February 19, 2010 at The Hotel 3 more bands played. This time when I walked into the room there were quite a few more people hanging around on the lower level. The next thing I noticed was that the crowd wasn’t just the regular Salt Lake City crowd, there were a bunch of people I recognized from Ogden and Park City too.

The first band to play was a Salt Lake band called Velvetones, the next band Ulysses had Ogden roots with Rick Gerber on keys, guitar, and vocals. The last band was Junior and Transportation how are from Park City and Ogden. Once all this became apparent I then could tell why the second floor of The Hotel was so much more interactive with the live artists and the lower floor was so much more packed than the first week.

Velvetones started things off with some bluesy rock which got some 12 bar blues going on for a bit. Ulysses followed , after the crowd established itself as a full flowing 2 story hotel party, they laid down some unforgettable tracks that were later heard from the recording engineers. The indie rock that Ulysses plays is dramatic and unique to the scene. Junior and Transportation finished off the night with almost everyone left standing and dancing to the southern jam rock.

Even I couldn’t help but move till the last note was played because of the quality performance from local talent. The local live scene presented at these local events are not to be compared to much else.