Death On Two Wheels @ The Basement

September 1, 10:02 PMNashville Venues ExaminerEmily Blue

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Death On Two Wheels @ The Basement

(preliminary note, be sure to click the "ears" at the end of this story, as well as "Atlanta" in the beginning of the 3rd paragraph for a treat!)

Yes, I have already reviewed the Basement, but that was when I first arrived in town, back in the spring, not that I’ve been back since, but I thought I would review it again, as a semi-seasoned Nashvillian.

It was 8:00 PM on a Monday night. I had just stepped out of the shower and was lying on my bed naked, checking my facebook, twitter, what have you before getting ready to head up to the French Quarter Café in East Nashville, where I was to meet the owner, Dennis for an overview of my duties & responsibilities as the new primary booking / promoter / manager of the live music venue that has been a blemish on the east side’s complexion of society. (That may have been the longest sentence ever.) My hopes are to turn the place around and bring it up to standards that will make East Nashville proud to have it in our neighborhood, and to have Nashville proud to have it in their city. Upon checking my social networks via crackberry, (although, I call mine a Blueberry, cuz I’m Blue, and well, you get it) I discover that my friends, Death On Two Wheels were going to be playing at the Basement tonight! I had almost forgotten! But Oh No! I have to meet Dennis at 9! What time do they play? So I text my friend Trae Vedder, the nicest cutest rock star/lead singer you’ll ever meet, and ask him what time they go on.

10:30 was the answer I received back. THANK GOD they are from Atlanta and understand the IMPORTANCE of musician-to-reality time-warp. This town is crazy!

As an avid show-goer in my hometown of Atlanta, when they say 8 PM show, it naturally, means 9 PM of course!  So, Trae tells me 10:30 and I (of course) am running late as per usual. I come over the Shelby bridge, get confused, end up on 9^th not 8^th so I make an illegal left off of 9th (running a red light too I think) and come barreling in at 10:45 – just in time to catch the last 2 songs of the previous band, The Jompson Brothers, fronted by Chris Stapleton of The Steeldrivers. However, in plenty of time to catch Death On Two Wheels.

The band is nothing less than phenomenal. They start of the set with a hard rocking, melodic sounding tune that gets everyone in the joint hopping. Anyone who left after the Jompson Brothers, are surely sorry they missed these guys. Trae’s gruff vocals accompanied with David’s (bass) beautiful ooo’s and aaah’s laced with Knox’s (keyboards) harmonizing prowess smothered with the sexy stylings of Paul’s guitar genius and lets not forget Greg’s animal like rhythm on the drums, is sure to make anyone come back for more. They have got their sound perfected and the set is tight. Do2w puts on a show as if they are in a huge rock arena, and will inevitably be doing that, mark my words.

Imagine 1988’s Guns n’ Roses coupled with the melodic perfection of the Beatles and a touch of southern rock gems, and you only begin to scratch the surface of description of what I am trying to describe to your ears.

Check them out on MySpace, or live in your town, you’ll thank me.