My friend Staci and I went to Rebar last night to check out 51 Acres. We had never been to Rebar before - that place is pretty cool. The decor is retro, eclectic, funkadelic...mismatched (but very comfy) couches, love seats, armchairs...we spotted some theater seats and what I think was a seat from a bus. Staci fell in love with a lamp that most closely resembled the Eiffel Tower. (I was supposed to get a pic of it for her before we left, but I forgot. Sorry, Stace, guess we'll have to go back!) Awesome place.More to the point, the band was great! Staci and I threw around several terms trying to describe their sound...eclectic, bluesy, jam band, etc. I think we finally settled on "bluesy southern rock with a punch and a little bit of funk." They started off with just a really cool long jam, everybody switching instruments and just having fun. They had two guest performers last night: Matt Wolff from The Groove Movement on keyboards and OBN from Dog Men Poets on percussion. Troy Reisner sounded great on lead vocals...we especially thought he did an awesome job with ZZ Top's "La Grange". His brother Brandon wailed on lead guitar...love his bluesy licks! Zuri Cabaza also great on guitar and we really enjoyed him on harmonica. Fil Grady on bass is very energetic and seems like he has a great time playing - and sounds great, too. Jordan Slaughter was awesome on drums - great rhythms! SUPER energetic drummer, lots of fun to watch!
Two highlights of the night: (1) Jordan Slaughter fronting the band to fulfill a request for some rap and "Bust a Move"! (2) Birthday girl Molly getting up with the band and performing a pretty good rendition of Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit".
And we took some pics! Thanks to Jordan for turning on the lights so we could get them. And sorry, Staci, for deleting all the pics you took, but you gotta keep your finger off the lens, girl!!
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Thanks guys! We had a great time!
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