They are like the female Black Keys. I don’t know which sister is more badass, they both are 100% awesome. That slide guitar, I don’t think people realize how good she is with it.
The girls are the real deal, brilliant vocally and instrumentally. The key is the sheer unbridled enjoyment they get from the music and playing together, whether it is with the boys on drums and bass, just by themselves or with the increasing number of artists they have played with (i.e. Elvis Costello, Joe Bonamassa, Keith Urban) and whether it is in front of an audience, in the studio or simply recording in a hotel room. One thing is for sure, the Blues couldn't be in better hands.
@@kellywalker8407 Subtle also, check out their version of "Sound of Silence", just the two of them in a hotel room close up to the camera. The level of harmony only siblings can produce. Also, if you haven't already done so, check out their early career with their sister in The Lovell Sisters to see their evolution from blue grass before they discovered the blues.
Larkin Poe is my absolute favorite group.....I am a child of the 70s listening to the Allman Brothers and the Doobie Brothers, etc.....The Poe just does it for me......and it doesn't hurt that they are from the south like me.......
I've seen these ladies three times, the first in a club with about 50 people. Absolutely brilliant live. One of the many things I use to describe them is they do simple better than anyone. It's never fancy, just exactly what's needed, nothing more.
I've loved and appreciated Rebecca and Megan for the last ten years. They really are the real deal. As a non musician I'd like to thank you for breaking the song down for me. I knew what I felt and you only re enforced that feeling.
I found the beginning of the Larkin Poe UA-cam rabbit hole yesterday....it’s been a couple days of nonstop listening and watching their videos. Everything they do is full of soul and grit. They are perfect! Great reaction! Keep it coming!
I love Megan and Rebecca! Making music with your sister is such a blast! I dig it! Mad as a hatter is one of my favorite songs of them...check the live version at the Convent Club Chapel, amazing vocals and emotion
I just discover your chain, and it is very great to see your analysis. I love Larkin Poe for over a year now, you said it right : they are real Badass, real Blues ! Thanks to you, I discover a new level of earing their songs !!! Thank you so much for that !
"you know what the hardest thing to do in music probably is?..........To not play anything" You sir have said it all right there............its the silence between the notes.
Love those girls! I've seen them twice, in small venues, and they tear the house down! You nailed it on the 4 parts, Megan is harmony vocals and her slide is harmony strings for Rebecca's singing/playing. They are serious, reverent, students of music and have great appreciation for the roots! Those living room sessions you mentioned, where they usually do covers, are so much fun! Check out their cover of "Helplessly Hoping" for some vocal harmonies that make the hair on the back of your neck stand up! Here's a fun romp of the classic tune, "Ophelia" by The Band! ua-cam.com/video/LopWl5GxRCs/v-deo.html
Great video Michael !! Boys.. WE ARE SCREWED!! the ladies are taking over! i had tickets for Larkin Poe last february in Madrid.. it shifted til spring!! I´m not claiming my refund ....I´ll just buy the tickets again... happy to assist the music cause & hopefully help keep the clubs open here !!! "Always tip your waitresses ... they got drink problems of their own¨ D.L.R
Rebecca and Megan take blues to the next level. I've been waiting for them since the mid-seventies! I cannot believe Rebecca's voice, and Megan compliments it so well. Check out Ain't gonna cry. There are so many great tunes that they do!
Dude..... you made me laugh out loud. Reminds me of myself when I first saw them years ago doing a Hall and Oats cover of Rich Girl while in a bathroom and sounding amazing! Their harmony, soulfulness..... the just plain badassness has only gotten better.
Saw them at a packed Rickshaw Club in SF. Burned it down. Nothing like their charming UA-cam duets. They knew they were playing to Dead Heads, and they jammed.
Amazing what awesome stuff can be created when a music executive isn't in charge...or when the artists, themselves, are in total control with no contracted corporate writers repackaging all the same stuff we've been hearing every day for a decade.
