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Thanks to the ludicrous parking situation in Boston, I entered The Paradise just as the opening act, Gull, started performing.  As I walked down the hall toward the main room, my ears were greeted by some intense progressive, borderline psychedelic infused music.  I entered the room expecting to see at least a three-piece up on stage, but it was just one guy.  Wow!  One guy playing guitar, drums and singing, all at the same time, and doing it rather well.  Gull is Richmond, Virginia musician Nathaniel Rappole and he put on a completely fascinating and sometime awe inspiring forty-five minute set.

Next up was the man event, Tres Mts., a musical project comprised of bassist Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam), vocalist and guitarist dUg Pinnick (King’s X), and drummer Richard Stuverud (The Fastbacks).  Their debut album, Three Mountains, was digitally released through Pearl Jam’s Monkeywrench Records on Tuesday, March 8th.  For this short six date tour, they were joined onstage by Mike McCready (Pearl Jam).  The album is good, but the live show blew me away.

The band had full and undivided attention of the crowd from the very first note. By the third song, “Mystery,” the crowd was nearly hypnotized. Not catatonic, but immersed and enthralled. I can’t remember experiencing a similar feeling at a show in a long, long time. It was also fun to watch the little signals between the guys as they played; the inside jokes, the screw-ups, and the absolute joy they have onstage doing what they love.  While McCready did not participate in the recording of the album, after seeing how well he fit in with the group, it’s hard to imagine them playing without him.

The chemistry of these guys onstage is something to behold.  Hopefully they’ll hit the road again.  Sometimes you leave a show energized from the momentum of the bands or the crowd.  Or, if your lucky, both.  It was a lucky night for everybody.

Set List:
“Holes in the Road”
“Utah”
“Mystery”
“Makes Me Feel”
“God Told Me”
“Afrosheena”
“In the Middle”
“She’s My New Song”
“Oh, Lord”
“My Baby”

Encore:
“Life”
“In Every Dream Home a Heartache” (Roxy Music cover)
“La Grange” (ZZ Top cover)
“Fire” (Jimi Hendrix cover)

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The last time Rocco DeLuca and the Burden played at the Paradise (back in 2007), they were just coming of the success of the single “Colorful” from the I Trust You To Kill Me album.  Five men took the stage and captivated the crowd for an hour and a half.  This time around would be a bit different.

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The Paradise is an interesting club.  The large pillar in the middle of the room (right in front of the stage) gives new meaning to the term “obstructed view.”  It’s an intimate setting, yet still a good sized room.

Honeyhoney opened the show.  Prior to this show I was only familiar with the “Little Toy Gun” song and the video they made with Kiefer Sutherland.  They immediately impressed me with their onstage rapport and their ability to set the crowd at ease and draw them in.

More impressive was their performance.  Ben Jaffe can be a madman on guitar and Suzanne Santo’s vocal performance was beautiful and flawless.  She also plays a mean fiddle and banjo.  My friends who joined us at the show immediately loved them and purchased a CD right after their set.

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Rocco DeLuca and drummer Ryan Carmen walked onto the stage.  The crowd cheered.  Surprisingly, it would only be the two of them on stage this night, and many of us wondered what was in store.

The performance was something to behold.  DeLuca and Carmen tuned into to each other, and every nuance of the music… playing for the crowd, but not to it.  They were consumed by it, and the audience was enraptured.  The only time DeLuca directly addressed the crowd was to thank them.

The crowd reaction was great.  Roars and cheers during Rocco’s vocal and Dobro outburst.  However, some were rather chatty during the song “Nightingale” from the new album Mercy.  The chatty ones will never know what they missed.  A funny moment occurred when someone yelled out “How Many Times” and DeLuca momentarily broke from his musical meditation and stifled a laugh… it was the next song on the set list.

This is the third time I’ve seen Rocco DeLuca and the Burden perform live, and each time has been a wonderfully unique experience.  DeLuca is an artist who strikes me as one who is comfortable with what he does, but never content with the way it’s done.

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