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Rachael Price and Lake Street Dive have come full circle
By Lindsay Kosma
*Ticket Giveaway*
May 31, 2017
If Lake Street Dive were, in fact, the dive bar for which they were named, it would be the kind of place that served a little bit of everything. Whether you’re in the mood for something velvety and decadent or zesty and flavorful, you can find it with Lake Street Dive.
The classically trained four-piece band from Boston is comprised of Rachael Price (lead vocalist), Mike “McDuck” Olsen (trumpet, guitar), Bridget Kearney (upright bass), and Mike Calabrese (drums). They grew up playing music from a young age and were heavily influenced by the kind of music their parents listened to: The Beatles and Motown, among others. One way or another, they found their way to jazz which they were all studying at the New England Conservatory of Music when they met.
“So McDuck was the one who really wanted to form the band. He was like ‘I want to form a band and I want it to
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Lake Street Dive
American band founded in 2004 in Boston, Massachusetts
Lake Street Dive is an American multi-genre band that was formed in 2004 at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.[1] The band's founding members are Rachael Price, Mike "McDuck" Olson, Bridget Kearney, and Mike Calabrese. Keyboardist Akie Bermiss joined the band on tour in 2017 and was first credited on their 2018 album Free Yourself Up; guitarist James Cornelison joined in 2021 after Olson left the band. The band is based in Brooklyn and frequently tours in North America, Australia, and Europe.[2]
Early history
[edit]The group was formed in 2004 as a "free country band"; they intended to play country music in an improvised, avant-garde style.[3] This concept was abandoned in favor of something that "actually sounded good", according to Mike Olson.[4] The band's name was inspired by the Bryant Lake Bowl, a frequent hang out in the band's early years,
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As someone who has spent over 15 years living without a TV, you might be surprised to hear that I’m a big David Letterman fan. In my formative years I saw tons of noteworthy (and, for me, impactful) musical guests appear on his show(s), sometimes with their own bands and sometimes accompanied bygd Paul Shaffer and his wonderful , versatile grupp. In many cases, since the show was on after my bedtime on school nights, I would set the VCR because a guest I wanted to see was on and then, if it was good, watch it over and over igen.
Given that Dave has just had his swan song, it only makes sense for me to reflect back on some of the ones that hit me the hardest. Note that these are not necessarily the “best,” nor have I made any attempt to go back with a curator’s mind to scan the thousands of shows inom never saw. These are the ones that made a mark and that I had the dumb luck to encounter, all of them awesome in their own way. This is based entirely on musical performances (thus leaving