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Geordie Greep live in concert
Brattleboro, Vermont at The Stone Church
February 06, 2025 full concert recording
LINEAGE: audio recorded on TASCAM DR-07X to 24/96 WAV by @nkLottery // video filmed by @TigreBasso // audio mastered and synced to video by @strangerecordings4648
TRACK LISTING:
0:00 Walk On / The Long Good Friday (Francis Monkman)
1:46 Walk Up
5:19 Terra
12:51 The New Sound*
23:25 Jam ("The Game" announcement)
24:53 Through A War
30:16 Spain
33:26 As If Waltz
45:37 Holy, Holy
59:18 Cua cua ra, cua cua
1:06:37 Jam**
1:16:15 Dangerous Liaisons
1:20:26 Parabola / Motorbike
1:38:33 12-Bar Blue Jam
1:42:10 Blues***
1:49:06 Jam****
1:55:39 Bongo Season
2:16:55 Geordie Greep solo
2:19:51 The Magician*****
2:36:50 Band Introductions / Hey Jude (The Beatles)
*contained tease of "Michelle" (The Beatles)
**contained teases of "Day Tripper" (The Beatles), "La Donna E Mobile" (Verdi), "Orpheus in the Underworld" (Offenbach), "Billie Jean" (Michael Jackson), "Yesterday" (The Beatles)
***contained tease of "Imagine" (John Lennon)
****contained teases of "Yankee Doodle" (trad.), "Please Please Me" (The Beatles), "Hey Jude" (The Beatles), "Let It Be" (The Beatles), "The Long And Winding Road" (The Beatles)
*****contained tease of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" (The Beatles)
Geordie Greep and the North American band are:
Geordie Greep - guitar, vocals
Cameron Campbell - keyboard
Santiago Moyano - percussion, vocals
Charlie Schefft - drums
Dave Strawn - bass, vocals
Ethan Marsh - guitar, vocals
AUDIO TAPING COMMENTS FROM NKLOTTERY:
I was positioned in the rear of the crowd, dead center, with the recording device aimed at the center of the stage and up toward the speakers. Microphones were set in the wide (A-B) position.
SHOW NOTES:
Wish I wrote these notes directly following the show. I never expected the Geordie Greep band to play 2 hours 38 minutes that night. What transpired in Brattleboro, Vermont at this show was nothing short of pure magic - a walk through Greep's The New Sound album with extended arrangements that allowed for jamming, over a dozen teases to familiar classic songs (mostly by The Beatles), a jam on Chick Corea's Spain, a Willie Colón cover led by percussionist Santiago Moyano, an original by keyboardist Cameron Campbell, plus almost a half hour of improv outside the structure of any songs. Worth the drive to Vermont in poor weather!
This band digs deeply into jazz-rock fusion and Latin instrumentation, with splashes of avant-garde intensity. Geordie's playful approach to these sets has him inserting teases and partial covers at will throughout the set; albeit some nights more than others. This band is sincerely groovy and almost entirely high energy. It's hard to pick highlights from this show, I'd recommend the whole thing. However if there must be a shortlist, I'd suggest hearing the stretch from Terra through Dangerous Liaisons. Kicking off with one of my favorite album tracks in Terra (note the solo from keyboardist Cameron Campbell), with a Chick Corea jam in the center, the big promo single Holy, Holy in there (with notable guitar solo from Ethan Marsh), the percussion-driven Cua cua ra, cua cua (Willie Colón cover performed by Santiago Moyano), and an improv jam with a medley of teases at the end, this 75 minute run of music gives a near-full flavor of what ths band brings to the table.
Like most others I came into familiarity with Geordie Greep by way of his band black midi, who recently announced its indefinite hiatus. I got to catch this band (minus guitarist Ethan Marsh) in New York City in September 2024 prior to the release of Greep's debut album The New Sound. Since the live show was my first encounter with this material, the North American band had the opportunity to define to me the way this music should be played. The album turned out to be excellent as well, but I prefer the less grand arrangements, fast and furious fusion, and hungry intensity of this live lineup.
Fast forward five months, this music is now released, road tested, and the band is stronger than ever. There's more cohesion, to put it simply; September felt like a lively experiment for these guys, now they feel like a band.