Muscle Shoal's native band, Belle Adair, is coming to Auburn, offering a new kind of sound and a glimpse into their first record.
Belle Adair performs Saturday, Sept. 28 at 9 p.m. at Bourbon Street Bar. The FutureBirds will also be performing.
Belle Adair named themselves after a sunken ship from John Steinbeck's "Winter of Our Discontent."
Belle Adair is composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Matt Green, keyboard player Ben Tanner, pedal steel player Daniel Stoddard, bass-fiddler Chris James and drummer Reed Watson.
The band has been together for two years, starting when Green returned to the Shoals from Birmingham after his apartment was destroyed in a fire.
"I was in Birmingham for a while originally before I moved back," Green said. "I started working with [Tanner]when I got here and we started working on a record. We found a few people who were willing to join and here we are."
The band embarked on its first, two-week tour along the southeast/east coast.
The band has other tours and shows scheduled for November and December as well.
"I moved to the Shoals a couple of years ago," Watson said. "Belle Adair was, by far, my favorite band from Muscle Shoals.
One day they had an opening and asked me to take it. I was so excited. In music, you will take any job and be happy with it, but it's great to have one that you sincerely enjoy."
The band will play songs from their album, "The Brave and the Blue," which is available on Spotify and iTunes.
They will also reveal a few unreleased songs such as "Losing My Train" and "Shakin' Dead."
"'Shakin' Dead' is my favorite song that we perform," Watson said. "It's got a really good groove and the response is always great when we play it. It's one of those songs you can pull out of your back pocket and play when things get weird."
According to Ever Kip, press contact for the band, the first album has been a work long in the making.
"The album was imagined in the early mornings of a time for revival for Belle Adair songwriter and front man, Matt Green," Kip said.
As for performing in Auburn, the band said they are definitely ready.
"I've performed with other bands in Auburn before," Green said. "I'm really excited that the Auburn show is in the beginning of the tour."
According to Watson, Auburn offers one of the band's best audiences.
"I always love playing in Auburn," Watson said. "It's like the people here actually care when we get up and perform. It's not like that in other places."
The band drew inspiration from bands such as Wilco, taking influence to create something unique.
Green describes the band's sound as "kind of spacey."
NPR Music said the band is "doing this kind of dreamy sound that has a connection to roots music, but isn't directly derivative... it fits in nicely with the new South sound."
Tickets for the concert can be purchased for $10 at TicketWeb.com and at BandsInTown.com.
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