Larkin Poe are like a good pasta sauce... simple ingredeants, simmered for hours so just the best fullest flavour is left. tomatoes, karrots a little wine and onions little spice and still a nuclear bomb to your tastebuds
'Unapologetically Badass' hits the nail on the head, great description. They both have so much spirit and heart in the music, but in very different ways, so it gives a perfect complement. Also one of the few bands where I really really like when they do cover versions - because they utterly make them their own while still holding to the original. Again, unapologetically badass.
Dig deeper in their catalog. And see them live. Megan literally "sings" with her Rick B3. Rebecca's voice is something special. You would love the vocals and slide work in "Wanted Woman/ACDC"
FRI AUG 28, 2020 - 7:00 PM Larkin Poe Royale, Boston MA I'm seeing them in Philadelphia on the 27th! Mad as a Hatter is my favorite track of Larkin Poe.
Hey Michael....so glad you picked these gals to put up. They are the bomb. The songs do sound simple, but they are so incredibly "in-tune" with each other. Couldn't agree more with how the rhythm section playing less is more......they full complement the girls in every way - unobtrusive, yet so vital in driving the songs.
It it took me a while … but I am there now. Feel just as you did one seeing them for the first time. The confidence, the skill, the hard work they do. The smiles are infectious. You cannot help but love them.
I love Larkin Poe. Beautiful women and wonderful music. Now, I find it really great that Rebecca can sing the words, "Beach Blond Bottle Blues" without getting her tongue twisted. Now, this is true. I play guitar as a hobby and used to play with friends. We did Stormy Monday. I would sing. For the line, "The eagle flies on Friday", i would always, not on purpose, sing, "The eagle fries on Fly day." No kidding. So, I give Rebecca kudos for being able to sing, "Beach Blond Bottle Blues' without getting her tongue twisted.
I discovered Larkin Poe a few weeks ago and can't stop listening to them! Great musiciants and songwriters both sisters! I love the simplicity of their songs ending up in a complex arrangement. simply great - hope to see them soon here in Germany!
Just saw Larkin Poe at Byron Bay Bluesfest here on the east coast of Australia, on Easter weekend. Blew me away. The vocals. The grooves. The guitars. The sheer badassery. Great performers too. I teach guitar, so I immediately sent links to all my female students, especially the teenagers. Figured they needed to see two young women musicians kickin’ ass and takin’ names.
I was hooked after the first song. Went through most of their catalog and couldn’t find even one stinker. Those family harmonies are the best too. Just excellent musicians. Great reaction.
Just found your channel, blown away by the reaction videos. Amazing! Maybe I am biased because we have eerily similar taste in music apparently. The fact that you also remember the Lovell Sisters, sealed the deal. The two albums all the sisters made are real gems! Thanks for all this amazing context
Their latest album, Self Made Man (which is also the title track), also went to number 1 right away on the Blues chart. Their fancy stuff is found in the rhythms and those harmony fills. It’s important to remember that they were introduced to violin at the age of 3 (Rebecca) and 5 (Megan). They literally have been musicians their entire lives.
And they just won the Grammy for best contemporary blues album, Blood Harmony. Venom and Faith won some awards as well. If you haven't seen them live yet, make a point of it.
Saw ´em two times live. Am a real fan of the sisters!! But I always felt that the rythm section is so much underrated!! Thank you for puttin your focus on that too!!!
Rebecca and Meghan know that great music is not about how many notes you can fit in there, it's about what notes you play, when you play them, and when the best thing to play is nothing at all. Very rare. And very precious.
... Yeowp, gotta jumpin heyer-!!! Wottee sedn more, juss hurt me, hert me, heart me, badlee now, bay-bee. First saw and heard them telephone interviewing convo with Justin Heyward, aend, from that, checked out some of their gigs, and wow, talk about a groove...
So cool to see you get geeked by Rebecca and Meagan #slidequeen. They are so the real deal. They have been making music together for 20 yrs. Glad I found you too
You should check out Rebacca's husband, Tyler bryant. His sound is just pure bad ass with a shit load of fuzz and his soloing is just amazing! And check out 'Philip Sayce' you might already know him but he is definetly one of my favourite guitar players. Love you videos and exploring new music together with everyone!
