The Arcs Full Concert | NPR MUSIC FRONT ROW
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Published 2015-09-17
Sure, the fuse is lit by Auerbach in guitar-slinging mode, but the fire rages through all of his amazing bandmates. Richard Swift stakes his claim as a drummer here, moonlighting from his various gigs as The Shins' musical polymath, producer of albums for the likes of Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier and Nathaniel Rateliff, and a composer of his own futurist pop fantasias. There's a trio of Brooklyn soul-session veterans: keyboardist and horn player Leon Michels, bassist Nick Movshon and drummer Homer "Funky-Foot" Steinweiss, who, between them, powered the lion's share of great grooves for the likes of Amy Winehouse and Sharon Jones. Then there's Julie Justine Acosta, Mireya Ramos and Shae Fiol, three members of the all-female mariachi group Flor de Toloache — they don't just supply the 20 Feet From Stardom harmonies and background-vocal roar, but also bring another layer of brass and strings when called upon to do so.
At Housing Works, a SoHo institution whose proceeds go to help the homeless and people living with HIV/AIDS, the live Arcs experience rolled out like a gleaming, funky Southern-rock machine. Dreamily, the night's experience is now yours, if you want it. -- PIOTR ORLOV
SET LIST
Stay In My Corner - 2:02
Outta My Mind - 6:37
Put A Flower In Your Pocket - 11:02
Pistol Made Of Bones - 16:18
Cold Companion - 21:25
Velvet Ditch - 26:40
Everything You Do (You Do For You) - 30:51
Chains Of Love - 35:57
Nature's Child - 39:28
My Mind - 44:14
Keep On Dreamin' - 49:22
The Arc - 55:25
Director: Mito Habe-Evans; Producer: Saidah Blount; Videographers: Mito Habe-Evans, Lani Milton, Christopher Parks, A.J. Wilhelm; Audio Engineers: Neal Jensen, Josh Rogosin; Post Production Mix: Dan Auerbach, Richard Swift, Leon Michels; Special Thanks: Housing Works Bookstore Cafe; Executive Producer: Anya Grundmann
All Comments (21)
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Dan has literally never made a bad album. Even his artists at Easy Eye Sound are amazing... Every single one... Probably the most important figure for rock n Roll and blues and just good music in general from my generation.. He's a living legend.
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R.I.P. Richard Swift 😔
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Dan looks like he has the best time playing music...
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RIP Richard Swift. Thank you for your music!
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Dan is the best, simply the best.
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I was the luckiest.. got to see them at the Fillmore in San Fran, so many people in tears.. I remember post show all the fans walking home and just in a different place, changed for the good. Music is the door to another place, but only a very few musicians hold the keys ;)
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Ah man, Put a Flower in your Pocket with that Trumpet/Cornet. Love it!!
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Playing in a lesser known band is like making a new character in an RPG lol
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Um, does everyone recognize how insanely great this is or is it just me?
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Blues, Funk, Soul, what else do you need for greatness? This seriously was one of the best NPR videos I have ever watched.
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I can't stop coming back to this concert... Beautiful
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Oh my God those girls in the backing vocals are The Mariachi Flor de Toloache? Amazing!
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I love how much fun they're having and the trumpet girl sharing a mic...The whole thing is special.
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Two drummers, two base players, and Dan's voice...creates such a deep groovy sound. Love it.
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Wow, Keep On Dreamin' - @49:22 came out as a single on Spotify October 13, 2022. Didn't realize it was written at least in 2015?!
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They look like a dad band and I'm loving it. Awesome album.
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What a GREAT bass player, so groovy
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Dan Auerbach is my hero
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Nick is such a BEAST on that old P-bass. Unsung MVP for sure!
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Every night I pray that they will come out with another album--- PLEASE PLEASE GOD
