As I told Dan Zanes, Warren Zanes, and Woody Giessmann in Studio A on February 9, 2012 – Boston, Mass was a…nay THE defining album in my high school experience so to have them roll into the Bronx after not playing for 20 years was astonishing and a little surreal. They played a handful of tunes from that album and Dan did a new one from the brand new Silver Star EP.
Here’s a link to the full session!
The Zanes brothers, in a long line of musical fraternal collaborators, have a reputation for not getting along but there was zero tension and, in fact, a palpable camaraderie between them. These days they are both living in the NYC area and talk frequently. The Bowery Ballroom show was a triumphant celebration and included covers of Gregory Isaacs’ Night Nurse and Little Walter’s My Babe. They’re doing another show in New York on Saturday, March 3 at the Bell House in Brooklyn.
