As expected, an unplugged tribute to Nirvana’s “Unplugged in New York,” album had the Slice packed, May 13. The band, including Paul Holden on bass, Dino Scavo on accordion, drummer Kyle Harmon and guitarist/ vocalists Jon Martin and Andrew Scott, played it pretty much note perfect and had the enthusiastic audience cheering at the top of their lungs for each song.
Jon Martin and Andrew Scott did solo sets to according to Martin “Show you what we can do on our own.”
Martin played a set of upbeat, David Bowie/ Mott the Hoople early ’70s style originals. On the other hand, Scott told the crowd “I’m going to play a fast and silly set because we’re going to a dark place in a little bit.”
He was true to his word as he howled, grinned and yodeled his own unique brand of country rock beginning with a unique version of Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues,” followed by an interesting version of “Rawhide.”
But everyone who came to hear Nirvana, was pleased.
“The Man Who Sold the World” had everyone cheering loudly.
Jon Martin’s voice proved to be a dead ringer for Kurt Cobain’s and his guitar was spot on, though Martin said they were going to add their own twist to Nirvana.
“It’s not that we don’t know the songs, it’s that we’re doing something different,” he told the audience.
Both Martin and Scott traded lead vocals and guitar duties throughout and added their own stamp to the songs.
Scavo added an interesting twist by adding accordion and Kris Hodgson joined the band on stage to add some cello to another track.
