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Oteil Burbridge & Friends – May 3rd, 2019 – New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theatre

Oteil Burbridge & Friends - New Orleans 2019

Oteil Burbridge & Friends
May 3, 2019
New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theatre

Oteil Burbridge – bass, vocals
Melvin Seals – keyboards, vocals
Alfreda Gerald – vocals
Adam Deitch – drums
Eric Krasno – guitar, vocals
John Kadlecik – guitar, vocals
Weedie Braimah – djembe, congas
Jennifer Hartswick – trumpet, vocals
Natalie Cressman – trombone, vocals

AUDIO: Soundboard + Schoeps CCM5’s > Tascam DR-70D
-mics placed onstage center in cardioid/ortf
FOH, Recording, Mixing, & Mastering: Phil Harris – PH Balanced Recordings

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Oteil Burbridge & Friends
May 3, 2019 – New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theatre
Part 1 of 3: Set One: Water In The Desert, Dear Prudence [The Beatles], The Harder They Come [Jimmy Cliff], Piece Of My Heart [Erma Franklin / Janis Joplin]

Oteil Burbridge & Friends
May 3, 2019 – New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theatre
Part 2 of 3: Set Two: Cats Down Under The Stars [Garcia/Hunter], The Weight [The Band], How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) [Marvin Gaye], High Time [Grateful Dead], Tangled Up In Blue [Bob Dylan], Sugaree / I’ll Take You There [Grateful Dead / The Staples Sisters], Tough Mama [Bob Dylan] (with John Morgan Kimock), Reubin & Cerise [Garcia/Hunter] (with John Morgan Kimock)

Oteil Burbridge & Friends
May 3, 2019 – New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theatre
Part 3 of 3: Encore: Weedie Braimah djembe solo > Unconditional Love

The Roots & Brass Heaven – 2007 Tour

The Roots & Brass Heaven – Game Theory > Star > Sing A Simple Song > Long Time > I Ain’t No Joke > Get On The Good Foot (3/11/07 NYC @ Nokia Theatre)

Back in early 2007, The Roots went on tour with a 4 piece brass band named Brass Heaven. In my opinion, this tour was the absolute apex of The Roots as a touring unit.

The setlist was awesome, with covers of tunes by Sly Stone, Rakim, James Brown, The JBs, Kool & The Gang, The Police, The New Birth and even Ram Jam’s “Black Betty.”

The energy on these shows was just through the roof. Questlove had a glow in the dark, black and white camo drum kit and even brought out a small trap kit to play at the front of the stage for the JB’s portion of the show. They closed each show with a 15 minute funked out version of The New Birth’s “I Can Understand It” (this arrangement eventually morphed into the arrangement used for the title track on the Roots last album, How I Got Over) complete with a Soul Train Line with each and every band member dancing through.

The track at the top of the page is the first 20 minutes of the show (taken from an excellent audience recording, courtesy of It’s All The Way Live). That track begins with The Roots & Brass Heaven marching into the theatre from the back, unamplified, in New Orleans street parade fashion.  Note Black Thought’s dead on recital of Rakim’s “I Ain’t No Joke” verses (& the pitch perfect recreation of the horn stabs of The JB’s “Pass The Peas,” which Eric B. & Rakim sampled for the original track).  Also, don’t miss the subleties that the sousaphone adds to the bottom end throughout.

The Roots & Brass Heaven – Gimme Some More > Way With Words (2/20/07 Austin, TX @ Stubbs BBQ)

This second track is from the middle portion of the show (taken from a SBD source). It begins with a workout on The JB’s “Gimme Some More,” played by only Brass Heaven & Questlove (playing at the front of the stage on a small trap kit).  This segues into the re-entrance of the full Roots band and the performance of an unreleased tune, roughly titled “Brown Sugar Jawn” aka “Way With Words.” The tune is based on the music of D’angelo’s Brown Sugar with Black Thought’s “Way With Words” verses on top.

Big thanks to sol-exposure for the Tuba Gooding Jr. pic. Check out her site, as she has many great live music pictures.