Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel - Colors Fade - LIVE!! - Bob By Request & musicUcansee.com

Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel headline terrific night of music making at The Coach House.
The Coach House was definitely the place to be on Wednesday night. Singer-songwriter/guitar master Duane Betts and his top-tier touring band known as Palmetto Motel delivered a breathtaking 105-minute set showcasing the quintet's myriad of bona fide talents. While Betts and Palmetto Motel - guitarist Johnny Stachela, bassist Pedro J Arevalo, drummer Vince Fossett Jr. and keyboardist Carey Frank - have the virtuoso chops of a jam band while also displaying the spirit of a groundbreaking modern rock outfit in terms of their ability to fuse blues, jazz, funk, Americana and Southern rock into their sonic brew. The son of Dickey Betts (of Allman Brothers Band fame), Duane Betts has been learning and performing alongside the masters for most of his life, and his own artistic spirit shines through whether he is performing takes on Allman Brothers Band classics or his own originals. Over the course of 13 selections played in San Juan Capistrano on April 5 the enthusiastic audience was treated to a top-tier quintet seemingly at the height of their powers. Each of the selections offered the troupe to blend Betts' signature Southern rock stylings with other genres; the bonus was how each song was bolstered by great arrangements, dynamic rhythm work and the tandem guitar talents of Betts and Stachela). Among my favorite songs was the enticing opener, "Downtown Runaround," a ferocious reading of the Peter Green-penned "Oh Well" (enhanced by Betts' flashy guitar work), the 10-minute "Autumn" (with tandem work from Betts and Stachela), and the beautiful "Colors Fade," the latter a song set to be included on Betts' next album. "Colors Fade" featured sumptuous keyboards and a really nice slide guitar solo from Stachela. For fans of the music of the Allman Brothers, an affecting version of "Blue Sky" and a 20-minute take on the jazzy "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" (the latter capped by a killer 4-minute drum solo) really thrilled...
Review by: Robert Kinsler | Video & Photography by Bob Steshetz
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Hope they come to cali again love their sound

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Excellent

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Such a Smoooooth song! 👂🎸🎼!

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love this band!

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love it! Come to Houston!!!