In what's becoming a nice little tradition, Waterwheel hosted an album release party for "Fuego" at Nectar's last night (Sunday, June 22).
(Fairly anti-climactic given the NPR track releases, then the album stream, and then pre-orders arriving. But I guess that's where we're at with that kind of stuff...)
Band archivist Kevin Shapiro presented a nice little introduction of the album. I don't know that he said anything specific that's not out there in the body of knowledge for those of us that stay tuned in to all the details on this kind of stuff, but here are a couple of the points that stuck out:
Sound was fantastic. Nectar's, as one would expect, has a real-deal sound system (2 of them actually) and an exceptional sound engineer.
The couple main things on the album that stood out (over repeated listens to the NPR stream) were:
The main room was relatively empty. There were only about 20 people there, most around the bar. I soaked up most of the album from the sweet spot in the middle of the floor, and was alone there for most of it. Continually surprised how few people turn out for these things. I find them quite enjoyable. Kevin said something like, "Even if I wasn't 'supposed to' be here, this is where I'd be."
Nice raffle prizes from Waterwheel, including a pair of "VIP" tix to SPAC, 3 signed posters (Rochester, Glens Falls, SPAC), one of the flags from Superball, some CDs, and a year's supply of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. After the raffle, Kevin once again thanked Nectar's and Waterwheel for making the event happen, and the band for their "Devotion to their Dream" of making music, and in turn, our dreams. Warm fuzzies on a beautiful Burlington evening.
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Love the part about the impromptu Muscle Shoals trip. I like to think maybe they were in Nashville and saw the Muscle Shoals Documentary, realized they were just a couple hours away and road tripped it down to add some horns to a couple tracks
Now Phish gets to add their name to the ridiculous list of artists who have recorded in that building. I thought the horns and backup singers sounded great on the album too
If anyone local wasn't able to make it to Nectar's last night but would still be interested in listening to the whole album in a social setting, the 3 Needs will be doing another listening party tomorrow I believe.