The Black Crowes, Vetiver
Saturday, Dec. 13
Fillmore Auditorium
Better than: Revisiting the sounds of '60s soul and '70s rock with a middling bar band.
"I swear I've heard that riff before." That was the recurring thought as I watched the Black Crowes and Vetiver perform Saturday, as the solos, the vocal lines and the song structures recalled countless precedents, from the Allman Brothers to Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Wipe that Homer Simpson drool off your face...
Eat healthy, live healthy.
Today in Cafe Society:
• Beer AND donuts at Watson's? Oh, why do you toy with my emotions!
• Sip and slip into spring at Tamayo.
• Coffee Spot: Aviano Coffee.
• V.G. Burgers currently homeless as well as meatless.
• Primebar poised for a May opening in the former Palomino space.
• Vita ditches brunch and moves to lunch.
Today in Backbeat Online:
• Denver-based Max3 launches artist-friendly digital distro w