With the guitarist Jake Eckert and the saxophonist Kevin Harris in Montana with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, the ace guitarist Brint Anderson will be a special guest substitute at D.B.A. this evening.
Anderson (pictured), who is a longtime member of George Porter Jr. and the Runnin’ Pardners, brings his own stellar fretwork and gritty vocal style to the stage in a performance that is bound to be memorable.
I attended the first ever show of the New Orleans Suspects at D.B.A. and was impressed with the rapport between the musicians and the eclectic set list that mixed classic New Orleans R & B with Meters-esque funk. They even covered the great jazz-rock group Traffic.
One of the best parts of the set was the full version of a medley that many pop fans first heard by Robert Palmer on his landmark 1974 album, Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley that featured the Meters as his backing band. Though the title cut is clearly the best known, the medley starts with Lowell George’s “Sailin’ Shoes,” which segues into “Hey Julia” before concluding with “Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley.”
The New Orleans Suspects nailed it and I am sure they will play it again because Anderson does a killer version with Porter and in performances with his own band.
