A Quick Switch Works Out

Victor Victor Band

For a while I was wondering when I'd be going to John and Peter's again, but a few weeks before I had noticed on their MySpace that they had scheduled Dave Devlin for a Thursday night show. The weekend before Dave confirmed that he would be there through his newsletter. So I came out for what became for a reunion show featuring the Brothers Gruff, Parker Barrow and the exciting Victor Victor Band, (Dave's new band was supposed to play but they broke up a few weeks ago.) Dave's fiancee Christy came out to the show for the first time since The Stand release party in 2006. I had to head over right after work so I missed the first few songs of Dave's set, the band hadn't rehearsed before this show but they are so tight I really couldn't tell the difference. His mike went bad during the set, it took another song or two but he finally switched to the other set-up one during a break in "Bomb". Parker Barrow, who referred to themselves as a cover band for this show, had a slightly different line-up. They were a quartet with singer Nick handing off bass duties, leaving his Hofner at home, and a different drummer. Since they had a shorter set than usual they just played covers of the Beatles, Johnny Cash, Beach Boys and the Animals. The closing Victor Victor Band was the real highlight of the night. Actually a married couple, husband Jamie sings with plenty of fire and plays guitar like Jimi Hendrix (also with an upside-down Stratocaster). Wife Danelle plays drums and keyboards, sometimes at the same time, with a maracca taped to one of her drumsticks. At first glance they seem like the White Stripes, but both have equal contribution to the group. I took a few videos of Dave and the band and you can view them here and on my MySpace video channel.

Check out this video: Dave Devlin - Perfect (Live)

Dave and The Gruff together again

Parker Barrow

Birthdays and New Editions

This was a very special night with the Pheromones. New parents Jessica and her husband Donnie were in town for the holiday and it was also a night to celebrate Adam's and Brian's birthdays which are close together. Tommy was back on bass and Seven Day Sunday, a band which are friends of Brian's, was opening. The groups traded off throughout the night, performing two sets each. Seven Day Sunday played mostly '90s covers but those were done very well and guitarist played some amazing solos. The Pheromones played two new covers, "What I Like About You" and The Killers' "All The Things I Have Done," a favorite of Linzi's. Brian wore a wireless headset so he didn't have to set up a mike for himself. After the Pheromones' first set Brian's wife Sheeva brought in cake for the birthday boys. "Hillbilly Hellbeast", usually a good song for the band, kicked off the second set but was derailed by crazy mike feedback and Brian loss of the beat. After the Pheromones' second set Brian came up and jammed with the guys from Seven Day Sunday, showing off his guitar skills. He is very good guitarist but means more to the Pheromones as their drummer. Also, see the video I took of the band above, it was my first one since the summer after high school and is not too bad for a still camera.

The band, with Tommy sitting in on bass once again.

 Check out the entire set of photos from this show on my Flickr page!

A Familiar Voice on the Radio

I was able to listen to Laura Cheadle this past Sunday on Hometown Heroes, a radio show broadcast from Delaware. I texted in during the show and my message was read on-air, which was very exciting for me. I embedded the video her brother Nick took of the show below:

Laura Cheadle on Hometown Heroes from Nick Cheadle on Vimeo.