Marcus King Band Family Reunion

Looks like a fun.
Saw him do a killer show on Monday.
Third time seeing him and he/they just keep getting better and better.
I think he's destined for big things.

Wish we could make it down.

Do not sleep on The National Reserve. They put on a helluva good rock show.

Seems odd they have them at the same time, but as we all know, every weekend is busy in the fall.

would love to come and hang with all, but it's the same weekend as festy. QQ

Fri Oct 6
Blackberry Smoke
The Marcus King Band
Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band
BIG Something
National Reserve
Gabriel Kelly

Sat Oct 7
The Marcus King Band & Family
David Shaw
Muddy Magnolias
George porter Jr
Ron Holloway Band
That’s What’s Up
Travers Brothership
Leah Blevins
People’s Blues of Richmond

I wish you did too. AND IT IS AT A BREWERY!

Very late last night my local PBS station showed an in house recorded 3 song performance by Muddy Magnolias. Never heard of them before and interested on hearing a review of them. Opening for Marcus King tomorrow?

Muddy Magnolias starts 40 seconds in video.westernreservepublicmedia.org/video/3005414522/

Friday we arrived at the East Asheville KOA and set up camp in our new to us RV. A $6 Uber ride, which is about what you would pay for a fest cab, and we got deliver to the front door. BIG Something > Marcus King Band > Blackberry Smoke. Just about perfect. Solid opening set from BS but it was a daylight set so not optimal. Pisgah brews a Greybeard IPA. We became way too acquainted with each other. Beautiful small outdoor venue that holds 2,000-2,500. Good food trucks both nights. Marcus King ripped it up. Excellent Blind Faith cover. It was the best Blackberry set I’ve seen. They did a Skynyrd > tGD > Beatles > ABB run hat had the crowd oohing and ahhing. Another $6 fest cab ride home and socializing with FishinHatteras until the wee hours. 

Saturday started with an antipasto brunch. It was not roughing it. And there was a bloody.

Another $6 Uber and we were back at it. Just in time for George Porter Jr with a Col Bruce shoutout and a Taz sit in. Spread a blanket out, strolled the food trucks to target selections for later then sit down and relax for the David Shaw solo acoustic set. Not really doing it for me although there was a Marcus Kong and a Taz sit in. They claimed I fell asleep. I denied it and was told I was snoring. Not snoring. A very advanced eyes closed deep relaxation yoga breathing technique. Muddy Magnolias were up next. First time seeing them and they impressed. The 2 women vocals were beautiful together. Really complimentary voices. The were at exact polar opposite ends of the stage persona scale. One was dancing, gesticulating and generally hullabalooing. The other stood stock still. It was weird. Their band was tight and powerful when they opened up. Not sure how long the band will be a band and if they hire new guys next time out or what. They did a pretty awesome cover of The Weight. Went to get a beer from inside and Ron Holloway Band was on the indoor stage. There was some screw up with Peoples Blues that threw the schedule into disarray. That guy can honk a sax and if corse there was a Taz sit in along with a guy on key-tar. Then the main course got served. This was about FishinHatteras rolled in. MKB played a pretty smoking set and then MK went solo acoustic and broke out a gorgeous Learning To Fly. There were a couple more Tom Petty references thru the weekend but I can’t recall all of them. Then it was “Welcome to the stage ...” time. At one point it was 5 Horn’s including Ron Holloway, 2 bass players including GPJr, keys, drums and MK and Taz ripping ABB. David Shaw came out for Sneaking Sally. I think the final count was 17 different muscians. Marcus Kings Band is tight as hell. It was a different key player than the photos I’ve seen and this guy was great. The two horns are spot on timing wise and when given a shot really shine. I didn’t reall appreciate the drummers prowess until a solo and he breasted it. The bass player was solid but that was about it. Until he and GPJr started trading licks. He went toe to toe with him and killed it. And then a final $6 Uber.

Had a great time. Hung in our newish rv. Saw a bunch of folks I know. Drank good beer and ate good food. But mostly got to see awesome music in a beautiful intimate mountain setting. At a brewery.

Got room for two more next lockn’ Jeeeeeeez

Big Something
2017/10/06
Marcus King Band Family Reunion
Pisgah Brewing Company
Black Mountain, NC

Listen here

01. Song For Us
02. UFOs are Real
03. Passenger
04. Tumbleweed
05. Skin it Back
06. Plug
07. Sundown Nomad
08. Pinky's Ride
09. Amanda Lynn

Thanks for the reviews.