A day or so after The Devil Makes Three stormed through Chicago, a buddy of mine asked how I liked the DM3 session. I rubbed my chin thoughtfully and responded in such fashion:
“DM3 album es bueno”
“DM3 in studio es muy bueno”
DM3 live at Beat Kitchen es muy bueno con queso”
What the hell does that mean? Besides the obvious, 1) everything goes better with cheese and 2) I have a limited use of the English language.
It means that DM3 are one of the better live acts touring the country these days. Individually, Pete, Lucia and Cooper are each immensely talented, but the way they work together is the real treat. With a frantic brand of music that feels like it could easily veer off the tracks at any moment, it’s imperative that the three band mates not step on each other’s toes or the music could get muddled. Luckily, Devil Makes Three has the technical chops to pull each song off flawlessly.
Shirk did a fantastic job of capturing their sound here, but I implore you see them live if you have the chance. They even joked about the studio performance at the show, saying it was tough to play standing still to remain on camera.
The crowd at the show that night was a demographic mixed bag, which is consistent from what I’ve read in press clippings. From one release, I read “The Devil Makes Three has developed an audience that encompasses just about every kind of music fan from punk rockers to Deadheads, bluegrass barflies and rockabilly fanatics to indie rock kids.”
Didn’t matter what they were wearing. Everyone was dancing their ass off and I almost had my ACL torn apart by a girl slipping in her stilettos.
Exclusive: The Devil Makes Three – For Good Again
Exclusive: The Devil Makes Three – Do Wrong Right
Exclusive: The Devil Makes Three – Poison Trees
Exclusive: The Devil Makes Three – Help Yourself
Exclusive: The Devil Makes Three – The Day I Jumped From Uncle Harvey’s Plane
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Video: The Devil Makes Three – Do Wrong Right (see more videos from this session here).
