Last night at Fort Collins, CO’s Aggie Theatre, new jam supergroup Katharsis featuring The Motet’s Dave Watts, RAQ/Electric Beethoven’s Todd Stoops, Dopapod’s Chuck Jones, and Digital Tape Machine’s Marcus Rezak played their third-ever performance in support of longtime laidback blues/soul Philadelphia born and bred act G. Love & Special Sauce.
After playing what was going to be a one-off show this past May in Denver, the four members decided to ride the wave and hit the studio to record some tracks. What came out of that session was an album’s worth of material, which is being released as single’s over the course of several months. Last night, Katharsis showed off their chops with a four-song (Intro > Sex Chat, Rise Up Lights > Diabolical, Rip Chow), one-hour set of straight funky psychedelic rock. The improv game is strong with this newly founded quartet, and the future is bright moving into what is sure to be a bust-out 2018 for the group. They will end their 3-night Colorado run by headlining Denver’s Cervantes Other Side w/ Wabakinoset tonight (buy tix here).
Listen to live audio excerpt from the show last night, via Soundcloud:
25+ years into the game and G. Love barely looks as if he has aged a day, alongside the Special Sauce duo of drummer Jeffrey Clemens and bassist Jimmy “Jazz” Prescott. Their set was full of all the pickin’s from “Shooting Hoops” to “Baby’s Got Sauce” and the timeless “This Ain’t Living,” all from the 1994 self-titled classic album. The crowd was jamming the whole time, singing along, and just enjoying the 2+ hour set from G. Love. After a short break mid-set, G. Love came out for a short solo acoustic set, going off on the harmonica with some bluesy numbers, followed by a cover of The Beatles‘ 1968 song “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?” with the trio out in full force. The show ended with the song that put G. Love on the map, “Cold Beverages,” and left the Fort Collins crowd’s thirst fully quenched.
Here is some more video from the night: