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