The Liza Colby Sound at the Bowery Electric

Liza Colby

Liza Colby grew up in a musical family in Avon, Connecticut. Her parents perform in New England nightclubs as the Colbys, her mother as vocalist and her father as keyboardist and musical director. Colby originally studied towards becoming a corporate event planner, but opted to try music. She relocated to New York City, began singing hooks on rap tracks, and finally in 2009 joined forces with comic Denis Leary's band, the Enablers. The Liza Colby Sound presently consists of vocalist Colby, guitarist Tom McCaffrey, bassist Alec Morton, and drummer Charly "C.P." Roth. The Liza Colby Band's third EP, Draw, will be released officially on November 17, 2017, but already is available unofficially at her gigs.

The Liza Colby Sound tonight concluded a residency at the Bowery Electric, where the quartet performed three nights over three months. The music had vicious bite, with Colby's smoky, soulful and seductive mega-watt vocal delivery complemented by the musicians' 1970s-influenced blues rock revival sound. While Colby was the main focal attention, slithering and sashaying across the small stage in a revealing mini-outfit, the power trio behind her was equally impactful, charging boldly with vintage-styled arena rock grooves packed with soaring guitar leads and a hard-bottomed rhythm section. Colby's presentation was strongly feminine, alternately leaning from sweet to sinful and from vulnerable to dominant, but her male musicians were far more than backup; the trio was the powerhouse that magnified Colby's thunderous rock-soul hybrid.

Visit the Liza Colby Sound at www.thelizacolbysound.com.

Setlist:

1. Cryin
2. Creep On
3. Try Me
4. Young Girl
5. My World
6. White Light
7. Thunder
8. Zero to Freak Out
9. Rocker
10. Four Day Creep (Ida Cox cover)
11. Inside Looking Out (The Animals cover)