Nice job, brother! Never heard of this band before. I was about to say exactly that... the guitars and vocals bring the swing but the drums and bass are bringing the filth! Gotta say again that the livestream with Marty last night was great! I’m loving that show and can’t wait to see who’s next. I’m excited for you to dig into to some Bela Fleck and the Flecktones...it’s some genre bending stuff - “blu-bop”, bluegrass, jazz, funk, space jam, tastiness! It will grow on you.
The older sister, Jessica, left the "Lovell Sisters" band and went off to university, I think, and to live a normal life. The two younger sisters reformed as Larkin Poe. Jerry Douglas released "Southern Filibuster: A Tribute to Tut Taylor" in 2010. It was a collaborative album featuring several dobro and lap steel players. Megan Lovell played the lead on track 13, Reso Fandango. Jerry's album notes stated that she was a young girl. She was completely rehearsed and prepared to record the track. She laid it down in one take. If Jerry Douglas thinks that you're good, that's good enough for me.
I love all of these. I just discovered you about a week ago and totally went down a video rabbit hole. Your influences and teenage music experience sounds so much like my own. I wonder if you would consider doing a Soul Asylum Somebody to Shove video. The opening riff is just so iconic!
They are like the female Black Keys. I don’t know which sister is more badass, they both are 100% awesome. That slide guitar, I don’t think people realize how good she is with it.
The girls are the real deal, brilliant vocally and instrumentally. The key is the sheer unbridled enjoyment they get from the music and playing together, whether it is with the boys on drums and bass, just by themselves or with the increasing number of artists they have played with (i.e. Elvis Costello, Joe Bonamassa, Keith Urban) and whether it is in front of an audience, in the studio or simply recording in a hotel room. One thing is for sure, the Blues couldn't be in better hands.
Well said, blues brother! 👍👍👍
Not just the blues bro......
Forget the genre....
These gals.......
Straight up badass music.
@@kellywalker8407 Subtle also, check out their version of "Sound of Silence", just the two of them in a hotel room close up to the camera. The level of harmony only siblings can produce. Also, if you haven't already done so, check out their early career with their sister in The Lovell Sisters to see their evolution from blue grass before they discovered the blues.
Audiophile Man beat me to it John. Well said, both of you. Wow... So great,L.P.
Rebecca has one of the best voices out there right now. Power and grace.
keeps getting betters as well.
The best.
Larkin Poe is my absolute favorite group.....I am a child of the 70s listening to the Allman Brothers and the Doobie Brothers, etc.....The Poe just does it for me......and it doesn't hurt that they are from the south like me.......
I love your analysis, it vindicates my obsession. It's good to hear that I am not alone, in my awe of their greatness.
I saw these amazing ladies last year at Byron Bays Blues fest, Australia and I was blown away
I've seen these ladies three times, the first in a club with about 50 people. Absolutely brilliant live. One of the many things I use to describe them is they do simple better than anyone. It's never fancy, just exactly what's needed, nothing more.
I've loved and appreciated Rebecca and Megan for the last ten years. They really are the real deal. As a non musician I'd like to thank you for breaking the song down for me. I knew what I felt and you only re enforced that feeling.
I found the beginning of the Larkin Poe UA-cam rabbit hole yesterday....it’s been a couple days of nonstop listening and watching their videos. Everything they do is full of soul and grit. They are perfect! Great reaction! Keep it coming!
Larkin Poe are one of a few independent artists I follow closely for their great blues music and artistry. They are musician’s musicians.
The Main Squeeze - Have A Cigar (Floyd Cover). Maybe the single best guitar solo I’ve ever seen. Super groovy.
Couldn’t agree more! I try to turn everyone on to them.
Just checked it out... you, sir, just made my Friday night! Epic! Then I clicked their cover of No Quarter and oh my word!!!
