The Wire vs. Treme

For all the rowdiness of the Williams-led East Coast fans, whose noise belied their meager numbers, it was hardly a fair fight. Gilchrist?s stunning finger work and Glover?s mellow grooves prompted approving chin-stroking more than uninhibited booty-shaking. The Yankee bands were indisputably impressive, just not that much fun. Even Williams? dance work?sweat-drenched, bowtie undone, tambourine in hand?on the Backyward Band?s version of The Wire theme, ?Down in the Hole,? couldn?t quite top the music made by the pride of the Crescent City. When the funked-up local acts took the stage, they had the audience moving nonstop, hollering, and backing them up in call-and-response chants. As the Stooges led the audience in the spiritual, ?Wade in the Water,? they transformed the raucous club into a midnight mission. Even Galactic, which as Simon noted in his introduction, includes a pair of middle-aged white guys who?d gone to his high school in Bethesda, Md. (?real effete, suburban shit,? he explained), had clearly overcome their Beltway inhibitions.

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