SNARKY PUPPY
CRR Konser Salonu
Istanbul, TR
November 9, 2015

Jason “JT” Thomas - drums
Nate Werth - percussion
Bill Laurance - keyboards
Justin Stanton - keyboards & trumpet
Mike “Maz” Maher - trumpet, flugelhorn, & vocals
Chris Bullock - tenor sax & flute
Bob Lanzetti - guitar
Michael League - bass & vocals
Mike Harrison - sound
Matt Recchia - stage sound

Special Guests:
(Defjen)*
Tarik Aslan - daf (leader)
Serdal Dag - daf
Seda Ekìci - daf
Ibrahim Taskiran - daf
Tugge Pulant - daf
Duygu Acar - daf
Zeynel Çelik - daf

1. Kite
2. Bent Nails
3. Binky
4. What About Me?
5. Thing of Gold
6. Tio Macaco
7. Ready Wednesday
Encore
8. Shofukan*

Recorded by Matt Recchia
Mixed by Nic Hard
Assistant Mix Engineer - Ed Riley

 
Last night of the European tour and this configuration of the band. A very special night in a beautiful old theater overlooking the Bosphorus. Amazing crowd and great sounding room. Things ease in slowly with Kite. Maz takes a soulful solo on flugelhorn. Bill keeps things mellow on the outro. Things change direction with Bent Nails. Bullock and Justin take horn solos. Binky has a heavy feel and rocks out. Bullock and Maz really get in on it and Justin drives the bus on Moog bass during the outro. Bob takes things down on What About Me? and the band builds it back up slowly. JT gets a standing ovation after his solo. Justin sings over Thing of Gold on Moog. Nate intros Tio Macaco on bells and snare and locks with JT on the percussion feature. Bill sets up Ready Wednesday delicately and the band goes house for his Wurlitzer solo. The 7-piece Turkish percussion ensemble Defjen (led by daf legend Tarik Aslan) joins for a deep encore of Shofukan. They take the intro on their own. Super powerful groove throughout. Things break down to Defjen and the Turkish crowd singing. We can’t let it go. Overall, a really beautiful night. Loads of juju throughout, especially the encore.