I'm so happy you chose this feature they are very wonderful
I love Megan and Rebecca! Making music with your sister is such a blast! I dig it! Mad as a hatter is one of my favorite songs of them...check the live version at the Convent Club Chapel, amazing vocals and emotion
if you have a chance, DO see Larkin Poe play. Future of blues, no kidding
I been watching these girls for years. They are truly bad ass. Love me some Larkin Poe.
Larkin Poe rock . These sisters have it going on 🙏👌😊☮️
That vocal harmony sounds SOOO good.
I just discover your chain, and it is very great to see your analysis. I love Larkin Poe for over a year now, you said it right : they are real Badass, real Blues !
Thanks to you, I discover a new level of earing their songs !!! Thank you so much for that !
It's nice to get a technical explanation for why these ladies are so bad ass.
Thanks for this amazing breakdown - I'd never noticed the drum work in the quasi-acappella part. Sick stuff!!!
Ooh they had me on the first line, yeah!
I LOVE Larkin Poe! This is not my favorite song, but they're all GREAT!
LARKIN POE!!!!!
Megan is the tastiest slide player working.
Thanks for making me aware of them. I am amazed.
Good morning, great live chat with Marty! They wrote a song for their grandfather called "Mad as a Hatter" They can play! Great choice thank you sir.
Love the joy you take in this, man.
The Blues Torch has clearly been passed to these two young ladies. Always in awe of their performances.
"you know what the hardest thing to do in music probably is?..........To not play anything" You sir have said it all right there............its the silence between the notes.
That's it!
Love those girls! I've seen them twice, in small venues, and they tear the house down! You nailed it on the 4 parts, Megan is harmony vocals and her slide is harmony strings for Rebecca's singing/playing. They are serious, reverent, students of music and have great appreciation for the roots! Those living room sessions you mentioned, where they usually do covers, are so much fun! Check out their cover of "Helplessly Hoping" for some vocal harmonies that make the hair on the back of your neck stand up! Here's a fun romp of the classic tune, "Ophelia" by The Band! ua-cam.com/video/LopWl5GxRCs/v-deo.html
Vocals. You got that right, brother!
Great video Michael !! Boys.. WE ARE SCREWED!! the ladies are taking over! i had tickets for Larkin Poe last february in Madrid.. it shifted til spring!!
I´m not claiming my refund ....I´ll just buy the tickets again... happy to assist the music cause & hopefully help keep the clubs open here !!!
"Always tip your waitresses ... they got drink problems of their own¨ D.L.R
Vocalist/guitarist has phenomenal stage presence.
Rebecca and Megan take blues to the next level. I've been waiting for them since the mid-seventies! I cannot believe Rebecca's voice, and Megan compliments it so well. Check out Ain't gonna cry. There are so many great tunes that they do!
These ladies rock!
Dude..... you made me laugh out loud. Reminds me of myself when I first saw them years ago doing a Hall and Oats cover of Rich Girl while in a bathroom and sounding amazing! Their harmony, soulfulness..... the just plain badassness has only gotten better.
I've been playing music for decades and watching you hash out your absolute love of music is inspiring. Great stuff!
I have been following Larkin Poe for a few years now, they are unreal
I could not agree more with you. In everything you say. I had the pleasure of hearing them live in Vienna. I love them, too.
Saw them at a packed Rickshaw Club in SF. Burned it down. Nothing like their charming UA-cam duets. They knew they were playing to Dead Heads, and they jammed.
Love them soo much!! Thanks Michael
Amazing what awesome stuff can be created when a music executive isn't in charge...or when the artists, themselves, are in total control with no contracted corporate writers repackaging all the same stuff we've been hearing every day for a decade.
These young ladies are the best thing to happen to blues rock in years. Big fan
Please do more reactions of them I really enjoyed this
I have just recently discovered Larkin Poe, now I've herd almost everything they've done.
Larkin Poe are like a good pasta sauce... simple ingredeants, simmered for hours so just the best fullest flavour is left. tomatoes, karrots a little wine and onions little spice and still a nuclear bomb to your tastebuds
This is perfection! One of my favourite UA-camrs covering one of my favourite acts. Great work Michael - thank you.
