{"id":85224,"date":"2019-01-19T19:51:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T00:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=85224"},"modified":"2019-01-19T20:02:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T01:02:59","slug":"the-verve-pipe-blasts-through-the-cold-temps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=85224","title":{"rendered":"THE VERVE PIPE BLASTS THROUGH THE COLD TEMPS &#8211; by Diane Fleischman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.df-foto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Story &amp; Photographs by Diane Fleischman<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">With a winter storm headed our way this weekend, The Verve Pipe, performed Friday night at the Musikfest Caf\u00e9.\u00a0 It was as if the thought of hunkering down for the weekend necessitated the need for one last night of fun out on the town.\u00a0 At Musikfest Caf\u00e9, The Verve Pipe delivered a high energy incredibly great show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<div id=\"su_carousel_69f8ba2ed75ec\" class=\"su-carousel su-carousel-centered su-carousel-pages-yes su-carousel-responsive-yes su-lightbox-gallery\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\" data-items=\"3\" data-scroll=\"1\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slides\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_0682r.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_0682r-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0682r\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_0713r.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_0713r-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0713r\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_0730r.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_0730r-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0730r\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_0821r.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_0821r-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0821r\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-nav\"><div class=\"su-carousel-direction\"><span class=\"su-carousel-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"su-carousel-next\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Cambria;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It\u2019s interesting to note that the band is now over 20 years old, yet, lead singer, Brian Vander Ark is the only original member.\u00a0 But you\u2019d never know it with his current ensemble,\u00a0 Lou Musa, lead guitar, Randy Sly, keyboards, Joel Ferguson, bass, Sam Briggs, drums, and Channing Lee, back-up vocals and percussion.\u00a0 The Verve Pipe was cohesive, tight, and they had a whole lot of fun.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">The show opened with the title track of their best selling album, \u201cVillian\u201d that brought the full post grunge heavy guitar lines and vocals that whispered and screamed.\u00a0 The vocals blended harmoniously in \u201cNever Let You Down\u201d, followed by \u201cAll of You\u201d with a danceable groove. More hits were abound, \u201cHero\u201d, \u2018Photograph\u201d, and the first of two cover songs, \u201c(Don\u2019t Fear) The Reaper\u201d, which started with a pizzicato violin intro, and carried soothing harmonies.\u00a0 And from the movie, Rock Star, \u201cColorful\u201d was performed.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">While Verve Pipe rolled through the catalogue of hits, it\u2019s nice to see that there is a bit of fresh air and energy with a newer release, \u201cI Can\u2019t Get You Off of My Mind\u201d that held hard driving guitar lines.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">Ferguson started \u201cCup of Tea\u201d off with a pogo dance, and \u201cVeneer\u201d followed.\u00a0 The set winded down when it was time for\u00a0 the one song that everyone came to hear, the earnest lyrics of \u201cThe Freshman\u201d.\u00a0 \u201cMedicate Myself\u201d followed, and the set closed with \u201cHappiness Is\u201d.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Cambria;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After a brief break, Verve Pipe returned to perform \u201cReverend Girl\u201d, and their cover of \u201cThe Chain\u201d (Fleetwood Mac) as the crowd howled and clapped along.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">It was well worth braving the winter\u2019s night cold air to watch a band with established musical roots in the late 90\u2019s that continue to forge their path into the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story &amp; Photographs by Diane Fleischman &nbsp; With a winter storm headed our way this weekend, The Verve Pipe, performed Friday night at the Musikfest Caf\u00e9.\u00a0 It was as if &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=85224\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">THE VERVE PIPE BLASTS THROUGH THE COLD TEMPS &#8211; by Diane Fleischman<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2290,1024,69,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diane-fleischman","category-entertainment","category-in-the-valley","category-photography"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/verb-pipe.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85224"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}