Keyboardist Marco Benvento led his trio through a two-night stand at New York's Brooklyn Bowl this weekend, and the group welcomed several guests over the two shows and even debuted a new song from Benevento's upcoming album. Friday night kicked off with an opening set by WOLF!, featuring guitarist and Benevento's Almost Dead bandmate Scott Metzger. Later in the night, Metzger joined the headlining trio for Benevento's "Heavy Metal Flowing Upstream." Violinist Katie Jacoby, who has spent part of the year touring with The Who's Roger Daltrey, then joined the collective for Shirley Ellis's "The Clapping Song" and Travis Wammack's "Twangin' My Thang," two tunes that are staples of Benevento and his band's backstage-vinyl-record-playing repertoire on tour. The band followed that show up with a Saturday-night performance that also served as a celebration of bassist Karina Rykman's 25th birthday, marked by Brooklyn Bowl GM Stephen Schwarz presenting Rykman with a birthday pie on stage while playing Anita Ward's "Ring My Bell" through a megaphone, followed by the crowd singing "Happy Birthday." After the show, Rykman continued her birthday celebration by tacking on a sit in with '90s cover band The Bayside Tigers during their late-night Bowl performance, joining the group for Eve 6's "Inside Out" and Blink-182's "What's My Age Again?" Saturday's show also featured a few surprises, with guitarist Chris Braun joining Benevento's band for a couple nods to The Band's The Last Waltz in "The Shape I'm In" and Dr. John's "Such a Night" (which Benevento himself played during "The Complete Last Waltz" at The Capitol Theatre the previous weekend). Rubblebucket trumpeter Alex Toth also emerged during the show for a run of Young-Holt Unlimited classic instrumental tune "Soulful Strut" (another selection from Benevento's backstage vinyl collection). Later on, Benevento announced that they would be playing a new song for the first time, the title track for the Leon Michels–produced album set for release next year, then launched into the bouncy "Let It Slide." Below, watch full-show video from Saturday night's performance.
EDIT: An earlier version of this article mistakenly noted that Katie Jacoby had toured with Roger Waters instead of Roger Daltrey.
