The National Reserve 4/9/18 Cafe 9

Brooklyn rock and rollers The National Reserve jammed for a modest crowd on a manic Monday. Drums, bass, lead guitar ( dude played hella slide), and front man Sean Walsh on guitar and lead vocals. This band is firmly steeped in 70s rock, and reminded me of Blitzentrapper or Alex Bleeker and the Freaks in that these guys probably were toddlers in the 70s. Good selection of originals in support of a new release. Covers were even better with Ronnie Lane's "Roll On Babe", "Trouble In Mind", and an excellent version of Dylan's "She Belongs To Me" (gracias Mattie). Show highlight was the Gillian Welch cover "Miss Ohio". At one point lead singer Sean said " we love it here in New Haven, we've never been to this city before", which is funny because I reviewed them in this blog playing the back room of Bar on 5/3/17! After the show, I took the opportunity to kook Sean by telling him that not only has he played this town, but he played the same awesome Gillian Welch cover. He must be forgiven as he is a refugee of the road.