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- Duo Buke & Gass opened the Celebrate Brooklyn show
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- Delicate Steve played primaprily instrumental songs.
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- Ra Ra Riot opened with “Too Too Too Fast” after coming onstage to Slayer’s “Raining Blood.”
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- Cellist Alexandra Lawn took over the vocals for “You and I Know.”
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- Bassist Mathieu Santos, singer Wesley Miles and drummer Kenny Bernard.
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- Violinist Rebecca Zeller.
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- Wes Miles joked about being able to walk home because he lives so close to Prospect Park.
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- Mathieu Santos recently released a solo record, “Massachusetts 2010.”
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- Alexandra Lamb switched to keyboards and vocals, but mainly stayed on cello.
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- Mathieu Santos and Wes Miles.
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- Guitarist Milo Bonacci
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- Wes Miles kept saying it was a really special night for the band, and mentioned it was the longest show they’ve ever played.
On Friday, Ra Ra Riot played the last free concert of the summer for Celebrate Brooklyn along with two openers, Delicate Steve and Buke & Gass.
Buke & Gass came on first and played a set of stripped down, acoustic poppy rock, then Delicate Steve played a more tripped-out, almost psychedelic show. Ra Ra Riot came on, opening with “Too Too Too Fast” off their breakthrough 2008 album “The Rhumb Line.” The group played for more than an hour — which singer Wesley Miles said may have been the longest they’ve ever performed. They played most of the songs off both of their full-length albums, plus two covers — Steve Winwood’s “Valerie” and Tommy Sparks’ “Saccharin and the War” — and “Each Year” off their self-titled EP. It was a comprehensive set, and they brought out their more popular tracks plus some of the ones that don’t get as much attention. The group truly seemed in their element, like they were having a blast on stage.
The setlist is below, courtesy of Brooklyn Vegan:
Too Too Too Fast
Shadowcasting
Oh La
Do You Remember
Each Year
You And I Know
St. Peter’s Day Festival
Foolish
Massachusets
Can You Tell
Saccharin and the War (Tommy Sparks cover)
Run My Mouth
The Orchard
Ghost Under Rocks
Too Dramatic
Boy
Encore:
Valerie (Steve Winwood cover)
Dying Is Fine
