There is a great band playing tomorrow night, July 2 at The Gypsy Den in Las Vegas. They get on stage early as it’s part of the First Friday schedule so make sure to bunny hop on down by 6 pm to have a rocking good time.
I’ve been reading about “Leopold and His Fiction” for awhile and finally got to see them live last night at Beauty Bar. They were great. (and so were the headliners “Dirty Sweet”) The band is from San Francisco and has been playing here in Vegas a good bit the last few months. Their first album “Come Back Now That I’m Here” was released in January 2009. Give it a listen on the My Space page for “Leopold and His Fiction”.
Live they are very Doors-ish grunge, fat bassline, interesting riffs, spooky but not morbid vocals. Seeing them sort of made me feel like I was at The Whiskey on Sunset in the late ’60′s, except not because we were outdoors and it was a balmy 90 degrees at midnight.
For a three piece band they put out a wall of sound that is intriguing, captivating and yet not deafening. The bass player is like Winona Ryder’s little sister and the lead guitarist, singer, Leopold plays a yellow flying-V. The drummer doubles as Ray Manzarek on keyboards. Modern Doors with a twist. Kind of like Peace Frog.
The Beauty Bar has raised it’s drink prices, $8 for a Ketel Tonic, so it’s best to stick with the $4 Stella’s. The $7 cover seemed pretty steep for a Wednesday but Leopold and Dirty Sweet were worth it. There’s nothing like live, good rock ‘n roll in a great atmosphere.
The Gypsy Den is at 213 East Colorado in downtown Las Vegas (not to be confused with the Gypsy Bar on Paradise). If there’s any cover charge at all tomorrow I’m sure it will be minimal.
It’ll be interesting to see if the City of Las Vegas and other sponsors pony up the reported $13k it costs to support First Friday. Whirlygig, Inc. the organizers of the even had to skip the expenditure last month (June 2009) and I wonder what kind of effect that had on the organization, flow and safety. Without the street barricades, etc. the outdoor fest’s ambiance would certainly be different. Looking forward to checking it out.
BTW, the Las Vegas Downtown Neon Reverb Music Festival is a great way to stay up on upcoming acts at Beauty Bar, the Bunkhouse and other cool, mostly downtown, music venues. You can sign-up via Facebook or My Space to stay in the know.
Rock on.
(If anyone is a club/band photographer or has any pics from the Beauty Bar performance, please let me know.)
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