Sunday Cinema | Grace Potter Going Solo
By Andy Kahn Apr 12, 2015 • 10:43 am PDT
Grace Potter’s upcoming album, Midnight, marks her solo album debut apart from the band she fronts, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals. But Potter is no stranger to going it alone. The sought after vocalist and multi-instrumentalist has been asked many times to sit-in with an impressive growing number of artists over her career. Today for Sunday Cinema we’re taking a look back at 10 times Potter took to the stage without The Nocturnals.
Included are one-off sessions from The Jammys and Love For Levon events, as well as collabs with The Allman Brothers Band, Gov’t Mule, Warren Haynes Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, RatDog and The Flaming Lips, showcasing songs by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, The Beatles (x2), The Band, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead (x2), John Prine and several others.
Joe Satriani, Steve Kimock, Reed Mathis, Willy Waldman and Stephen Perkins “Cortez The Killer” The Jammys 2006
This all-star lineup was put together for the sixth annual Jammys and featured Potter taking lead vocal duties on the Neil Young classic while sitting behind the organ.
Gregory Douglass Band “Ordinary Man” Higher Ground South Burlington, Vermont February 27, 2009
Fellow Vermonter Gregory Douglass invited Grace to join him on this original tune which aired on public access television in Vermont.
Gov’t Mule “Gold Dust Woman” Mountain Jam VI June 4, 2010
Mule founder and frontman Warren Haynes and Potter have frequently collaborated over the years. The pair teamed up on Hunter Mountain in New York for this sublime version of the Fleetwood Mac favorite.
Warren Haynes Band “Honky Tonk Women” Hangout Festival May 2011
Haynes again teamed up with Potter a year later at the Hangout Fest. This time Warren was with his solo band who had Grace assist on The Rolling Stones’ hit.
Love For Levon: A Benefit to Save the Barn “I Shall Be Released” with Don Was & Matt Burr October 3, 2012
The closest entry to a solo appearance, Potter was joined by renowned producer/bandleader Don Was and her husband, Nocturnals drummer Matt Burr for this moving performance of the Bob Dylan & The Band hymn.
Tedeschi Trucks Band “Angel From Montgomery” and “Sugaree” Red Rocks Amphitheatre June 15, 2013
Potter and Susan Tedeschi’s vocals melt together just as the John Prine ballad and Grateful Dead standard blend from one to the other in this video from Colorado.
Ratdog “Dear Prudence” Peach Music Festival August 2013
Another Grateful Dead connection, this time Potter joined the Dead’s guitarist with his band for a beautiful cover of The Beatles song.
Allman Brothers Band “The Weight” with Susan Tedeschi September 7, 2013 Jones Beach, Wantagh, New York
Teaming again with Haynes and again with Tedeschi and Trucks, Potter revisits The Band catalog, trading verses with a formidable group of vocalists.
Benny Yurco and Grand Point Dead “Friend of the Devil” Higher Ground South Burlington, Vermont September 16, 2013
One last Dead connection and one more clip from Higher Ground, this one was captured at a Dead-centric jam lead by Nocturnals guitarist Benny Yurco.
The Flaming Lips “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” Jimmy Kimmel Live October 31, 2014
A costumed and barely recognizable Potter performed on national TV, providing vocals originally laid down in the studio with The Lips by Miley Cyrus.
Included are one-off sessions from The Jammys and Love For Levon events, as well as collabs with The Allman Brothers Band, Gov’t Mule, Warren Haynes Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, RatDog and The Flaming Lips, showcasing songs by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, The Beatles (x2), The Band, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead (x2), John Prine and several others.
Joe Satriani, Steve Kimock, Reed Mathis, Willy Waldman and Stephen Perkins “Cortez The Killer” The Jammys 2006
This all-star lineup was put together for the sixth annual Jammys and featured Potter taking lead vocal duties on the Neil Young classic while sitting behind the organ.
Gregory Douglass Band “Ordinary Man” Higher Ground South Burlington, Vermont February 27, 2009
Fellow Vermonter Gregory Douglass invited Grace to join him on this original tune which aired on public access television in Vermont.
Gov’t Mule “Gold Dust Woman” Mountain Jam VI June 4, 2010
Mule founder and frontman Warren Haynes and Potter have frequently collaborated over the years. The pair teamed up on Hunter Mountain in New York for this sublime version of the Fleetwood Mac favorite.
Warren Haynes Band “Honky Tonk Women” Hangout Festival May 2011
Haynes again teamed up with Potter a year later at the Hangout Fest. This time Warren was with his solo band who had Grace assist on The Rolling Stones’ hit.
Love For Levon: A Benefit to Save the Barn “I Shall Be Released” with Don Was & Matt Burr October 3, 2012
The closest entry to a solo appearance, Potter was joined by renowned producer/bandleader Don Was and her husband, Nocturnals drummer Matt Burr for this moving performance of the Bob Dylan & The Band hymn.
Tedeschi Trucks Band “Angel From Montgomery” and “Sugaree” Red Rocks Amphitheatre June 15, 2013
Potter and Susan Tedeschi’s vocals melt together just as the John Prine ballad and Grateful Dead standard blend from one to the other in this video from Colorado.
Ratdog “Dear Prudence” Peach Music Festival August 2013
Another Grateful Dead connection, this time Potter joined the Dead’s guitarist with his band for a beautiful cover of The Beatles song.
Allman Brothers Band “The Weight” with Susan Tedeschi September 7, 2013 Jones Beach, Wantagh, New York
Teaming again with Haynes and again with Tedeschi and Trucks, Potter revisits The Band catalog, trading verses with a formidable group of vocalists.
Benny Yurco and Grand Point Dead “Friend of the Devil” Higher Ground South Burlington, Vermont September 16, 2013
One last Dead connection and one more clip from Higher Ground, this one was captured at a Dead-centric jam lead by Nocturnals guitarist Benny Yurco.
The Flaming Lips “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” Jimmy Kimmel Live October 31, 2014
A costumed and barely recognizable Potter performed on national TV, providing vocals originally laid down in the studio with The Lips by Miley Cyrus.
