{"id":14711,"date":"2013-01-16T16:03:55","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T00:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=14711"},"modified":"2013-01-16T19:36:59","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T03:36:59","slug":"watch-the-menahan-street-band-on-kexp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2013-01\/watch-the-menahan-street-band-on-kexp\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch The Menahan Street Band on KEXP"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We were decidedly blown away by Charles Bradley<\/strong> when we last caught his act at Soho in the summer of 2011<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 It did not hurt Bradley that he was brilliantly backed by one of the best R&B bands we’d ever heard–The Menahan Street Band<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 To put it simply, they rolled the joint; but effortlessly and without being peacocky (the tendency of some backup bands). While Bradley worked on new material last year, the Menahans took time to record and release their critically-acclaimed album The Crossing<\/strong> on Daptone Records<\/strong><\/a> (naturally).\u00a0 To get a better feel for the band and album, check out two performances by the band of songs off of The Crossing<\/strong> for KEXP<\/strong>.\u00a0 The first, Lights Out<\/strong><\/em>, features heralding horns followed by ’60s organ and ravishing guitar-play.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em> Below it, Three Faces <\/em><\/strong>starts and ends with Latin swagger, but in between and strewn throughout are some fantastic wah-wah and surf-guitar sounds.\u00a0 That’s what you want–right there.<\/p>\n

Lights Out<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n