'Unapologetically Badass' hits the nail on the head, great description. They both have so much spirit and heart in the music, but in very different ways, so it gives a perfect complement. Also one of the few bands where I really really like when they do cover versions - because they utterly make them their own while still holding to the original. Again, unapologetically badass.
Dig deeper in their catalog. And see them live. Megan literally "sings" with her Rick B3. Rebecca's voice is something special. You would love the vocals and slide work in "Wanted Woman/ACDC"
Nice! I have been obsessed with these two for a couple of years, and they get better and better.
They are amazing. Love Larkin poe
I know this is a guitar channel but shoutout to anyone who can get through that tongue twisting title while playing guitar
Love this. Never appreciated music more than when watching some of these insights. Thank you, Michael Palmisaro ✊
Well I never thought I’d find my old guitar teacher on UA-cam but here we are
Just to watch you react to the different music is just priceless!
Rebecca and Megan Luvell they rock hard
FRI AUG 28, 2020 - 7:00 PM
Larkin Poe
Royale, Boston MA
I'm seeing them in Philadelphia on the 27th! Mad as a Hatter is my favorite track of Larkin Poe.
Love how this channel switches me on to new stuff. Great!
You need to watch Rory Gallagher live at RST studios, Dublin. Older video but Rory is a monster. (If you haven't seen it.)
Hey Michael....so glad you picked these gals to put up. They are the bomb. The songs do sound simple, but they are so incredibly "in-tune" with each other. Couldn't agree more with how the rhythm section playing less is more......they full complement the girls in every way - unobtrusive, yet so vital in driving the songs.
It it took me a while … but I am there now. Feel just as you did one seeing them for the first time. The confidence, the skill, the hard work they do. The smiles are infectious. You cannot help but love them.
I love Larkin Poe. Beautiful women and wonderful music. Now, I find it really great that Rebecca can sing the words, "Beach Blond Bottle Blues" without getting her tongue twisted. Now, this is true. I play guitar as a hobby and used to play with friends. We did Stormy Monday. I would sing. For the line, "The eagle flies on Friday", i would always, not on purpose, sing, "The eagle fries on Fly day." No kidding. So, I give Rebecca kudos for being able to sing, "Beach Blond Bottle Blues' without getting her tongue twisted.
Holy craaaaaap (Midwest accent) those two are amazing
Been listening to them for a couple years, LOVE them! FYI they also do some riff tutorials on youtube!
I discovered Larkin Poe a few weeks ago and can't stop listening to them! Great musiciants and songwriters both sisters! I love the simplicity of their songs ending up in a complex arrangement. simply great - hope to see them soon here in Germany!
Just saw Larkin Poe at Byron Bay Bluesfest here on the east coast of Australia, on Easter weekend. Blew me away. The vocals. The grooves. The guitars. The sheer badassery. Great performers too.
I teach guitar, so I immediately sent links to all my female students, especially the teenagers. Figured they needed to see two young women musicians kickin’ ass and takin’ names.
It IS GREAT MELTING POT...ALL INGREDIENTS JUST PERFECT.....
I was hooked after the first song. Went through most of their catalog and couldn’t find even one stinker. Those family harmonies are the best too. Just excellent musicians. Great reaction.
Hey Michael! Nice video! You should check the German guitar player Henrik freischlader, "Bussiness straight"! Greetings from Brazil!
Love you too Michael…and your reactions ..good job Sir
Just found your channel, blown away by the reaction videos. Amazing! Maybe I am biased because we have eerily similar taste in music apparently. The fact that you also remember the Lovell Sisters, sealed the deal. The two albums all the sisters made are real gems! Thanks for all this amazing context
Their latest album, Self Made Man (which is also the title track), also went to number 1 right away on the Blues chart. Their fancy stuff is found in the rhythms and those harmony fills. It’s important to remember that they were introduced to violin at the age of 3 (Rebecca) and 5 (Megan). They literally have been musicians their entire lives.
