On Sunday night, following Widespread Panic‘s third of four performances at Panic En La Playa, those in attendance enjoyed a late night set from The Cleaners, an incredibly talented collaboration comprised of axe masters Eric Krasno and Marcus King on guitar/vocals, Kevin Scott on bass, Duane Trucks of WSP on drums, and DeShawn “D’Vibes” Alexander of the Marcus King Band on keys. The set also saw guest appearances by New Orleans legend Cyril Neville (percussion) and rising singer/songwriter Leslie Mendelson (vocals).
The Cleaners worked through a fun array of classic rock n’ roll, reggae, and jazz covers including Billy Cobham‘s “Stratus” (which Krasno frequently plays with Soulive), Bill Withers‘ “For My Friend”, the Allman Brothers Band‘s “Dreams”, soul-jazz standard “Compared To What” (dedicated to Col. Bruce Hampton by King), The Grateful Dead‘s “Scarlet Begonias” > “Fire on the Mountain”, Peter Tosh‘s “Legalize It”, Bob Marley‘s “Soul Shakedown Party”, Jimi Hendrix‘s “Manic Depression”, oft-covered Little Milton classic “That’s What Love Will Make You Do”, Buddy Miles‘ “Them Changes” (later recorded with Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys as “Changes”) and a set-closing “War Pigs” > “Luke’s Wall” from Black Sabbath‘s Paranoid (1970). They also ran through a soulful version of Eric Krasno Band original “Unconditional Love”.
You can listen to The Cleaners’ entire performance below thanks to taper Z-Man, uploaded to SoundCloud by Jam Buzz:
Setlist: The Cleaners | Panic En La Playa Siete | 1/28/18
Set: Stratus, For My Friend, Dreams, Good Man, Unconditional Love, Compared To What*#, Scarlet Begonias*@ > Fire On The Mountain* > Legalize It* > Soul Shakedown Party* > Manic Depression*, That’s What Love Will Make You Do*#@, Them Changes > War Pigs > Luke’s Wall
* With Cyrille Neville on percussion
# With ? on saxophone
@ With Leslie Mendelson on vocals
Band members: Eric Krasno, Marcus King, Duane Trucks, Kevin Scott, Deshaun “D’Vibes” Alexander
Guests: Cyrille Neville, Leslie Mendelson, saxophone (?)