The Paul Collins Beat at the Earl Sat., Jan. 24th
January 25th, 2009 by Chad Radford in Listening Stack, Music news
Call it the home field advantage, but ex-Nerves drummer Paul Collins’ show at the Earl Saturday night was fantastic to say the least. Not to say that his last show at the Earl back in August wasn’t a good one, but this grand unveiling of the line-up of the Beat, featuring Jesse Smith (bass), Dave Rahn (drums) and Warren Bailey (guitar), wielded a much stronger dose of chemistry than what the prior Beat brought last time around. If ever there was a time to catch Paul Collins, it was Saturday night.
It’s interesting to note that at the same time Paul Collins’ Beat was tearing it up at the Earl, British Ska band the English Beat was playing across town at the Loft, which has to have set some sort of historical precedent. In case you aren’t familiar with the story, the English Beat has to alter their name in the states because Mr. Collins already had the name for his far superior power pop outfit. Photographer Perry Julien shot some photos at the other Beat show .
(Photos by Chad Radford)
January 27th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
This show was wonderful to say the least, besides the fuck-boy 50-year old bikers in attendance that tried to hassle me over mistaking them for another person. You really do act as shitty as you look. Act your fucking age grandpa.