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Last weekend, I flew out to NJ to spend a weekend with my brother and (more importantly) see a Genesis tribute band called The Musical Box perform some of my all-time favorite songs from Genesis' golden era. Props to CR member zinc1024 for cluing me in on this band; I'm a pretty hardcore music fan -- esp when it comes to progressive rock -- so I jumped at the chance to see these guys recreate the musical mastery of prog-era (1972-78) Genesis.
The venue was smallish and was way the hell out on Long Island, but it was well worth the effort we put forth to see this group of musicians in such an intimate setting. The soundboard mix was a little off the entire time: the drums were mixed too loud and the vocals were mixed too low, but aside from that the show was amazing! Setlist was:
"Dance on A Volcano"
"The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway / Fly on a Windshield / Carpet Crawlers"
"Cinema Show"
"Robbery, Assault and Battery"
"White Mountain"
"Firth of Fifth"
"Entangled/Squonk"
"Supper's Ready"
"I Know What I Like (in Your Wardrobe)"
"Los Endos"
...with "It / Watcher of the Skies" for an encore
Highlights were the Cinema Show jam during the second half of the song. Here's a clip of what I'm talking about from a Genesis performance in 1976:
Video of the band starts at 1:32; best part of the jam starts at 3:32 where the double drums jam over a running bass melody. The cover band executed this section perfectly with two great drummers and a phenomenal guitarist playing a dual-neck 12-string guitar + 6-string bass guitar. Just thinking about it again gives me goosebumps...
Other highlight of the show was the band's rendition of Supper's Ready -- Genesis' 23-minute epic. Seeing & hearing three 12-string guitarists faithfully execute this musical masterpiece was not something I will soon forget. The sixth segment of the song "Apocalypse in 9/8" is my favorite part of the song and was particularly awesome live. This section is exceptionally difficult to play with its odd time signature and the driving accents in the guitar parts...check it out:
Anyway, if you're into this type of music at all, I couldn't recommend The Musical Box highly enough. Their musicianship was nothing short of superb -- what more could you possibly ask for!
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