Night Moves: Flower Travellin' Band @ Johnny Brenda's

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Night Moves: Flower Travellin' Band @ Johnny Brenda's

POSTED: Monday, March 16, 2009, 9:27 PM
Filed Under: Music | Night Moves

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Contrary to what its hippie-dippie name suggests, the Flower Travellin' Band does not perform shitty classic rock covers in Allentown. Oh, no. It's a '70s psych-rock band from Japan — actually, it's the '70s psych-rock band from Japan. Imagine if Led Zeppelin reuinted (and John Bonham never died), and the members decided to play in a tiny ass venue, and you'll begin to understand how enthusiastic you should be that the Flower Travellin' Band is performing at JB's. Think that psych-rock is only for burnt-out Phish fans? The Japenese do it quite differently. Unlike, say, Pink Floyd or Grateful Dead, which are brilliant but often mopey and mellow, the Flower Travellin' Band is feverish and strongly influenced by early metal. As Grace Slick might say, it's like American psych-rock being shot through a cannon.


Mon., March 16, 9 p.m., $13-$16, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com

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