Band new to me - but has real promise

[Pilgrim]

Last night at a local festival (a biggie here with thousands, Bohemian Nights at New Westfest http://www.bohemiannights.org/) I heard Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats.

Interesting band - influences clearl;y include 12-bar blues, black spirituals, rock, and the lead singer has a lot of soul for a white guy.  He even does some James Brown moving.  The bass player plays a Fender Coronado!

I went to their website and checked their other stuff - some better than other, but I'd at least be willing to listen to anything there. This band is from Denver and they were a big hit here in Fort Collins. Looks like they're "comers."

Check it out:



And they recently appeared on Jimmy Fallon and did the same number, "S.O.B."

[nofi]

i like that song. that prison video  location seems familiar to me. hmmm.

[Pilgrim]

Fits right in with the Jailhouse Rock thread, dunnit??

It's about a guy who's trying to dry out and struggling. 

Lyrics...

S.O.B.
I'm gonna need someone to help me
I'm gonna need somebodies hand
I'm gonna need someone to hold me down
I'm gonna need someone to care
I'm gonna writhe and shake my body
I'll start pulling out my hair
I'm going to cover myself with the ashes of you and nobody's gonna give a damn

Son of a bitch
Give me a drink
Won't more night
This can't be me
Son of a bitch
If I can't get clean
I'm gonna drink my life away

Now for seventeen years I've been throwing them back
Seventeen more will bury me
Can somebody please just tie me down
Or somebody give me a goddamn drink

Son of a bitch
Give me a drink
Won't more night
This can't be me
Son of a bitch
If I can't get clean
I'm gonna drink my life away

My heart was aching hand are shaking bugs a crawling all over me (repeat)

[nofi]

also the blues brothers you are so fond of.

[Pilgrim]

also the blues brothers you are so fond of.

Love it. 

[uwe]

Très cool - just ordered the CD.