The Adrian Belew Power Trio

Adrian's Acid Trip LIVE at Maxwell's

Ginger Baker & Jack Bruce, John Entwhistle & Keith Moon, John Bonham & John Paul Jones: all on the short list of engines, fueled by blood fire, of the truly great rhythm sections.  Soon to be added: Eric & Julie Slick, graduates of the Paul Green School of Rock.  They make the case for human cloning.  I soon hope to procure my very own pair of Slick clones (I have yet to tell the rest of the band).  Eric and Julie’s prodigious talents were on display this past Saturdy with the Adrian Belew Power Trio at Maxwell’s in Hoboken.

The Power Trio played through the material on their new album “e” with a few Crimson covers and early Belew classics interspersed.  As always someone in the crowd called out for Crimson tunes that clearly weren’t on the set list.  Seriously, Dinosaur… that’s the tune you just have to hear? At times thrashing and lumbering like a Viking horde, at other moments playing with deft virtuosity.  In the midst of their wall of sound Mr. Belew continues to be the most innovative and amazing of all Zappa alumni churning out a steady stream of music that’s truly a unique voice.  He stood in a circle of amps, effects, and gizmos looping layer upon layer of jagged, screeching, and twisting guitar parts.  He turns the traditional trio format into a vehicle for rock orchestration.

Adrian has no rivals and continuously reinvents the vocabulary of rock guitar.  Belew has secured the future of rock music by bringing the Slicks into his belewniverse.  Great rhythm sections define great power trios: Cream, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Rush, The Police and now The Adrian Belew Power Trio.

Adrian’s Acid Trip LIVE at Maxwell’s

Julie Slick, 1/3 of the Adrian Belew Power Trio live at Maxwell’s!

Adrian & Eric!

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