Tuesday, July 14th at the Knitting Factory
Spokabilly
The Knitting Factory was full of big hair, cuffed jeans, dresses, and high heels. Rockabilly took over Spokane for the night. The ladies were dolled up and the guys were ready to rock. Nekromantix opened up the night with their Rockabilly/Pyschobilly tunes, with a coffin stand up bass, bats on a white Gibson guitar, and a smokin' hot female drummer I don't think anyone else would of asked for more.
They had a lot of spunk, kept beat, and got the kids dancing for the Rev. I thought the coffin stand up bass was gorgeous, it fit the band like a glove. It was cool to see people both young and old get out on the floor of the Knitting Factory and dance. It's not often that you go to a show these days where it's cool to be able to actually dance (not this drop it like it's hot business).
I am pretty excited to learn more about Nekromantix, it was one song after another and just fast fun kickin' tunes that kept you movin. He even took requests from the crowd which also doesn't happen much these days.
I now know why he is called "The Rev," what a fucking badass. Walking out on stage with a flame embellished sport coat and a huge guitar. He owned the Knit for the night with punk rock class, style, and pyschobilly rock.
The Reverend Horton Heat also consisted of three other people; one on drums, one on guitar, and one on stand up bass. It is simple but so complex at the same time. It made my jaw drop to watch Jimbo just play the hell out of his strings on his stand up bass and the Rev on his guitar, I was waiting for a string to pop.
It is obvious that the Rev has been around for a long time, he has a following in Spokane because the entire audience knew everything he was playing even as they were pounding down the drinks. A lot of kids knew the Rev before Pyschobilly Freakout, but the youngest generation came to know him from Guitar Hero. Yep even I can play Pyschobilly Freakout on Hard… on Guitar Hero.
The Reverend Horton Heat, as badass as he is, has a soft enough heart to have a jug on his merch table that was for donations for a charity called "Nothing But Nets." When you have someone as influential as him talk about a charity and support it of course fans will help support the charity too. It was cool to hear him talk about it on stage. The Rev also mentioned that they are NOT going country but that their new album leans towards country.
Country, Punk, Rock, Pyschobilly, Rockabilly… either way these guys have talent and are smooth enough to make all the cats and kittens meow. I am excited that I got to see them live at the Knitting Factory for my first time and I hope I will get the chance to do it again.
Andrea@checkitoutmusic.com
checkitoutmusic.com 2007-2009
