It was an evening of true craziness at the Blue Light Friday night, with Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights hitting our stage for the first time in months. The BL faithful were having some serious JTNL withdrawals as was evident by the masses of people who stood in line as early as 9:30 to watch the band.
JTNL played all night long, stopping just shy of their 2am cutoff. They did just about every song off the new album, Pardon Me, including the title track and the ripping Hot Sake. They even brought back an old favorite, Sunshine, as a request from the crowd. The audience screamed along to the chorus of Young and Free and kept them onstage doing encores until closing time.
JTNL is the type of band you know will show you a good time. We’ve never seen a bad show from these guys (and gal), and with the biggest crowd yet Friday night, it’s obvious they’re not slowing down the pace for anyone. The dance floor was packed, and if you were not right in the middle of it, you really missed out.
Wisebird was around to open up for JTNL and finally got the crowd they deserve. After playing several times on the Blue Light stage to less than stellar amounts of people, they enjoyed a packed house and attentive audience this time around. The boys take turns with the vocals, with all of them getting equal attention. Each of them is a fantastic musician with a great pulled-together sound. Hopefully their days of playing to an empty bar at the Blue Light are over.
Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights’ new album, Pardon Me is available at iTunes. It is absolutely an album you should own. You can also get free downloads of two songs off of Wisebird’s new album by going to their website and signing up for their mailing list.
