Lake street Dive.

[JazznFunk]

I met them and played on a festival or 2 on the same bill/weekend back in 2012/2013 when they were still very much unknown. Bridget and I hung out for a good bit on those weekends and kept in touch when they'd come back through town - until they got super busy and their profile increased and they stopped playing shows in our smaller local venues... which is to be expected! haha. She is a monster bassist and songwriter, and all of them are as down to earth as you could hope. Been great to see them grow and change.

 

[Todd Hamby]

Bridgett is a certified badass on bass.

 

[hrodbert696]

Me and the Mrs. have seen them live two or three times and it's always a fantastic show. I think they're touring again this Fall, hope to catch them then. We had tickets to go with my sister and brother-in-law but it was canceled when Covid hit.

And yes, if you like Lake Street Dive, check out St. Paul and the Broken Bones. ALSO a great show.

 

[dan1952]

Discovered them years ago. Great band!

 

[Engle]

My old cover band covered their version of Take on Me. I should check out more of their stuff.

 

[oren]

I’ve been a fan for years. I think it’s great to have a group of highly skilled conservatory trained (New England) musicians turning out rocking, well crafted soulful pop music.

This vid of them giving a songwriting master class is a good one (warning - it’s 1.5 hrs).

 

[DrThumpenstein]

Fantastic band! They are my daughter’s favorite band. She turned me on to them a few years ago and I only recently realized that those bass lines and that voice both belong to the outstanding Bridget Kearney.

 

[brianrost]

First saw Bridget when she was in Joy Kills Sorrow. Playing with a bow while singing harmony sold me on her immediately. She also took some nice solos with the bow.

 

[skortch]

Great band and great musicians including a fantastic bass player.

Fun (electric) bassline:

 

[BassPilot]

A fellow bass player (upright, I only play electric) turned me on to them a couple of years ago.
They're a great band and Rachael Price's voice and rhythmic moves and gestures JUST ABSOLUTELY TURNS ME ON!!

 

[TyBo]

A fellow bass player (upright, I only play electric) turned me on to them a couple of years ago.
They're a great band and Rachael Price's voice and rhythmic moves and gestures JUST ABSOLUTELY TURNS ME ON!!

Yeah, I think I'm a little bit in love with her . The whole band is great!

Rachael also does some cool side projects from time to time, one being her duo, Rachael and Vilray. She talks for a couple minutes on the intro, about Casablanca and other matters, then they get a cool groove going, with an audience call and response bit. She finds good people to collab with ... that dude can play! (And write.)

 

[TyBo]

Rachael also performed with Hot Tuna as they celebrated 50 years for the Jefferson Airplane, bringing her inner Grace to the proceedings. Always cool to see Jorma and Jack, too, along with a good band.

 

[Alkali Ike]

They're in regular rotation on local community radio station KRVM-FM.

 

[GregC]

The guitar player, McDuck, actually left the band last year. Kind of a shock since they’d never had a departure in their 15+ years together.

However, his replacement James Cornelison is a really talented player and singer—we saw him with Theo Katzman of Vulfpeck a couple years ago. Bridget Kearney opened that show and those folks all know each other.

 

[TyBo]

I didn't realize that change had happened. Too bad, but I'd expect this talented bunch to forge ahead undaunted.

 

[JazznFunk]

The guitar player, McDuck, actually left the band last year. Kind of a shock since they’d never had a departure in their 15+ years together.

However, his replacement James Cornelison is a really talented player and singer—we saw him with Theo Katzman of Vulfpeck a couple years ago. Bridget Kearney opened that show and those folks all know each other.

I haven't seen them since McDuck left, but assume that the newer stuff - and perhaps the live shows- isn't/aren't featuring trumpet/horns like the early albums did? Honestly, as great of a guitar player as McDuck is, I always felt his horn playing was what made them even more unique and solidified their original sound.