Aron Magner & DJ Williams Jam On Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" At Ophelia's Reopening [Watch]

The Disco Biscuits keyboardist Aron Magner helped reopen Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox in Denver, CO for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday night, marking the occasion with a solo piano concert. Guitarist DJ Williams (Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Shots Fired) played an opening set, and the two teamed up on a jam-heavy cover of Nirvana‘s “Heart-Shaped Box”.

The extended salute to grunge’s biggest band included shifting improvisations and a tease of “Pure Imagination” from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Though a departure from the original, the winding rendition was very much welcomed by the concert-hungry crowd.

Watch the video of the performance, which took place the night before The Disco Biscuits’ Mission Ballroom run, below.

Aron Magner & DJ Williams – “Heart-Shaped Box” (Nirvana) – 4/7/22

[Video: Benjy Eisen]

Aron Magner will perform with jam supergroup Honeypot as part of Live For Live Music‘s upcoming Fest By Nite series during Jazz Fest. See below for the complete late-night show roster, and get tickets here.