5/16/2023 0 Comments Nathaniel rateliff you worry me![]() ![]() That’s why the Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats gigs are always good fun! I think this good vibe feeling is so easily transported over to the crowd. Plus what I really loved to see that they had sooo much fun on stage making good music. ![]() Nothing can beat this! They are all so very talented and know their instruments inside out. What I really love about this band is that we have three horn/saxophone players, a drummer, a key/piano player, a bass and a guitar player so this fills up the stage quite nicely and transports the music right into your soul. “I did it” came before “Howling at Nothing” which definitely got the crowd going and is an old one I really liked. The front row was already dancing and clapping along. “Be there” from the new record was next before he played “Look it here” of his self-titled older record. In “Shoe Boot” Nathaniel Rateliff showed off his dancing qualities or should I say sliding qualities □ It was a brilliant start and with “Grüezi, I’m Nathaniel Rateliff and we are the Night Sweats” it was enough said. I was kinda mad at them for letting us wait but that intro just made me laugh and I couldn’t stay mad anymore. They are on a European at the end of this year so if you’re into dark goth country music check them out!Īt 9.30 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats finally took the stage with a whiskey in his hand and his first word to us was: They stepped into the crowd and were just dancing weirdly and the songs… It was kinda country but also almost goth, rock and just very disturbing. They greeted us in the front row by handshake but the weirdness continued. I think they were completely nuts! I mean they were nice. And for the first time ever I don’t know what to tell you guys. But finally at 8.10 a band called Slim Cessna’s Auto Club took the stage. ![]() That's why Tearing at the Seams works, even if it doesn't have a song as undeniable as "S.O.B.": listening to it, it's evident that Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats are in it for the long haul.We had to wait a long time for the support to come on. At times, he can push his influences a little hard - "Hey Mama" is essentially a mash note to Van Morrison - but the impressive thing about Tearing at the Seams is how he and his band seem to be synthesizing their clear influences into their own voice. Swift occasionally gives the record a bit of a high-gloss sheen - "You Worry Me" features echoing guitars that wouldn't be out of place on a new wave record - but he usually shines a light on the hard-working band, who are there to support Rateliff. The Night Sweats know how to re-create classic soul sounds - they're very heavily indebted to Stax and Muscle Shoals - but they can also slyly update the sounds, a tendency Richard Swift accentuates with his smooth, seamless production. Often, the vibe trumps the songs, which is actually not much of a problem. It's filled with high-octane grooves and gritty vamps, punctuated by the occasional moment of acoustic reflection. Released two and years after their debut, Tearing at the Seams feels very much like a record worked out on the road. He scored a hit - "S.O.B." climbed up the rock charts and stayed there - and the group toured hard, eventually finding the time to write and record material for a second album. Who can blame Nathaniel Rateliff for not wanting to mess with success? After chipping away as a singer/songwriter, he decided to make himself into a 21st century answer to Van Morrison for the 2015 album where he unveiled his soul revue, the Night Sweats. Photographers: Rett Rogers Richard Swift. Recording information: National Freedom, Cottage Grove, OR The Desert, New Mexico. Personnel: Nathaniel Rateliff (vocals, guitar, piano, percussion, background vocals) Luke Mossman (guitar, background vocals) Andreas Wild (clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, background vocals) Jeff Dazey (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, congas) Scott Frock (trumpet, flugelhorn) Patrick Meese (piano, keyboards, drums, congas, percussion, background vocals) Richard Swift (piano, keyboards, background vocals) Mark Shusterman (Wurlitzer organ, background vocals) Joseph Pope III (bass guitar, background vocals) Holly Laessig, Jess Wolfe (background vocals). ![]()
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