Goodnight, Texas - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, Oregon
Goodnight, Texas. Yep, that is a real place in Texas and when asked how/why they named their band after a city/state that none of the band members are from, I got an even better answer, “Its half the way point between us” says Avi Vinocur, referring to him being on the West Coast and bandmate Patrick Dyer Wolf being on the East Coast. Well, that makes perfect sense, and it’s a super cool name to boot.
I initially discovered them in Denver last year while they were touring as support for Larkin Poe, and their set absolutely rocked then and there was no way I was missing them on their tour this year with Devon and Donavon.
Avi (lead vocals, guitar, mondolin, banjo, awesome dance moves), Patrick (lead vocals, guitar, banjo), Chris Sugiura (bass) , and touring drummer Cody Rhodes have such a fun stage presence while making their way through their folk rock set list. Their energy during their set was filled with good harmonies, rock n roll guitar riffs, blues ruled banjos and a bassist with some really great rock hair one can ask for.
A genre mixing can't-quite-pin-it kind of folk roots rock, the band recently released “Runaways” which features Kirk Hammett of Metallica, so let’s add a bit of metal to the mix.
photos by Julia Varga