You should check out the lead singers husbands band. Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown. They kill it as well! Great videos man
Texas T and the boys shake it down too! They're killer!! 👍👍👍
Thank you, I will do that.
👍megan's fella Mike Seal is also an amazing fingerstyle player of all styles..
Larkin Poe Mad as a Hatter, or Banks of Allatoona
I want to thank playin for change. Cus that is what introduced me to one of my favourites
Dude...such a great "true" review ...these GIRLS rock..... it is simple but amazing al at Once!
And they just won the Grammy for best contemporary blues album, Blood Harmony. Venom and Faith won some awards as well. If you haven't seen them live yet, make a point of it.
Larkin Poe are great, have you saw their 'War pigs' cover on their tip of the hat series? It's excellent, right up your street being a Sabbath fan
Love them Larkin Poe zzzz outstanding
Saw ´em two times live. Am a real fan of the sisters!! But I always felt that the rythm section is so much underrated!! Thank you for puttin your focus on that too!!!
love the girls , always have , super quality , talent plus , total groove ,
So great of you to mention how solid and important the bass and drum are here!
They are so talented! Thanks for the Resct!
I don’t care who you are> that’s REAL stuff!!!!!!!
Sometimes "simple" kills it !!!
Rebecca and Meghan know that great music is not about how many notes you can fit in there, it's about what notes you play, when you play them, and when the best thing to play is nothing at all. Very rare. And very precious.
love your stuff, stay safe and play on
Seeing them play in July! Can't wait!
... Yeowp, gotta jumpin heyer-!!! Wottee sedn more, juss hurt me, hert me, heart me, badlee now, bay-bee. First saw and heard them telephone interviewing convo with Justin Heyward, aend, from that, checked out some of their gigs, and wow, talk about a groove...
Lincoln Brewster-Give Him Praise
Best guitarist on the planet!!!!
Dude I sure appreciate your love of music
They did a killer song "Hey Sinner" at Norms rare guitars a couple years ago
Thank you for your wonderful video on my seventh birthday with your excellent explanations of Larkin Poe's secrets
You're finding some of my favorite s all at once.. idk how but I don't mind it
Right now, i'm liking Charlie Parr. He out of MN.
So cool to see you get geeked by Rebecca and Meagan #slidequeen. They are so the real deal. They have been making music together for 20 yrs. Glad I found you too
You should check out Rebacca's husband, Tyler bryant. His sound is just pure bad ass with a shit load of fuzz and his soloing is just amazing!
And check out 'Philip Sayce' you might already know him but he is definetly one of my favourite guitar players.
Love you videos and exploring new music together with everyone!
Nice job, brother!
Never heard of this band before.
I was about to say exactly that... the guitars and vocals bring the swing but the drums and bass are bringing the filth!
Gotta say again that the livestream with Marty last night was great!
I’m loving that show and can’t wait to see who’s next.
I’m excited for you to dig into to some Bela Fleck and the Flecktones...it’s some genre bending stuff - “blu-bop”, bluegrass, jazz, funk, space jam, tastiness!
It will grow on you.
Check out their video of Black Echo.
Just watched it... it’s filthy good!!
These girls have swamp mud in their veins!!
The older sister, Jessica, left the "Lovell Sisters" band and went off to university, I think, and to live a normal life. The two younger sisters reformed as Larkin Poe. Jerry Douglas released "Southern Filibuster: A Tribute to Tut Taylor" in 2010. It was a collaborative album featuring several dobro and lap steel players. Megan Lovell played the lead on track 13, Reso Fandango. Jerry's album notes stated that she was a young girl. She was completely rehearsed and prepared to record the track. She laid it down in one take. If Jerry Douglas thinks that you're good, that's good enough for me.
They're on the bill for Hot August Fest at Oregon Ridge in August. Not sure if the show's going to happen still, but figured I'd mention it.
I love all of these. I just discovered you about a week ago and totally went down a video rabbit hole. Your influences and teenage music experience sounds so much like my own. I wonder if you would consider doing a Soul Asylum Somebody to Shove video. The opening riff is just so iconic!