Marco Benevento on MMJ

[aMillionDreams]

Most of you already know he covered "Golden" on his last album.  There is an interview at Jambase where he talks about MMJ.

...we did a My Morning Jacket tune off It Still Moves, which was a record Joe and I used to wear out while we were on the road. I am one of those people who consider that band extremely important right now."

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/16535/Marco-Benevento%27s-Brooklyn-Memoirs

[NoVa_NoLa]

Love Marco...he's out on tour with some fairly badass musicians right now, too.  Check him out if you can.

[goose]

Who is he?  I have never heard of him.  I am in the transformation of becoming familiar with new music.

[NoVa_NoLa]

He's half of The Duo.  Joe Russo is the other half.  Check out http://beneventorussoduo.com/ for the Duo.

Marco's page is marcobenevento.com

[goose]

Thanks Nova

[Soulshine]

The Duo is great. Def check them out sometime.

[lasvegas]

'golden' with fishman, and reed mathis of tea leaf green @ mexicali in nj.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5DDWjzByFk[/media]

[st. john]

goose, the wind howled bb's and the devil said macdonald's.

http://www.archive.org/details/duo2008-12-31

[Ghosts_on_TV]

He's playing in Wilkes-Barre at this bar down the road from me in March. I'm gonna go. I saw the duo there last year and they were great.

[capt. scotty]

Hah, I remember when they were still called Benevento/Russo Duo and were playing Phish aftershows in Brooklyn and a couple other places.

Saw them on NYE at BB Kings a few years ago with Mike Gordon...it rocked.

Nice to see he's a fan of the Jacket

[tkezm971]

I got the chance to see the Duo the day after Christmas when they were playing with The Slip in Boston and then again after MSG for a late night set with Surprise Me Mr. Davis. These were my first experiences getting to hear them live (let alone twice in such a short period of time). They put on a pretty good show and both times you could tell they had some fans that were very involved in the experience.

Personally, I learned that Wild Turkey and a 4-hour MMJ show were a little too physically demanding for me to get that into the late night set in NYC, but it was still a great time.

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

sweet marco is a bad ass.

[MickeyReds]

This band is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW! F YEAH! ;)

[el_chode]

'golden' with fishman, and reed mathis of tea leaf green @ mexicali in nj.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5DDWjzByFk[/media]

Are you serious? I almost went to that show. Damn me and being responsible.

[el_chode]

Not to threadjack this at all, but three Duo notes:

1) Here's a vid i took of them conquering paranoid android
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdr61mDYLmY[/media]
2) Langerado '06 has them covering Muzzle of Bees as an intro to 9x9
3) Joe Russo's side project, American Babies, is the best band to ever have such a horrible name

[NoVa_NoLa]

Not to threadjack this at all, but three Duo notes:

1) Here's a vid i took of them conquering paranoid android
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdr61mDYLmY[/media]
2) Langerado '06 has them covering Muzzle of Bees as an intro to 9x9
3) Joe Russo's side project, American Babies, is the best band to ever have such a horrible name

Love American Babies first and foremost because Joey can sing!  We saw them a while back in Baltimore and I was shocked--in the good way!  There's an article on Jambase about Joe right now as well and it's looking like the Duo will be coming back soon...YAY!  ;D

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/16234/Joe-Russo-Can%27t-Be-Stopped

And now, back to your regularly scheduled MMJ chatter.  :)

[Ghosts_on_TV]

Not to threadjack this at all, but three Duo notes:

1) Here's a vid i took of them conquering paranoid android
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdr61mDYLmY[/media]
2) Langerado '06 has them covering Muzzle of Bees as an intro to 9x9
3) Joe Russo's side project, American Babies, is the best band to ever have such a horrible name

Love American Babies first and foremost because Joey can sing!  We saw them a while back in Baltimore and I was shocked--in the good way!  There's an article on Jambase about Joe right now as well and it's looking like the Duo will be coming back soon...YAY!  ;D

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/16234/Joe-Russo-Can%27t-Be-Stopped

And now, back to your regularly scheduled MMJ chatter.  :)

American Babies are cool, but I miss Brothers Past.

[el_chode]

Brothers Past are still around, aren't they? I could have sworn I saw them in a lineup on some festival for this year. I don't mind them, but they're a different breed than American Babies. The AB album is a great warm evening beers in the back yard album.

Brothers Past are VERY Philadelphia. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but that's the whole Bisco/Particle/Lotus electrojam thing.

One last duo comment: I appreciate the guys even more for helping to change the Brooklyn/NYC scene. No longer is it solely an ironic mustache 80s-nu-new wave scene for skinny jeans and front mullets. The guys have been instrumental in keeping clubs open til 3 or 4 am with extended sets and helping bands like the Slip, Phonograph, and AB establish a good jam vibe through the city.

[Ghosts_on_TV]

Brothers Past are still around, aren't they? I could have sworn I saw them in a lineup on some festival for this year. I don't mind them, but they're a different breed than American Babies. The AB album is a great warm evening beers in the back yard album.

Brothers Past are VERY Philadelphia. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but that's the whole Bisco/Particle/Lotus electrojam thing.

One last duo comment: I appreciate the guys even more for helping to change the Brooklyn/NYC scene. No longer is it solely an ironic mustache 80s-nu-new wave scene for skinny jeans and front mullets. The guys have been instrumental in keeping clubs open til 3 or 4 am with extended sets and helping bands like the Slip, Phonograph, and AB establish a good jam vibe through the city.

Tom Hamilton started AB as a side project, and then Brothers Past kinda dissolved. He said they are not "done" done, but I havent seen them around lately, and they used to play at the same bar I said I'm going to see Marco at like 2 or 3 times a year.

[el_chode]

Brothers Past are still around, aren't they? I could have sworn I saw them in a lineup on some festival for this year. I don't mind them, but they're a different breed than American Babies. The AB album is a great warm evening beers in the back yard album.

Brothers Past are VERY Philadelphia. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but that's the whole Bisco/Particle/Lotus electrojam thing.

One last duo comment: I appreciate the guys even more for helping to change the Brooklyn/NYC scene. No longer is it solely an ironic mustache 80s-nu-new wave scene for skinny jeans and front mullets. The guys have been instrumental in keeping clubs open til 3 or 4 am with extended sets and helping bands like the Slip, Phonograph, and AB establish a good jam vibe through the city.

Tom Hamilton started AB as a side project, and then Brothers Past kinda dissolved. He said they are not "done" done, but I havent seen them around lately, and they used to play at the same bar I said I'm going to see Marco at like 2 or 3 times a year.

Sad to hear they're not doing stuff. I only heard them during my year in Wilmington, so I got to get a bunch of their stuff. One Rabbit Race was in heavy rotation this time last year for me.