Double Philly Music!
Playing on the same bill as 185668232 a week ago Thursday at Ortlieb's was Philly's Seismic Thrust.
Seismic Thrust has a wide and eclectic combination of songs on their page, and, one of the things that stands out are some excellent covers. The second track on the page is a cover of Jim Croce's song, "I've Got a Name".
I talked with Zach Decker, mastermind of Seismic Thrust, who told me that the band loves doing the covers, and they do it for fun for their own pleasure, but don't have serious intentions about including any of the cover tracks in an album or to perform them on stage.
This song might be considered "Double Philly Music" because Seismic Thrust is from Philly and Jim Croce was born in South Philly and lived in the area for years.
This arrangement by the talented folks at Seismic Thrust certainly rivals the original. And it is also a moving homage to the original artist with the words "plane crash" spoken at the very beginning of the track, and then the body of the work performed with a haunting and eerie echo effect.
This was the second time I saw Seismic Thrust play live; it would have been the third if the 15 hadn't done a disappearing act another time. :) haha
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Here is Seismic Thrust's arrangement of "I've Got a Name" by Jim Croce. I think I like this arrangement even more than the original.
Seismic Thrust did a great show at Ortlieb's and they have two more concerts coming up soon, one this Friday at PUHD in Lansdowne and then on April 9 at Milkboy in Philly. In the meantime, to hear some of that eclectic music, here is the click ::: "Seismic Thrust" on Soundcloud (CLICK HERE)
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