2020 Gumbo Final - Book - Page 39
Students by Day,
Rockstars by Night
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Band comprised of LSU students performs
its songs in a New Orleans venue
ou might have heard of The Revelries, or even
had class with one or two of its members.
The Baton Rouge band continues gaining
momentum, this time by headlining a show
alongside New Orleans based Flow Tribe at The
Varsity Theatre, known for its alternative music
shows.
The show kicked off a little after 9 p.m. on
Friday with The Revelries performing first. They
rocked original debut songs “Abbot Kinney”
and “Blonde Hair. Blue Eyes” and fan favorite
“That Side of You.” The band also covered John
Mayer’s “Heartbreak Warfare” flawlessly for an
exhilarated audience.
“This is one of the best shows I’ve been to
lately,” digital advertising senior Samantha
McBroom said after catching a pick thrown by
guitarist Logan Maggio.
The band is made up of Logan Maggio, the
newest member and a finance senior, lead
singer and general business senior Beau Bailey,
bass player and mechanical engineering senior
Hoyt Brignac and drummer and University
accounting graduate John Lewis released an EP
titled “After 7,” and has opened for Moon Taxi,
Wilderado and Weathers and shared the stage
with Better Than Ezra.
Story: Lia Salime Ramirez
Photo: Abby Kibler
Design: Kacey Buercklin
Although the band has only been together for
about two years, in synchrony and developed
sound make it seem as though they’ve been
rocking together for as long as Axl Rose and
Slash. Each member has played their respective
instrument for years and
derives inspiration from different musicians like
Catfish and the Bottleman, Kings of Leon, U2
and John Mayer, but they combine their different
styles to achieve guitar-driven alternate rock.
“We got a ton of songs that we’ve already
written and right now there’s a few record labels
that we’ve been talking to,” Lewis said. “They
were looking to produce our next project. So,
a lot of what we come out with next kind of
depends on who/if we sign with a record label
or if the deal’s not there, then we would go and
do it ourselves.”
After an interlude, the show culminated with
a buoyant performance from Flow Tribe that
included maracas, jazz, instrumentals, funk and
a lot of dancing both from band members and
the crowd to “Good Time Girl” and “Turning
Table Live.” The band’s music, defined as
funk rock, is based on funk with distinct jazz
elements and takes in characteristics of rock to
create Flow Tribe’s flowy and easy-to-vibe-to
sound.
All members of Flow Tribe are New Orleans
natives. The band is comprised of K.C. O’Rorke
on vocals and trumpet, John-Michael Early
on vocals, the harmonica, keyboard and
washboard, Russell Olschner on drums, Chad
Penot on vocals and bass, Bryan Santos on the
guitar and Mario Palmisano also on the guitar.
Both The Revelries and Flow Tribe’s music
is available on Spotify and Apple Music. The
Revelries and Flow Tribe will be at the Gretna
Heritage Festival on Friday, Sept. 27 as they
return to Louisiana.
Logan Maggio
of the Revelries
performing
at the Varsity
Theatre
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