Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

Don’t you just love it when you take a chance on something and the payoff is much, much better than expected? I can’t say this is always the case with my local Chinese restaurant, which is why I usually stick to the Mongolian Beef, but that’s another topic entirely and perhaps even another blog.

On my recent trip to Florida I stumbled upon the new Grace Potter and the Nocturnals album This is Somewhere while perusing the shelves at the record store. I had never really heard any of their music before and pretty much bought it on a whim, but I was very pleasantly surprised. This is Somewhere is a stew of guitar and Hammond B-3 driven rock and blues influenced music. I was so impressed, I immediately checked their tour schedule and found out that they will be in Nashville at 3rd and Lindsley in a few weeks!

So I did what any music lover would do and bought tickets, which I might add were very reasonably priced at $10. I can’t wait to see them live. In the meantime, here are a couple live tracks off of their newest album from a show they did in Boston, MA at The Paradise on December 12, 2007:

GPNT, Stop the Bus

GPNT, Big White Gate

The entire show is available for download here.

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals’ MySpace: www.myspace.com/gracepotterandthenocturnals

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals’ Website: www.gracepotter.com