{"id":8223,"date":"2011-08-06T11:53:50","date_gmt":"2011-08-06T15:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/?p=8223"},"modified":"2011-08-06T11:55:05","modified_gmt":"2011-08-06T15:55:05","slug":"rebecca-haviland-at-rockwood-music-hall-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/06\/rebecca-haviland-at-rockwood-music-hall-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca Haviland at Rockwood Music Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rebecca Haviland<\/a> at Rockwood Music Hall<\/a>? Count us in, whenever it\u2019s physically possible. Last night it was and we were there. \"Smile\"<\/p>\n

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Rebecca has a spectacular voice. She writes great songs. She has an amazing band. Everything else I write will be mere details<\/em>. You now know what you need to know!<\/p>\n

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Rebecca loves Led Zeppelin. No small irony then that her voice would be perfect<\/strong> for singing lead with them. When they reconstitute the band, especially if Robert Plant<\/a> won\u2019t participate, they should consider replacing him with her. They might even want to consider working in her opening number from last night.<\/p>\n

While Rebecca writes wonderful original material (more on that shortly), she does a cover of Led Zeppelin\u2019s Black Dog that shares lyrics, but little else with the original. It\u2019s a slow, bluesy rock number, that gets under your skin and refuses to leave (in the good sense). Led Zeppelin could open with that, and close the show with their version (also perfect), creating fitting bookends to their world-wide tour, featuring Rebecca Haviland. \"Smile\"<\/p>\n

The rest of Rebecca\u2019s set were originals, a number of them co-written with her bass player, Chris Anderson<\/a> (one of our favorites!). Chris sings harmony on many of the new songs.<\/p>\n

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Later in the set Rebecca introduced a brand new song (written a week ago), Vultures. We were drawn in instantly!<\/p>\n

I love all her new material, but lately, I\u2019m particularly obsessed with If You. I can\u2019t help singing the chorus (Wo, wo oh oh oh) out loud, it just feels so right. Thankfully, Rebecca isn\u2019t averse to the audience doing that. In fact, last night she asked the band not to play on that number, so that we<\/strong> (the audience) could hear ourselves<\/strong> sing. How cool was that? Totally cool<\/strong>, because I (and a lot of other people) sang our little hearts out. \"Smile\"<\/p>\n

Greg Mayo<\/a> plays the piano and electronic keyboards in Rebecca\u2019s band. He sings harmony on some of the numbers too. On How Can I, Rebecca called out Greg\u2019s vocals in advance and the two of them harmonized beautifully throughout the song. Of course, the keyboard play was terrific on all the numbers.<\/p>\n

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Kenny Shaw<\/a> played the drums, wonderfully. He didn\u2019t blow me out, even though I was less than two feet from the kit. Thanks Kenny! \"Smile\"<\/p>\n

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Most (all?) of the songs from last night\u2019s set will be on an upcoming full-length CD. Rebecca is currently in the beginning stages of a Kickstarter campaign<\/a>. She\u2019s just over 50% raised (with only a single tweet that I recall seeing). Let\u2019s get her over the top quickly, and even beyond her goal. I need<\/strong> to have this CD in my hands, so if you\u2019re not going to do it for Rebecca, do it for me, please? \"Smile\"<\/p>\n

The only positive outcome of a delay is that instead of being in the studio, Rebecca found the time to write Vultures. Now to ensure that it makes it onto the CD\u2026<\/p>\n

Here is the set list from last night:<\/p>\n

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