![]() The song,“Try Me,” included light reggae percussion and brass inflections without trying to take us unauthentically to the Caribbean. (Thank you Bruce Springsteen and Clarence Clemons for showing us the way.) There is something about brass, the sax especially, that energizes any driving rock sound. opened with “ I Go Through,” a fun song brought to life with the sax and trumpet. All that spit and polish was on display at Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre Friday night. refined their sound with a more mainstream commercial texture. In contrast, over the past 25 years, O.A.R. and Dispatch share the same late ’90s college party rock origin story, but Dispatch took a nearly decade-long hiatus in the early 2000s. Putin?) They added a few of the Russian lyrics for a festive conclusion to their set. They recently recorded a new Russian language version of this vintage release (are you listening, Mr. Our trip around the globe concluded with the final number “The General,” a song that defines the band’s original reggae-infused indie rock sound with socially-conscious lyrics. “Flying Horses,” added Gaelic foot-stomping to the set, and their performance of the American college rock anthem “Elias” was peppered with lyrics in Shona, a language spoken in Zimbabwe. “Painted Yellow Lines” was a nice progressive rock number, but they didn’t stay within those lines for too long. Dispatch reached back to 1997 with the fan-favorite sing-along “Bang Bang.” At one point they incorporated a bit of the Dead’s “Friend of the Devil” into the hip-hoppy jam. I enjoyed “The Legend of Connie Hawkins,” which felt like a collaborative rock opera between ELP and Tom Petty. They covered Men At Work’s “Down Under,” which was a crowd pleaser. (I wonder if those festive Caribbean beats have a shelf life when performed by white millennials approaching middle age.) They changed lanes into reggae-fusion, an early style from their college rock years. Next up was “Only the Wild Ones,” a folk-rock tune with a calypso-like rhythm. They opened with “Break Our Fall,” a newer alt-rock release from 2021. On Friday night they moved dizzyingly through so many genres and subgenres that it was hard to place them solidly in any categorical box. ![]() He got the crowd singing along to “The Juice” and enhanced Red Butte’s picnic atmosphere with “SoulBQue,” “Cold Beverage” and his recently released single “Laughing in the Sunshine.” He played a fun rhythm and blues take on Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” and then led the crowd in singing “Happy Birthday” to his wife before ending his set with “She’s the Rock.”ĭispatch is a ska/punk/college/rock/jam band-except when they’re not. ![]() Armed with only an acoustic guitar and harmonica, he kicked-off an evening of genre-fluid music with some lively hip-hop blues. It’s no surprise that the two bands would join forces for this season’s summer tour, which came to the Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre on July 29. (acronym for Of A Revolution) and Dispatch have often been linked for their similar rock/reggae fusion sound that emerged on the college rock scene in the late 1990s and early 2000s. ![]()
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