I, El Somnambulo, am, in one of my many other incarnations, a volunteer concert producer with the Arden Concert Gild. My musical interests tend to run towards roots, blues, soul, and Americana, especially if the music rocks. (BTW, I’m producing a killer blues and blues rock show on Feb. 22, but I digress.)
While there have always been artists who are outside of our price range, I never regretted missing out on an artist I really wanted to book. Until now.
They are Lake Street Dive, and they’ll perform on Colbert Wednesday. They are gonna hit it big, fortunately/unfortunately too big for us. BTW, their website is chockful of ‘Bad Self Portraits’. Hey, they’re funny, and their fans are in on the joke. When they were still bookable back in the fall, we didn’t have the dates. Now, with their new great album, their appearance on the Inside Llewellyn Davis concert, and a fan base that they built one fan at a time in true DIY fashion, they are now *sigh* unattainable.
But I think that you’ll love them and that you should love them. I could go on and on, but let’s let the music speak:
‘Dedicated To The One I Love’ (every Halloween, they do a cover of a two-boy/two-girl band; doesn’t get better than this)
‘I Want You Back’ (this vid went viral after Tom Hanks raved about it, {or was it Kevin Bacon, whose 4 Degrees of Kevin Bacon have insidiously overrun this board much in the same way that the Ee-vil Dr. Oz has decreed what everyone should eat?}, helped jumpstart their word-of-mouth)
Remember, Colbert Wednesday, Union Transfer in April, and, maybe the Gild Hall. Someday? Please?
Until then, I’ll be slouchin’ at the corner of Gin and Vermouth, lamenting about the One That Got Away. After all, I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride..:
You’re welcome.