years later, we are lucky to be witnessing the bounty of this musical partnership in venues all across the country, and nowhere are the boys more at home than at the High Sierra Music Festival, where they have reigned as unofficial good times amabassdors for the last decade. Shine A Light was on hand at the 2008 festival to capture some of the many sets that these fellas offered, from the Davis performances at all hours of the day and night, two rare and hotly anticipated sets from The Slip, and solo sets from Nathan Moore (which didn't necessarily feature Mr. Moore... a late-in-the-festival troubadour timeslot saw Brad Barr fill in and play the songs of the vocally-overworked Nathan Moore).
The Davis boys did a quick run through the North-East in August, landing in New York during what was surely the most heavily-laden week of music in recent memory, with an All Points WestRadiohead double-header sandwiched in between shows from Trey Anastasio, Wilco, and Bob Dylan. However, Union Hall played host to SMMD for a fantastic Sunday evening show, and the following day before the boys left town, Shine A Light caught up to the boys to shoot a music video for their new song, "I'm No Good At All'.
Surprise Me Mr. Davis doesn't have any tour dates on the radar until their huge New Years Eve show with their good friends the Benevento-Russo Duo at B.B. Kings in New York (conveniently located down the street from what promises to be a monster celebration at Madison Square Garden when My Morning Jacket rings in 2009). However, the Davis boys will be busy touring in other incarnations: the fall season will see The Slip touring with Sonya Kitchell all over the lower 48, and Brad Barr will be promoting his new instrumental album, The Fall Apartment, by doing solo performances to open most shows; Andrew Barr and Marc Friedman will appear in Marco Benevento's trio in November, and Nathan Moore will be the featured opener for a handful of these dates.
Rocktober's inaugural live release is featured below, and remember that you can only check out the rest of these exclusive (that means not on YouTube) videos at the Shine a Light Live Music webpage.
i hold every person i meet like a treasurei defend the ones i love to whatever the end isthat's why i take it to you through the musiccause when the music's connectedit's like everyone's protected -the slip
The penultimate (look that one up here, folks) spotlight for Shine A Light Productions falls to Earl Greyhound, a hard-rocking trio from Brooklyn who have been touring madly over the past couple of years to rock faces across the nation. They have packed houses in L.A., they have toured the whole continent opening for Chris Cornell, they have been featured in the NY Times Magazine as Fusionista style mavens to watch... in short, they have been kicking ass and it's time you knew why.
The videos featured at Shine A Light's Live Music page come from their appearance at 2008 Langerado Festival in Florida, and a recent concert they played at (le) Poisson Rouge (a newly-refurbished classy joint that used to be the hallowed Village Gate). Earl Greyhound was invited to play this Obama Fundraiser by none other than Living Colour, and the sights and sounds of these videos deliver the pure EG experience.
Earl Greyhound is currently criss-crossing the country, rocking faces on both coasts right through the end of November. They are touring with an arsenal of mighty new material which will get laid down in the studio in LA come December. They are sending word from the road in the form of video updates, like this one from Cleveland...
