God Street Wednesdays: Waiting For The Tide

In the more than three years since our God Street Wednesdays column debuted with a post simply titled “Bring Back God Street Wine,” GSW fans have witnessed many magical moments from both the band as a whole and members of the group in various formations. There was a private reunion to honor Paul Ducharme, a set of four NYC shows in July 2010, two unforgettable performances aboard Jam Cruise, a slew of acoustic Lo & Aaron gigs and even the rebirth of Jon Bevo’s Love Orchestra. Considering there were no signs of life from the God Street Wine camp when we started this column, it’s truly unbelievable what has gone down in this decade so far and with cryptic messages popping up on the band’s website this week, who knows what’s next?

[Today’s Message on GodStreetWine.com]

Through all these incredible shows, there’s one moment that stands out in particular. One moment where it hit me, and clearly others, that this band which was such an important part of our lives for a long period of time had returned on top of their game. During the second set of God Street Wine’s comeback show at the Gramercy, the group lit into Waiting For The Tide with a fury the crowd picked up on and reacted to in a truly beautiful way.

Spontaneously, as Lo Faber started his solo, the audience started bouncing up and down with the beat making for an incredible visual that brought huge giddy grins to the faces of the band members. All of the nervous energy that surrounded the first (public) God Street Wine performance in nearly a decade segued into excitement and joy. One audience member after another started to sing the “whoa, whoa, whoa” refrain of Waiting For The Tide as Faber’s solo picked up in intensity. By the time Lo finished it seemed like everyone in the room was smiling wide and singing the “whoa’s” with a happiness you don’t see often in this life. This was a moment you couldn’t have predicted or recreated if you tried. Music has a healing, spiritual power that was on full display at the Gramercy. Let’s just hope there’s another pot of GSW gold at the end of the ever-changing godstreetwine.com rainbow.

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  1. the highlight of my lone (freshman) year at Siena College was when GSW played there in the spring. I was way into them that one year or so, and then BAM – as soon as I took a year off and later transferred to Boston, never heard a note again.

    Sounds like a cool experience…jealous to not have been a part of it!

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