Peaches are not the only delectable things coming out of Savannah, Ga., these days. Perpetual Groove has that smooth sound of the South intertwined with the inescapable sounds of the funkadelic jazz that seems to fester in the air, flowing down the river from Memphis to New Orleans. The band’s sound not only encompasses the groove every jam band would love to embody, but it also has just the right dash of grit in its music. I think I would describe the band’s music as the love child of the debonair Carey Grant and the always grit-filled Janis Joplin.
PGroove (as its fans call it) consists of four gents: Adam Perry, thumping out the rifts on the bass; Brock Butler on lead vocals and guitar; Albert Suttle, sounding out the beat on drums; and John Hruby, steady on the keyboards.
Hruby enthusiastically spoke about the band’s past sound and future.
“We are always looking to improve the sound and the music that we are bringing to people, but I think what we have now is a pretty good representation of all four members of the band,” Hruby said.
David Regan, PGroove’s manager, said the band’s upcoming special events include a Halloween special, “PERPle Rain” this year in Birmingham; its much-anticipated homecoming to its hometown, Georgia Theatre, since it burned down the morning before the band was last scheduled to play there, and, last but not least, its New Year’s Eve show the band is scheduled to play in the dirty ATL at Center Stage.
About what the band has been up to as opposed to its future plans, members have been anything but lazy. They are constantly at work composing new music and performing their work. Hruby said PGroove recently wrote a few new tunes that the group is excited to share with its fans.
“PGroove just recorded four shows for official live release through Munck Music. Munck handles live recordings for Jazzfest and also for artists such as The Pixies, Allman Brothers, Little Feat and more,” Regan said.
The band not only spouts out delightful new tunes of original descent, but it also throws in enchanting covers for every taste a music lover might have. Some of the covers this band plays for its fans range from Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” to the estranged jam of Rage Against the Machine’s “Bulls on Parade.”
PGroove does not leave the show simply enthralled with the jams it plays; it gives the crowd a mesmerizing light show different than any other light show around. The light show mixed with the sly funk PGroove embodies, leads the fans and audience to a new psychedelic atmosphere to experience the night of the show.
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Perpetual Groove to perform at Rick’s Cafe Thursday
EMMA HOLMES
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October 23, 2011
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