Bird & the Bee August 28, 2019 at Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix AZ [Touring for their Interpreting the Masters, Volume 2: A Tribute to Van Halen release]
A softer jazzier spin to the Raucous Rock of Van Halen delivered by Daimond Dave, Inara George and co. reinterpret it with a soft but with edge output. I was not a fan of the music in the 80s, but I remember having to watch Jump and Hot for Teacher and I do remember chuckling at the latter. Now they are nostalgic and bring me back to my youth weather I like the music or not... the rose colored nostlagic glass come out. But these were fun spins and I absolutely love all the musicians solo work and as the Bird and the Bee. Greg Kurstin, Producer extraordinaire is not one to travel, so Alex Lilly played keys in his absence. Inara brought out a video of him doing piano for a song so it could feel like he was there for at least one song, but the girls... Inara, Alex, Samantha and Barbara all give 100% for a great and fun live show... along with Vikram on horns and other instruments. In a word, the show was Badass. This tour was a team effort, all acts under Inara’s Release Me Label, so they all rotated and offered their distinctive music but then joined altogether for the rock tribute. I got to chat with Barbara, Alex and Inara post show... they were all so humble and sweet.
To listen to the setlist, go here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0nrmTAQzljsKncXoP5wKQf?si=AJ5S_-SJRMi0I2pkGT1eSw
