Two Man Gentleman Band – Live In New York!
Release date: January 12, 2010
Highlights: Prime Numbers, Fancy Beer, Summertime, Me I Get High On Reefer, The Hindenburg Disaster
I know its cliche to say that certain bands just aren’t properly represented by their studio releases. Some bands just have an energy and a vibe that cannot be captured to tape unless what you are capturing is a live performance. That is the case with New York City’s Two Man Gentleman Band. Comprised of Singer/Banjoist/Kazooist Andy Bean and Bassist/Kazooist/Singer Fuller Condon, The Two Man Gentleman Band have been on the road consistently for the past 3-4 years and from town to town have been turning people onto the sounds of their vaudevillian, uptempo and tongue in cheek “Two Man Music.” After releasing four really great studio albums, the Gents finally offer up their music in its greatest setting: LIVE IN CONCERT! The new album “Live In New York City” has The Two Man Gentleman Band performing live at Serious Business Studios to a responsive and hell raising audience.
“Live In New York!” is a testament to what a great live experience seeing this band is. The banter between Andy Bean and the audience is absolutely priceless and the banter between Bean and Fuller is even funnier. These guys know how to not only connect with their audience but they connect with each other and that right there is what makes an audience love a band. The Two Man Gentlemen Band really create quite an experience for their audience. Songs like “Fancy Beer” get the audience involved in heated call and response that literally takes the energy up to new levels. The Gents even break it up a bit by showing a somewhat serious side as they deliver and absolutely gorgeous rendition of “Summertime” that is so gritty and muggy that I could feel the hot, thick air of the south on my neck. No sooner than the Gents serious it up a bit, they come back hitting hard with “Me, I Get High On Reefer” which is classic Two Man Gentleman Band without a doubt. The album closes out with two of the band’s “hits”, “William Howard Taft” and the “The Hindenburg Disaster” which has the Gents leading the audience in a “screaming” session to simulate them crashing into New Jersey. Brilliant to say the least.
Download the MP3 for “Me, I Get High On Reefer” from “Live In New York!”
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