One major, major influence that has so far been missing from the site is…  Soulive!  These guys are so damn sick, three of them, two are brothers…   That’s right, one more “rich” sounding organ trio..  And they’re big, and popular, they play with the likes of Dave Matthews, Ani DiFranco — you name it… Just no one’s heard of them–hopefully until now:

Tunes from their 2001 funky-ass album Doin’ Somethin’ :

Last night was the first time I’d seen them in probably 3 or 4 years. Though it was just a sleepy Tuesday afternoon/evening show, it made my night, possibly my whole week… It’s funny too because even here in Utah, they have a huge following, and out of the wood work a lot of my old friends who were Soulive fans (or fanatics) were there, of course! 

For example my friends the Williams brothers…  Who like Soulive so much they started getting into collecting old Hammond organs, Wurlitzers, Clavinets, etc…  So much so that they’re now the underground kings of the Hammond world here in Utah (if you found this through a search engine and are looking to get a hold of them, email me).  Yes they sell them and even turned it into a little side business for a while..  Not surprisingly I found them talking it up Neil Evans after the show (pictured in the photo below):

Neil Evans on the Hammond B-3, The Clavinet, & playing bass at the same time...

These guys have so much good music and their live stuff is where they really shine. They’re also like Phish where their tried and true glory days (stuff off Phish’s Junta album for example) still holds true, so they keep playing it even though they’ve put out probably 5 or more albums since then.. This is awesome as this old funky stuff is where it’s at…

Here are some videos I took, now on Youtube… Look for a lot more Soulive to come out of this blog and check archive.org for a TON of their live recordings that just kill it.. This is just the tip of the iceberg..