Dustbowl Revival
Founded around a decade ago in Venice Beach, the Dustbowl Revival melds New Orleans swing, soul, blues, gospel, and roots music for a dancehall party sound that has found a home on local stages everywhere from the Casbah to the Music Box, Winstons, and Stagecoach Park. AMSDconcerts will host the eight-piece group at its current venue in National City, in the Sweetwater High auditorium (an acoustically sweet sounding room well worth checking out). The Revival just dropped their self-titled fourth full-length, recorded with Grammy-winning producer Ted Hunt of San Diego’s own Flogging Molly. The album was preceded by a total time machine of a single called “Busted” that features both the fiddle and acoustic bass filtered at one point through a wah-wah pedal. Tracks like “Honey I Love You,” with guest vocals from Keb’ Mo’, sound for all the world like they’re beaming in from 1970s FM, airing between tracks by Fleetwood Mac and Leon Russell. But it’s in concert where the band really cuts loose with a full raft of entertainment options, as evidenced by any number of homemade YouTube videos where the videographer captures shaky images, with everyone around them, including them, boogieing up and down to the music.