Opener National Reserve reminded me of many bands. Big fella on lead guitar and vocals, rhythm guitar, drums, bass, and organ were the National Reserve. The singer looked like Leslie West of Mountain, or Bob "the Bear" Hite from Canned Heat. Straight up rock and roll songs with juicy guitar leads and punchy organ fills sounded like The Band crossed with the Byrds. They did a great Neil Young-ified cover of Gillian Welch's Miss Ohio complete with "yak choking on a soup bone" guitar solo.
Hollis Brown hails from NYC. Guitar/vocals, lead guitar, drums, bass, and organ/vocals made up the group. I noticed that they are performing at this year's Mountain Jam. Tight original songs had a rocking Americana feel. They pulled local Blues axeman Neil Caputo on stage for an excellent take on Dylan's Meet Me In The Morning. The organ player croaked out an ok version of the Beatles Oh Darlin. Hollis Brown also covered Jesse Malin's She Don't Love Me Now which is ironic given that I saw Jesse perform that tune a few months ago at this very same venue.
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