Downtown Harvest
my favorite local Philly band
I love going out for a night with my friends, heading out to a bar or a restaurant and just hanging out. I really love going out to a Downtown Harvest show and dancing: right up front in that space between the crowd and the band, where a few of the other dancing people are - I love that.
My friend, Dave, introduced me to DowntownHarvest (for which I'm very grateful). And in turn, I've introduced a bunch of my friends to them. Its tough to describe their style. It's eclictic, it's rock-y, it's pop-y, its got a bit of jazz-y going on and a bit of hip-hop-y too. One thing for sure, it's FUN to dance to at a live show (You can check out some of their music on their website or their myspace page).
Downtown Harvest is made up of four guys from the Philly suburbs: Tom does guitar and vocals, Chris does drums and vocals, Bob is on bass and Frank is on everything else (really everything: he plays sax, keyboards, guitar and sometimes a tambourine. Although... I haven't seen him play a triangle, yet...). They play in and around Philadelphia, frequently in New York City, sometimes down in DC and even way North at Nectars in Burlington, VT (by the way I hear they have great gravy-fries, if you're in to that kinda thing).
On Friday I got to see them at Grape Street in Manayunk. It's a great venue, great sound, nice lights, good crowd. I just wish they got to play longer than an hour-long set. They played some songs off their first self-titled CD and debuted a few from their currently-being-recorded album. As always I had a great time bouncing along to the music. I have a hard time sitting still when they play. I'm looking forward to the next show I get to see. If you have the opportunity to see them: jump at the chance