Girl at the Rock Shows

I feel like Sunday night shows really set the tone for my upcoming week. Thankfully for me, my Sunday night spent at The 7th Street Entry was amazing. It was chill but had a sense of energy behind it and I can only hope that that’s a sign of what’s to come for my week as far as other shows, work, and my personal life goes. Although I can only be so optimistic and the fact that I’ve already walked into a bit of a fire at work today, I’m hanging onto the feeling I got at the show on Sunday.

Opening up the night was local act Ty Pow and The Holy North. The band got the set started as vocalist, you guessed it, Ty Pow took the stage. The sound wasn’t in your face or quick. In fact it was almost slow and drawn out but that’s when Ty opened his mouth and catapulted the set into something truly amazing. This band is a bit of a chameleon as they could fit into a multiple of genres including, but no limited to, Americana, blues-rock, alt-country or even rock n’ roll. This chameleon style kept their forty-five minute set feeling fresh and seemed to really keep me on my toes and engaged. Was I going to get a slow and steady heartfelt song or a more rocking song that would make me want to start nudging the older audience around me to get them to move. I honestly didn’t care all I knew is that Ty Pow and The Holy North had me hanging onto every word and note.

The majority of the songs that the group played (if not all of them) were from the group’s debut album ‘Rhubarb ’93’ which came out in June of 2022. I’m not seeing that Ty Pow and the Holy North has put anything else out since then but I can tell you that, if they did, everyone who was in attendance on Sunday night would be ready to eat it up. There was such an admiration that floated from the audience to the stage. Part of this could be contributed to the fact that the audience was definitely older than what I typically find myself lost in but I truly think it was just the fact that Ty Pow and The Holy North had a sound that was funky and fresh and a presence that was electrifying while not being overly powerful. Balance is the name of the game when comes to this band and they have truly nailed to a point where I am already trying to clear my schedule for when they return to The 7th Street Entry in April supporting The Ries Brothers.

Things moved super quickly or maybe it was just the anticipation getting the best of me but, before I knew it, the stage had been turned over for the headlining act Robert Jon & The Wreck. There was this odd aura around this band that hit me before their music could and it had me trapped. It was like walking into another time from the clothing that the band members were wearing to their just overall relaxed attitude was they sauntered onto the stage. Although I’m quite aware it is 2023, there was something in my mind that got confused as they took the stage and I instantly felt like I had been transported back into the 70’s. That feeling was only magnified as the band kicked into their set.

Hailing from Orange County, California, Robert Jon & The Wreck is a five-piece group that could best be classified as bluesy rock. That being said, there were clear elements of everything from psychedelic rock to just good ol’ fashioned rock n’ roll thrown into their set which, like Ty Pow and The Holy North, had me absolutely stuck in their sound and world. Although this band has been on a grind and Sunday night was the last night of said grind before they could all go home, the members of this group didn’t hold back and gave the audience a set full of wicked guitar solos, heartfelt vocals, and everything else that you could ever ask for from a band.

Reading up on the background of this band as I write this this morning, I can’t help but fall in love with them even more than I had after watching them on Sunday night. Within six month’s of their start, Robert Jon & The Wreck jumped into a sixty show national tour. Being a booking agent and also someone who goes to shows almost nightly, I know how hard that must have been but I loved learning that that’s how this group started and that they still grind just as hard today. I know it’s a bit cheesy but I could literally feel that grind as they powered through their set. They had everything to prove and nothing to lose but not in a desperate way. They wanted to make sure that everyone in the audience had a great time while also not losing sight of the true musicianship that they had to offer everyone. It was a cool dynamic that, much like the music, had me completely captivated throughout their set.

Line Up:

Ty Pow and The Holy North

Robert Jon & The Wreck

Venue: 7th Street Entry

Smell-O-Meter: Nothing Notable

Average Age of the Crowd: 44

Crowd Surfers- None

Stage Divers- None

Groove-ability- 7 out of 10

Amount of Beer Spilled On Me While Walking Around- 0

Broken Bones- None Noticed

Spotted Flying Through The Air- Nothing

Fights- None Witnessed

Pukers- 0

Passed Out People- 0

Idiots Taken Out By Security – 0

How Irritated I Was With The Audience – 0 out of 10

How Many Times I’ve Seen These Bands Before (or at least how many times I can remember)-

Ty Pow and The Holy North– 0

Robert Jon & The Wreck – 0

Celebrity Sightings – None

Overall Score – 7.5 out of 10

Show on Deck — Billy Raffoul / Peter Raffoul / The Indiana Drones

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