The Narrows kicked off 2009 with soul sensation Bettye LaVette Friday night to a packed house.It was Bettye's 2nd visit ever to the Narrows and our first show in the new year.
The night was carried live on mvyradio.com and should be available in their archives soon.
Bettye recently wowed Pete Townsend and Roger Daltry at a Kennedy Center tribute to The Who. She performed "Love Reign O'er Me" for the event, which ended up on youtube.com. Your humble blogger asked her fab band before the show whether they were going to play the tune. Turns out they haven't had a chance to learn it. Chances are they will!
Nonetheless, Bettye and her band cooked a cool night to a sizzle with sweet soul, blues and damn-near-The Rolling Stones-rock 'n' roll! One patron beamed to your humble blogger that this show may go down as the best of 2009! And we're just getting started with a line-up that features David Bromberg, Michelle Shocked, Richie Havens, Sonny Landreth and many other greats.
Opening Friday night's show was spunky Erin McKeown who charmed the crowd with her "out of the box" approach to folk singing, as you might guess from the photo below.
3 comments:
Wonderful SHOW!!!!
Can we add another hot name to the show list???!!!!
Carrie Newcomer
Betty Lavette is aPowerhouse and we have the Narrows to thank for bringing her home! How about Erin!
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