Jason Sandford
Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.
Harp magazine has the story:
Grace Potter bursts into the dressing room area of the Orange Peel like a woman on fire—if she were a ‘toon, there would be a small dust storm trailing in her wake.
I chalk this up partly to the fact that her band the Nocturnals has just been informed by the crew that they are due onstage in less than five minutes—Potter & Co. are currently in the middle of the 12-date, co-headlining “March Madness Tour” with the Benevento/Russo Duo, en route to a big blowout in Florida at the Langerado festival, and tonight it’s their turn to take the opening slot—but mostly because, based on observing her in concert a few times, she IS a woman on fire, an effervescent dervish hell-bent on a musical mission. Indeed, you can’t help getting swept up in that wake: with her arrival the action quotient ramps up in the room, bandmates Scott Tournet, Matt Burr and Bryan Dondero visibly energized merely by her presence.
Or maybe it’s because I’ve just passed out copies of the March issue of HARP, the one which features Potter literally draping herself in the American flag for our Election 2008 special. The male three-quarters of the Nocturnals are bound to have seen their frontwoman sans clothing at some point; there’s no way a band can tour as much as these folks do and not encounter some occasional immodesty (unintentional or otherwise). But still, there’s just something about looking at a photo of a gorgeous woman wearing nothing but white go-go boots and the Stars & Stripes…
“Oh my god, that’s awesome!” Potter hoots when I show her the magazine and point at the photo in question. Clearly, this is an insightful individual who can appreciate the tangled nuances of politics, publishing and pulchritude. Okay, Grace, I will leave you folks to get ready for your set…
