Earlier this month on February 8th, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong and their winged rock ‘n roll brethren Goose flew into Los Angeles, CA for a two-night run at the Troubador as the latest stop on their ongoing west coast winter tour together. Halfway through the first set of Pigeons’ headlining performance, the band welcomed Sex On Toast guitarist Angus Leslie to sit in for their cover of the Australia-based band’s 2015 single, “Oh, Loretta!”.
On Wednesday, Pigeons shared the video highlighting Leslie’s February 8th sit-in, which also happened to be the first time an international artist has joined the funk-rock quartet on stage.
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“You know, we’ve been traveling a long time as a band, more than 10 years now,” Pigeons singer Greg Ormont said over the microphone before welcoming Leslie to the stage for the cover. “We’ve made a lot of great friends along the way … We actually have a bunch of musician pen-pals across the world that we talk to all the time.”
Ormont continued for another few moments before Leslie walked out from behind stage right with guitar in hand and added in some of his own pre-song commentary before everyone started into the soulful, groovy cover.
Watch the sit-in performance from the February 8th show below.
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong with Angus Leslie – “Oh, Loretta!” – 2/8/20
[Video: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong]
The band’s west coast run of shows with Goose continues tonight (2/20) with a performance at the Midtown Ballroom in Bend, OR. Head to Pigeons’ website for tickets and tour info.
On March 21st at Brooklyn Comes Alive at Brooklyn, NY’s Avant Gardner, members of Pigeons Playing Ping Pong and Goose will join forces for a special, collaborative set billed as Birds of a Feather for the first time ever.
Birds of a Feather will feature Goose’s Rick Mitarotonda, Peter Anspach, and Trevor Weekz alongside PPPP’s Jeremy Schon and Alex “Gator” Petropulos.
Other exciting artists and collaborations set to take the stage at Brooklyn Comes Alive include Oteil Burbridge & Friends with Jeff Chimenti, Eric Krasno, Jason Crosby, Scott Metzger, John Kimock, Alfreda Gerald, Lamar Williams Jr., Weedie Braimah, Eric “Benny” Bloom, Ryan Zoidis, and Tom Guarana; Turkuaz with special guests Cory Henry, Robert Sput Searight, and Nate Werth; The Motet with Shira Elias, Nate Werth, and Brandon “Taz” Niederauer; and more. Check out the full lineup below.
GA and VIP tickets are now available via the Brooklyn Comes Alive website.
