Though there were plenty of “hits” on display at Joe’s Pub including Thirsty, Nightingale, Molly and Epiphany; the ensemble dug deep for a number of tunes in the 12-song performance. Of particular note was Edgar’s Back In Town, an original God Street shelved in the early ’90s. A funny moment in the show took place when Maxwell introduced Edgar’s only to have Faber realize the pair had different setlists. The two conferred and decided to perform Funny Kinda Love before launching into the first Edgar’s in nearly two decades.
Former GSW band member Jason Crosby also joined in the fun adding fiddle to the Bevo original off the never-released Hot, Sweet and Juicy, Beautiful Lies and Stranger towards the beginning of the set before coming back out for the closing foursome of Epiphany, Angeline, Nightingale and Straight Line. Crosby’s harmonies with Faber on the proggy, instrumental interludes within Epiphany were particularly on point.
The acoustic format, sans drums, let Pifer’s bass work shine. Sometimes Dan’s inventive lines got lost in the mix back in the day, but not last night. For instance, the jazzy, walking bass parts in the Steely Dan-esque Edgar’s stood out.
A few weeks back, God Street Wine officially went back on indefinite hiatus. Winos hoped that the announcement would actually lead to more Lo and Aaron gigs without questions of the band’s future hanging over them (or misinformed journalists labeling the duo’s gigs as GSW shows). Let’s hope last night’s show is a sign of things to come. While Osander may have family and professional commitments at home in Europe, there’s no reason the other four members of GSW can’t perform together from time to time in wonderful venues like Joe’s Pub. It’s clearly fun for them, it’s clearly fun for the fans – why not?
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Great review of a great night! Hopefully next time they’ll do a proper club show with this line up.