Imby turned me on to the Givers ‘Saw You First’ back in August. ‘Keep an ear out for these guys,’ Imby wrote. Imby’s been turning me on to great roots music for the better parts of a couple of decades now. He is never off-base with his recommendations.
Givers ‘Saw You First’ is classic Imby. It’s a great tune by an up-and-coming roots band that calls Lafayette, Louisiana home. Givers is lead singer/guitarist Taylor Guarisco, lead singer/percussionist Tiffany Lamson, drummer Kirby Campbell, trumpet player Josh LeBlanc, keyboardist Will Henderson, and saxophonist/keyboard player Nick Stephan.
Currently touring intensively in support of their album ‘In Light’ [Glassnote Entertainment Group], Givers plays music that works hard to draw you up off your ass and onto your feet. There are touches of Zydeco, Cajun, folk, and soul in the mix.
Dates:
Oct 15, 2011 (Sat) @ The Lyric Oxford (Oxford, MS)
Oct 17, 2011 (Mon) @ Kings Barcade (Raleigh, NC)
Oct 18, 2011 (Tues) @ Black Cat (D.C.)
Oct 20, 2011 (Thurs) @ Terminal 5 (New York, NY)
Oct 22, 2011 (Sat) @ Brooklyn Bowl (Brooklyn, NY)
Oct 23, 2011 (Sun) @ Middle East Downstairs (Cambridge, MA)
Oct 24, 2011 (Mon) @ The Met Cafe (Pawtucket, RI)
Oct 26, 2011 (Wed) @ Wrong Bar (Toronto, ON)
Oct 28, 2011 (Fri) @ Exit In (Nashville, TN)
Oct 29, 2011 (Sat) @ Bottletree (Birmingham, AL)
Oct 30, 2011 (Sun) @ Voodoo Experience Music Festival (New Orleans, LA)
Nov 05, 2011 (Sat) @ Inrocks Festival/La Cigale (Paris, France)
Nov 06, 2011 (Sun) @ Concorde 2 (Brighton, UK)
Nov 08, 2011 (Tues) @ XOYO (London, UK)
Nov 09, 2011 (Wed) @ Academy 3 (Manchester, UK)
Nov 10, 2011 (Thurs) @ King Tuts (Glasgow, UK)
Nov 11, 2011 (Fri) @ Sage (Gateshead, UK)
Nov 12, 2011 (Sat) @ Constellations Festival (Leeds, UK)
Nov 15, 2011 (Tues) @ Revolver (Oslo, Norway)
Nov 16, 2011 (Wed) @ Debaser (Stockholm, Sweden)
Nov 18, 2011 (Fri) @ Magnet (Berlin, Germany)
Nov 19, 2011 (Sat) @ Motorbooty/Rock ‘N Roll Circus (Hamburg, Germany)
Nov 21, 2011 (Mon) @ Blue Shell (Cologne, Germany)
Nov 23, 2011 (Wed) @ Rotonde (Brussels, Belgium)
Nov 24, 2011 (Thurs) @ Primavera Club Festival (Madrid, Spain)
Nov 25, 2011 (Fri) @ Primavera Club Festival (Barcelona, Spain)
Nov 27, 2011 (Sun) @ Guess Who (Utrecht, Netherlands)
