Following the first day of Daze Between New Orleans festival on Tuesday, May 2nd, a number of artists from the festival’s lineup and beyond headed over to The Howlin’ Wolf for a special late-night show billed as Daze by Nite.
Eggy opened the program ahead of the band’s appearance at Daze Between New Orleans on Wednesday, marking the band’s debut in the Crescent City. The Connecticut jam upstart drew an audience eager to check out the still up-and-coming next big thing, including a who’s who of musicians, many of whom stuck around to play with the all-star Daze by Nite band that took the stage following Eggy’s set.
The headlining funk supergroup brought together Lettuce drummer Adam Deitch and Soulive guitarist Eric Krasno as well as Dumpstaphunk‘s Nick Daniels (bass, vocals) and Ian Neville (guitar), Lawrence‘s brother-sister duo of Clyde Lawrence (keys, vocals) and Gracie Lawrence (vocals), and the three-piece Lawrence horn section of Jordan Cohen (tenor saxophone), Sumner Becker (alto saxophone), and Marc Langer (trumpet).
The band played a mix of soul and funk tunes including “Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)” by Stevie Wonder, “Kissing My Love” by Bill Withers, and “Tell Me Something Good”, the Wonder-penned tune popularized by Rufus and Chaka Khan. The group also played a Soulive-style arrangement of The Beatles‘ “Get Back” and welcomed surprise special guests Maurice “Mobetta” Brown (Anderson .Paak) and Veronica Stewart-Frommer (Melt), the latter of whom teamed lent her voice to a powerful “Natural Woman” and a funky “Superstition”.
Check out photos from Daze by Nite at The Howlin’ Wolf via photographers Katie LaRocca, Jason Steger, and Jason Stern below.
Daze By Nite – Howlin’ Wolf – New Orleans, LA – 5/2/23 – Full Video
[Video: FunkItBlog]
