I’ve Told Them A Hundred Times: Put 'The Duo' First And 'Puppet Show' Last!

So I'm heading over to ABC tonight to see the Benevento/Russo Duo, who are apparently known simply as "the Duo." They're an alternative jazz/rock duo consisting of a keyboard player and a drummer. I have to admit that alternative jazz/rock isn't my usual type of music -- the first time I heard them described that way I was worried I might be in for this:



Or maybe this:



But I grabbed a live recording off of eMusic and was suitably impressed. Jazz/rock, yes, but they stay pretty close to the beat most of the time and rarely find themselves wandering off into places that might have me looking for the exit. There are a ton of clips of them available over on YouTube, but I'm partial to their cover of "Paranoid Android," which I hope they play tonight:



Even if they don't, I'm looking forward to seeing some live music. I used to go to concerts all the time, but even before the kids I had pretty much stopped going. I had just spent too much time in crappy venue paying too much money to see bands who weren't good at playing live. Fortunately since I moved to the Hbg the only place I've seen any live music is the Abbey Bar at the ABC, where the tickets are cheap and the room is awesome. So even if the band sucks (which it rarely does because Jersey Mike wouldn't stand for it), you're guaranteed to have a good time.

Hope to see you there!