Sunday, January 21, 2007

The Rads Radiate

30 Years Letting the Good Times Roll
:: The Radiators :: Conte’s Market & Grill :: Westport CT ::
MoBoogie.net

Words By: Rich Lieberman

The ultimate New Orleans party band is in its 30th year of entertaining their loyal fans across the country, touring relentlessly, and still pulling off some of the most intense live shows on the circuit. With a repertoire of way over 1,300 songs to pull from, The Radiators show no signs of slowing down any time soon.

At Sunday’s show at Conte’s Market & Grill in Westport, CT, The Radiators played their usual 2 marathon sets with plenty New Orleans good time music served up with a nice helping of crowd pleasing cover songs. I asked Reggie Scanlan, founding member and bass player for The Radiators, how they come up with their setlists and how they choose all of the great cover songs each night.

I have no idea” said Scanlan. “Well like tonight... we did “Play with Fire” (Rolling Stones). We had never played that before”. ...Click here to read the entire article.

All photos above © Dino Perrucci

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