Tag: Adam Deitch

Dr. Klaw – New Orleans Jazz Fest Late Night at One Eyed Jacks

IS IT JAZZ FEST YET?

Before I hit the road to New Orleans again for Jazz Fest (and hopefully bring back lots of videos), I have to post my most vivid memory from last year at Jazz Fest.

Dr. Klaw is another super group, but one that actually works. One half is Adam Deitch (Lettuce, Break Science) on drums & Eric Krasno (Soulive, Lettuce, Chapter 2) on guitar. The other half is Nick Daniels III (Dumpstaphunk, Hoodoo Allstars) on bass & vocals and Ian Neville (Dumpstaphunk, Funky Meters) on guitar. The glue in the middle is Nigel Hall (Lettuce, Chapter 2) on keys and vocals. They only play one or two shows each year, and usually only in New Orleans during Jazz Fest time. (FYI, this Friday I’ll be catching them play on the Creole Queen Riverboat, out on the Mississippi River…)

This particular show started around 2am, so Red Bull was essential. Luckily I had borrowed a set of mics and a recorder from a friend because there were no other tapers there to capture this for posterity. Or so I thought. It turns out that Nicholas Burlison got a SBD patch that night, so I had two sources to use to make a SBD matrix mix. This video was shot by mrtour1981, who graciously allowed me to drop my audio on top of his video and reshare it. You can listen to the full show here: http://www.archive.org/details/INevilleDumpstaphunk2010-05-01.drklaw-matrix.

Why is this my most vivid memory from last year’s trip? Because, during this night-ending encore of a beloved Meters tune, I ran up front, put my hands around her hips, and just kissed my baby.

Eric Krasno & Chapter Two 1/29/11 Jamaica @ Govt Mule’s Island Exodus

Eric Krasno & Chapter Two – You Know What I Mean [Jeff Beck cover] (w/ Warren Haynes & Danny Louis) 1/29/11 Jamaica

Eric Krasno & Chapter Two is a side project of Eric Krasno (guitarist for Soulive) along with Adam Deitch (drummer for Lettuce and Break Science)  and Louis Cato on bass. Usually Nigel Hall is on keys, but I guess he couldn’t make the trip to Jamaica.

This jam on Jeff Beck’s “You Know What I Mean” has Warren Haynes on guitar and Danny Louis on keys (both from Govt Mule). The recording is a crisp and clean digital soundboard, and the full recording can be found here: http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=542242

Thanks to Dino Perrucci for the use of the photos. He has a great site with daily photo updates.

Lettuce at Jam Cruise & Brooklyn Bowl 2011

Lettuce – Move On Up (Curtis Mayfield cover) 1/18/11 Brooklyn Bowl

Lettuce is a funk band that features Eric Krasno (of Soulive) and Adam Deitch (of Break Science). They are funky and have a killer horn section. They’ve been tearing up the live shows lately from Bear Creek (with the JB Horns) to the Caribbean Ocean to NYC.

Full pro-shot video of their Jam Cruise set can be viewed over at Iclips.net: http://www.iclips.net/watch/lettuce-1-6-201
I recommend clicking on the next to last song, Hang Up Your Hangs Ups [a Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters cover] as well as Break Out > Relax.

Barely a week later, on January 18, 2011, Lettuce played a Haiti benefit at the Brooklyn Bowl with Dr. John & Maceo Parker. It was rumored that Prince might show up after his Madison Square Garden gig, but that unfortunately didn’t happen. However, Questlove & Nikki Glaspie (Beyonce’s live drummer) both showed up and luckily there was a second drum kit set up for some extended break beat jams around some James Brown covers.

My friend Scott Bernstein recorded audio of the Brooklyn Bowl show and its one of the best recordings to come out of that room since it opened as a venue just over a year ago. It’s available to stream and/or download at the Live Music Archive in both 16-bit and 24-bit.

The track i’ve shared above is a cover of Curtis Mayfield’s “Move On Up” with a scorching guitar solo from Eric Krasno. See if you catch the three line quote from Bilal’s All That I Am (it’s at 3min6sec).

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