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Lukas Nelson/Shooter Jennings at the Troubadour |
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By John Wareham
If you
weren't at the Troubadour on
Saturday night you missed out.
You really did.
Sons of
country music legends Lukas
Nelson and Shooter Jennings
played on the same night at the
Troubadour. Back-to-back. And
they put on a show for the ages.
Nelson - the blues
guitar virtuoso - came out first
and he and his three piece band
went nuts - playing cuts off
there soon-to-be-released (and
now unnamed) album. In order to
appreciate the band, you have to
see them live - with Nelson
tearing it up on guitar and his
drummer (Anthony Logerfo)
pounding on the snare drum,
making it sound like gunshots.
Songs like 'Start to Go,'
'Mystery, 'My Own Wave' and
'Awakening' showed just how good
the (really) young Nelson is as
an instrumentalist - and as a
showman, turning his guitar
upside down at times and also
playing with his teeth for an
entire solo. His singing voice
sounds like Dad Willie 30-some
years ago (only higher) and it
only adds to the experience.
After an hour, Shooter and
his five-piece band Hierophant
came out and played their new
concept record 'Black Ribbons'
straight through - complete with
recordings of narrator Stephen
King. The sonic explosion
started midway through the intro
song 'Wake Up!' and didn't stop
until the encore, which was
longer than usual, but included
non-Black Ribbons songs from
Jennings previous three albums
(including the catchy,
sing-along song '4th of July'.
Jennings alternated among
guitar, keyboards and sound
board (where he played a variety
of sounds) and also played the
song Black Ribbons by himself on
acoustic guitar. His band is
also interesting-looking, with
one guy who looks like actor
Powers Boothe in the movie
Tombstone; one guy with a mohawk
who is in tattoos and one with a
beard similar to the ZZ Top
guys. All of them were
brilliant.
Do yourself a
favor and go see either bands
play - whichever is closest to
you. Nelson plays at the Air
Conditioned Supper Club in
Venice on June 3rd and Jennings
is on a national tour in support
of Black Ribbons.
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