Tomorrow night the High Noon Saloon will cease to exist. Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears plan to tear down the ceilings and walls and create one big orgasmatron.
Ripping a page out of Woody Allen’s perception of the year 2173 in “Sleeper,” the band will rapidly and continuously deliver fantasies to concertgoers. By the encore, Joe will be caressing his axe atop a metaphorical glass pool while the crowd swims in sync to the rhythm in bone-chilling, purple lava.
Joe Lewis picked up the guitar at age 20 but was belting out James Brown covers in the womb. With a dab of blues and a heaping spoonful of funk, the mixture lays the optimal groundwork for Joe’s soulful voice to shine through. And maaan, it shines! But it doesn’t stop at a quality mix of genre and a strong voice. Even in the studio, his words break through the fourth wall with a badass southern flavor that’ll either scare the hell out of you or inject you with babies. Babies with chest hair.
Most recent out of the studio was the album Electric Slave. As the title hints at, the album ties together the past and present to rest somewhere in the middle — somewhere after rock ‘n’ roll and before auto tune. But scratch the word “rest,” as Electric Slave is louder, meaner, and jerkier than a charbroiled landjaeger. The album shadows the gritty opening song, “Skulldiggin,” with howling, horns, and dirt-covered-riff-rambling-rock. You don’t have to believe my metaphor-infused rant. Let the show speak for itself.
Opener Pickwick strikes resemblance to The Black Keys, especially in their popular song “Hacienda Hotel.” Naturally, it’s a song for carpet skating, eating ice cream cake with your hands, and wearing busted watches for the swag. Their 2013 album, Can’t Talk Medicine, puts the dust in thrust, sprinkling crust on lust. Take my trust: listen or bust.
Pickwick tends to swing between varieties of rock — indie, garage, R&B, and blues. Grouped under the alternative umbrella, these genres represent all things good in music, all things good for humanity; Earth’s survival. Come see Pickwick open for Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears. Save the Earth.