Video | Chris Robinson Soulive Revue At Bear Creek

Organizers of the Bear Creek Music & Art Festival put together one of the more inventive collaborations of the 2014 festival season last Saturday night, Chris Robinson’s Soulive Revue came together for an inspired set of covers at Buffalo’s Amphitheatre. We pointed you towards a crispy audience recording of the entire set a few days back and this afternoon we wanted to hip you to an hour’s worth of outstanding video footage from the performance.

[Photo by Matthew Wright]

If you’re unfamiliar with how the set went down, Black Crowes vocalist Chris Robinson was joined by Soulive and a heaping helping of guests such as George Porter Jr., Oteil Burbridge, Jennifer Hartswick, Pee Wee Ellis, Alecia Chakour, Bernard Purdie, Ivan Neville, Roosevelt Collier and the Lettuce horns as they rolled through ten incredibly soulful covers. The ensemble kicked off the show with a rendition of “West L.A. Fadeaway” by the Grateful Dead and continued the set with a cover of The Rolling Stones’ “Hot Stuff.” Robinson then led the band through “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)” by Otis Redding, “Quitters Never Win,” (Dr. John), Traffic’s “Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring” and another Dead cover in “Sugaree.” The power-packed sequence of “Space Captain” (Joe Cocker), “Hard To Handle” (Otis Redding), “Gimme Shelter” (Rolling Stones) and “Turn On Your Lovelight” (Bobby “Blue” Bland) brought the memorable performance to a close.

Randy of The Funk It Blog captured all but the last two songs of the powerhouse performance. Watch how it went down:

Chris Robinson’s Soulive Revue
November 15, 2014
Live Oak, FL @ Bear Creek Music Festival

01. West L.A. Fadeaway (with George Porter Jr) [Grateful Dead cover]
02. Hot Stuff [Rolling Stones cover]
03. Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song) [Otis Redding cover]
04. Quitters Never Win (with George Porter Jr & Ivan Neville) [Dr. John cover]
05. Who Knows What Tomorrow Will Bring (with Oteil Burbridge) [Traffic cover]
06. Sugaree (with George Porter Jr & Pee Wee Ellis) [Grateful Dead cover]
07. Space Captain (with Jennifer Hartswick) [Joe Cocker cover]
08. Hard To Handle [Otis Redding / Black Crowes cover]

MISSING/NOT RECORDED:
Gimme Shelter (with George Porter Jr) [Rolling Stones cover]
Turn On Your Lovelight (with George Porter Jr, Bernard Purdie & Roosevelt Collier) [Grateful Dead cover]

Chris Robinson -vocals
Eric Krasno -guitar
Alan Evans -drums
Neal Evans -keys
Eric Bloom -trumpet
Ryan Zoidis -sax
Alecia Chakour -background vocals
Jasmine Muhammad -background vocals

Guests:
George Porter Jr. -bass
Ivan Neville -keys
Oteil Burbridge -bass
Pee Wee Ellis -sax
Jennifer Hartswick -background vocals
Bernard Purdie -drums
Roosevelt Collier -steel

VIDEO 1: Canon Xa-20
VIDEO 2: Canon G20
AUDIO: AT853 (omnis, split 3′) } MixPre } M10 by Scott T.

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Don’t forget to check out Scott T.’s crispy audience recording on Archive.org: