Alexander Ebert and his ragtag band exploded onto the stage at Sunday night in a haze of fog and light. The lanky Ebert awkwardly pranced around the stage in a body length tunic, leading in a musical mass of songs old and new.
With a drawn out “I Don’t Want to Pray,” the night took a real gospel theme. On verses like “I love my God/God made love” Ebert worked the crowd into a holy spirit frenzy as he joined the audience in their seats and offered up the mic to fans to make up their own lyrics.
“Who here knows they’re going to die?” asked Ebert as he hunched on the edge of a speaker monitor at the front of the stage. “My Dad is here tonight. He’s the person who told me I was going to die. Thanks Dad!” Then the band blazed into “Up From Below.”
The indie-folk band kicked off the jamboree of an evening with its most recognizable song, “40 Day Dream.” From there it was onto songs like “Janglin” and “Carries On.” The group waited until the end of the show to play fan favorite “HOME.”
Earlier in the night, Brittany Howard of growled her way through the entirety of the group’s 2012 album “Boys and Girls.” The soul-rock super group shared the sold out bill with Edward Sharp, but could have easily closed out the evening. Highlights included “Hold On,” “Hang Loose,” and “I Ain’t the Same.”
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