The Entrance Band

The Entrance Band

Writers of this blog annually award the Field of Heaven “Best Stage” for its snug  mountain location, crystal clear acoustics, and firm gravel underfoot. For the weary, the stage is flanked by politically correct vendors offering covered seating along with hemp products and coffee w/Kahlua.

Unfortunately, the remoteness of the stage makes it overlooked by the masses leading to light attendance for otherwise big names such as My Morning Jacket and Ryan Adams, leading the artist line-up on this stage to be scaled back in subsequent years. This year, one of the best performers on this terrific stage will be The Entrance Band, a highly regarded LA trio that careen between jamrific tunes to delay-sotted guitars ala early 80’s acts such as U2, The Cult, and Echo & the Bunnymen.

The track “M.L.K.” is equal parts the Edge and Jerry Garcia, a wild traipse into the stratosphere that is so perfectly suited to the Field of Heaven that I can imagine some of the vendors selling rough hewn ponchos for a minute to look up, and jam along with an invisible guitar.

With a little more time, and perhaps a hit song to their name, the band may make it to the Green Stage, though now they are probably quite happy to play here. If you want a taste, click on their performance at Bonnaroo, and lay back and watch the psychadelia unfurl. At the end, you will here the Alex Chilton/The Seeds chorus, “I Can’t Seem To Make You Mine.” The Entrance Band are a good mid-day interlude, a dark, wobbly, black-lit performance as refreshing as an A/C unit cranked on  high in the basement.