After a 7 month break, Turtleneck makes their triumphant return to the stage at Your Mom’s House bringing a regular-shirt-collar’s-length-and-then-some of funk. The band opened the show with a rocking version of “Yield Not To Temptation” paying homage to the late jamband patriarch Col. Bruce Hampton who passed a little less than a year ago. After a brief issue with a broken kick-drum pedal, the band performed an original instrumental titled “Hydrosonic” which had an extremely catchy chorus riff and a swampy octave reverb jam. For a band that doesn’t play often they kept solid communication through the tune and subsequent jam, trading solos and resolving the to the hooky riff nicely. The whole show packed with jamband staples like The Meters’ “Pungee”, Little Feat’s “Skin It Back” and The Allman Brothers’ “Whipping Post” which were all executed very well. But frankly the highlights for me were their originals. I really dug their super accessible riffs like in “Hydrosonic”, “The View” and “Oracle”. Awesome set – hope to see them play out a bit more, maybe show a little more neck so-to-speak.
Turtleneck | 2018-04-13 | Your Mom’s House, Denver, CO
One Set: Yield Not To Temptation (Col. Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue Unit), Hydrosonic[1], Pungee (The Meters), Everybody Else > Working On A Building (Bill Monroe)[2], Skin It Back (Little Feat), The View, The Moma Dance (Phish), Be Good, Sailin’ In A Backwoods Bay, Oracle, Whipping Post (The Allman Brothers Band)[2]
Show Notes: This set was performed in support of We’s Us who headlined the show. Hot Knife opened things up followed by Turtleneck and then We’s Us closed out the evening.
[1] Prior to “Hydrosonic” there was a brief “Wilson” (Phish) tease with “Daddy’s Hard” quotes.
[2] “Working On A Building” contained a “Tweezer” (Phish) tease. There was also a “Tweezer” tease prior to the start of “Whipping Post”.
Thank you to Turtleneck and Your Mom’s House for being cool with taping/sharing shows. Go see live music and tip your bartenders! #spacetapes
LINK: https://archive.org/…/turtleneck2018-04-13.AKG.P170.AUD.SBD…
