{"id":4449,"date":"2017-11-29T20:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T20:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/?p=4449"},"modified":"2017-12-13T00:29:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T00:29:04","slug":"the-black-lillies-main-street-crossing-tomball-tx-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/29\/the-black-lillies-main-street-crossing-tomball-tx-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black Lillies- Main Street Crossing- Tomball, TX – Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by James Killen<\/p>\n

\"1<\/a>Wednesdays are radio nights at Main Street Crossing as the first hour of the show is recorded for later broadcast on a local radio station. Well those listeners got a treat when they turned the knob to The Black Lillies\u2019 performance from the 29th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

The Lillies are a country rock jam band with four albums under their belt and a very active touring schedule. Tonight\u2019s show started off with lead singer\/ song writer, Cruz Contreras, singing \u201cGold and Roses\u201d to Dustin Schaefer\u2019s rambling guitar leads. Schaefer\u2019s guitar work takes center stage quite often during the Black Lillies\u2019 performance supported by a rocking rhythm section of Bowman Townsend on drums and Sam Quinn on bass (and supporting vocals).<\/p>\n

The band showed off the improvisational talent between \u201cTwo Hearts Down\u201d and \u201cThe Fall\u201d with that transitional jam that includes musical phrases from both songs, as well as other digressions, in a style that Grateful Dead aficionados would recognize as \u201cspace\u201d. Schaefer employed a tasteful tape loop riff on the rocker, \u201cRuby\u201d and Quinn sang lead on \u201cWeighting\u201d that came from the same tradition that the Hunter\/Garcia tune, \u201cCumberland Blues\u201d did.<\/p>\n

\"1<\/a>Contreras switched to acoustic guitar from electric and then to piano as the band moved through the set performing \u201cWhiskey Angel\u201d and \u201cAll of this Living\u201d. Cruz was left on stage to perform several of his tunes solo and then gradually supported by band members as they rejoined one by one through the set to \u201cEarthquake\u201d. Townsend was the last to retake the stage for a rousing performance of \u201cWhere the Black Lillies Grow\u201d, complete with an intense guitar lead before leaving the stage.<\/p>\n

Of course there was an encore to top off this performance. This one was a flawless performance of Pink Floyd\u2019s \u201cComfortably Numb\u201d which was requested by HMR editor, Edge Ferranti. I was amazed as it seemed that the Lillies reproduced that classic without missing a note from the original. Unfortunately, the encore was well past the hour that had been allotted for the radio show, so fans would have had to be in attendance to get that treat. I\u2019m certain that there will be another chance to catch it in the future as the Black Lillies are a regular guest of the Main Street Crossing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by James Killen Wednesdays are radio nights at Main Street Crossing as the first hour of the show is recorded for later broadcast on a local radio station. Well those listeners got a treat when they turned the knob to The Black Lillies\u2019 performance from the 29th. The Lillies are a country rock jam… <\/p>\n

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