Last weekend was another great event that showed how talented the Utah music scene is. At The Hogwallow on Friday a local band named Marinade was playing some blues, with a taste of jazz and reggae mixed in. The local scene was represented well as people kept showing up with a short line forming outside the door.
As the show began it was just the band themselves playing some of their own music, as well as a few cover songs mixed in. The crowd started off along the outskirts of the bar as they got drinks and pitchers of beer. As the night went on the crowd started to fill in the middle dance area and started to move a bit. It wasn’t until the trombone player from the band Groundation started to jam with the band that the crowd really started to dance and move with the tunes.
When the trombone was brought out by Groundation’s Kelsey Howard, then the crowd really got into the music and started getting down. The band was able to play a couple covers with Howard, but then even got into one their own original songs with a long enough jam session for Howard to learn the parts. This was an epic point of the night. After the first set I was excited that the show was being recorded so I could later go back and listen to it.
2Jeds Productions was there recording the show and were supposed to be broadcasting it online. The problem was The Hogwallow didn’t have a wireless router working so the internet was unavailable to the crew. These shows that are being recorded by the 2Jeds will one day help the music scene in the area become more and more recognizable to the rest of the country.
The second set was just about as good as the first, with just a couple more cover songs in it. I am sure the covers were better to have Howard come and join the jam whereas originals are harder to learn because usually special guests have never heard them before. This was one great way to spend the beginning of the weekend Marinading at The Hogwallow.
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