Except from Jambands:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOTTY - NOCTURNAL STYLE!
A handful of fans stuck around outside 12 Galaxies for approximately 20 minutes while the venue’s staff began to break down their stage. Then, around 2:30AM, Grace Potter, guitarist Eric McFadden and Apollo Sunshine drummer Jeremy Black breezed by the room hoping to catch a few minutes of the abovementioned jam session. Realizing they had missed the show, the musicians convinced 12 Galaxies’ staff to reopen the club—though not the bar—for an impromptu performance that stretched until sunrise. Potter fronted an ad hoc ensemble consisting of Feinstein, McFadden, Black, Big Light keyboardist Colin Hoops and Potter’s Nocturnals bandmates Scott Tournet and drummer Matt Burr on a funky improvisational segment that gradually came to a head in the form of Bob Dylan’s "All Along the Watchtower." Black then subbed out for drummer Daria "Shani" Johnson for a birthday tribute to Tournet that included Robert Palmer’s "Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley" and Stevie Wonder’s "Superstition."
My Trusted MOGs
That's what I'm talkin' about! You couldn't keep them off the stage if you tried. One of the most endearing things about the Nocturnals for me ... There's no place they'd rather be! Too often lately does one see a band Not enjoying there job. They should (like all professional athletes) be forced to watch Dirty Jobs before every gig. Or as Grace put it "You could be working at Staples!"
Talk yourself into the Unity show yet???
My Trusted MOGs
Nope not going to Unity, ME. But that is only cuz I'll be on the left coast for a work related seminar. HOWEVER, they will be at the Puyallup Fair whilst I'm out there in Oregon, so I did talk myself into making the 3 hour drive up into Washington State to see them open for the Black Crowes. How's that for a trade off? Lucky me, it was a free day - no classes scheduled so - I"M THERE!