Over the course of two cold November nights in the Florida swamp, psychedelic funk super group Lettuce provided the soundtrack for an epic multi-night rage. Keeping the crowd in their palm with “classic” Lettuce tunes and busting out several new ones, the band was as fresh as ever, and primed to hit the recording studio just a few weeks later. The performance at these sets was so spot on that I’ve heard rumblings of a possible live release bonus disc to coincide with their forthcoming new album.
Here I bring you 74 minutes of video culled from both nights, including sit-ins by George Porter Jr. and Nigel Hall. This should get everyone primed for Bowlive III this week. Enjoy!
Lettuce
Sunday, November 13, 2011 @ Bear Creek Music Festival
(1 of 2) Blast Off, Ziggowatt, Sam Huff’s Flying Ragin’ Machine:
Lettuce
Sunday, November 13, 2011 @ Bear Creek Music Festival
(2 of 2) Need To Understand (w/ George Porter Jr), Nyack, Break Out > Relax:
Lettuce
Saturday, November 12, 2011 @ Bear Creek Music Festival
(1 of 2) Madison Square, By Any Shmeeans Necessary, Jack Flask:
Lettuce (w/ Nigel Hall)
Saturday, November 12, 2011 @ Bear Creek Music Festival
(2 of 2) Move On Up (after this video ends, they go into Joy & Pain, a Maze tune, then back into Move On Up to conclude an epic 18 minute Move On Up):
Big thanks to JB @ microcosmologist blog for sharing some of his up close Krasno footage, and thanks to Bob Adamek for the top photo.
D’Angelo is officially back after an 11 year hiatus. Today I bring you an exclusive: the first full audio recording from the 2012 European tour. Big thanks to the taper, nicnouille, for not only recording it, but for deciding to share it with the world.
The download is available in both MP3 and FLAC formats. (You’ll want to scroll down and click “Low Speed Download” in the grey box, wait for the 30 second count down, fill in the captcha code, hit “Submit” then look for “Start Downloading Now!” Meanwhile, try not to click any ads.) The FLAC is also available as a TORRENT.
D’angelo & The Testimony The Vanguard
January 29, 2012
Paris, France @ Le Zenith
internal mics > Olympus LS10
Recorded by nicnouille
01. Playa Playa
02. Feel Like Makin’ Love [Roberta Flack cover]
03. Ain’t That Easy [new song]
04. Devil’s Pie
05. Chicken Grease
06. The Line (intro) > The Root
07. The Charade [new song]
08. I’ve Been Watching You (Move Your Sexy Body) [Parliament cover]
09. Shit, Damn, Motherfucker (inc. bass & drum solo)
10. Solo medley: Brown Sugar (tease) > Jonz In My Bonz > Spanish Joint > Me and Those Dreamin’ Eyes of Mine > Cruisin’ > Higher > One Mo’Gin > Untitled (How Does It Feel)
11. Another Life [new song]
12. Sugah Daddy [new song]
13. Space Oddity [David Bowie cover]
14. Brown Sugar
D’Angelo – Vocals, Guitar, Yamaha CP70 electric piano The Testimony The Vanguard: Isaiah Sharkey – Guitar Jef Lee Johnson – Guitar EDIT: Cleo “Pookie” Sample – Keys (previously listed as Ray Angry on keys, but he apparently filled in for Pookie on only the first 2 tour dates) Pino Palladino – Bass Chris Dave – Drums Robert Lumzy – Percussion, Vocals Kendra Foster – Vocals Jermaine Holmes – Vocals Charles “Red” Middleton – Vocals
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