When it comes to tribute bands, sometimes they do right and
sometimes they do wrong in honor of the legacy of artists/bands to cover their
glory days. And some of them do right and avoiding the quote-on-quote term, “tribute
bands.” The ones I enjoyed includes; The Musical Box, The Australian Pink Floyd
Show, Zappa Plays Zappa, and now adding to the list is Security Project.
I’ve been an admirer of the Peter Gabriel-era of Genesis and
his departure on a successful solo career with the first four albums and the
live album, Plays Live. Peter, now
inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame both with Genesis and as a solo
artist, there is no stop sign for him. When listening to Security Project’s
music which covers that time period including other gems, it’s honoring and
staying true to the vision of Gabriel’s music from his earlier solo work including other related gems alongside the first five solo albums.
It wasn’t until I received a package in the mail by Glass
Onyon of Live 2. And when I opened up
the package, I knew something magical
was in this live recording when I put the CD on my old portable CD player. And
believe me, I was spellbound and hypnotize of Live 2.
It features some of the members of King Crimson, Shriekback,
and original band members who worked with Gabriel to bring the early solo
career into the spotlight. In this live recording, it considers Jerry Marotta
(First four Peter Gabriel albums) on Drums, Percussion, and Vocals, Trey Gunn
(King Crimson) on Touch Guitar and Vocals, Brian Cummins (Carpet Crawlers) on
Lead Vocals and Acoustic Guitar, David Jameson on Keyboards and Eigenharp, and
Michael Cozzi (Shriekback) on Guitar and Vocals.
Cummins’ vocals shines in his following in the footsteps of
Gabriel’s arrangements. It shows power and emotions which is evidential on the
acoustical letter to the styles of poet Anne Sexton that gives shivers on his
take with his acoustic guitar on Mercy
Street. Jameson’s keyboards help through the emotions and terror with a
sliding effect and moogy terrors between Wallflower
and Moribund the Burgermeister.
Which are amazing compositions that I wish Peter would bring Moribund back to his performances.
But here, Security Project deliver it and you can imagine
the audiences being in awe and in tears of these amazing arrangements to honor
Gabriel’s solo work. The lifting music brings up to the cloudless skies of
their take of White Shadow. The heavy
guitars and I can imagine listening on here the crowd is mesmerized not just
the guitar improvisations, but nailing each bit of the composition bit by bit.
They also bring back two of the Genesis songs from his last
album with the group of the 1974 concept album, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Including the title-track and the
floating adventures into bizarre world of the spiritual adventures of the
inner-self with Fly on a Windshield. It’s
not just his solo work, but his work with Genesis still carries a mighty punch
and Cummins delivers it right followed by the background vocals and showing the
audience support to sing along.
This was for me one of the best live albums I’ve listened to
from Security Project. I’ve listened to this ten times now. They are still on
tour with Happy Rhodes taking over vocal duties and they are touring
from October 21st to November 4th. So please go and see this band. I just hope one day they come to Texas. And I would love to have the chance to see them one day. If you love The
Musical Box, then I highly recommend exploring the wonders of Security Project and their second live album, Live 2.
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