On Wednesday, May 3, the final day of New Orleans’ Crawfish Festival took place at The Broadside. After sets by Chris Mule and Terence Higgins’ Gator Blaq, featuring Keiko Komaki, Cass Faulconer, Eric Johanson and Jonathon “Boogie” Long, Marco Benevento and Eric Krasno took the stage for their collaborative set.
The performance commenced after 7 p.m. local time and saw Benevento welcome his Joe Russo’s Almost Dead counterpart and Ween bassist, Dave Dreiwitz, who filled in for Karina Rykman, who was in New York for a multi-night stand (May 1 through 4) on Late Night with Seth Meyers, where she’s held down musical duties alongside the house band.
Of note, Dreiwitz has also spent time on the road and sharing the stage as a part of Benevento’s Trio prior to Rykman’s entry into the fold. The Wednesday night performance in The Big Easy included an additional guest appearance by Luther Dickinson, who assisted in the night’s renditions of "Limbs of a Pine," which ran over into an ensuing cover of Harry Nilsson's "Jump into the Fire."
