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Marah
“Out here in the fields …”
The rule for festival sets should be that each act has to play at least one cover. Something for casual listeners to grab ahold of. The Philadelphia rockers of Marah were tooling away quite splendidly Saturday, turning noon into midnight with the rompish triple-guitar pop of “Round Eye Blues” and such, but then they launched their show into the stratosphere by inserting the Who’s “Baba O’Riley” into “Feather Boa.”
Suddenly, a good set became tremendous. When brothers David and Serge Bielanko slid into the crowd to play guitar and harmonica, respectively, on “Dishwasher’s Blues,” which they dedicated to Townes Van Zandt, the jubilation was like good sweat. The band played the theme to “Rocky” when it came onstage and delivered one heck of a left hook.
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By Jim Blackman
September 21, 2006 09:59 AM | Link to this
tremendous energy. I first saw Marah at a house concert in NJ. Their performance was incredible. I am a little disappointed that they did not play Walt Whitman Bridge, which is one of their many fantastic original songs. By far the best band of the festival. Marah should be headlining in stadiums.
By kevin mcintyre
September 18, 2006 01:35 PM | Link to this
a great set! I made my friends come early to see them sat morning(11:45) and Marah did not let me down. Great songs, great stage presence..One of the most under aprreciated groups touring today.
By clutj
September 17, 2006 01:43 AM | Link to this
One of the best sets I saw Friday and Saturday. Very good players, they were game for their 11:45 start and impressed a lot of people.