
Unplugged has somehow come to mean a bit less electric these days. But when the Vespers played at the Old Stone Church in Upper Saddle River New Jersey on October 7, it was unplugged all the way as in 100% acoustic. And the setting was perfect in a church that was built in 1819, when 100% acoustic was all there was.

The first thing that strikes you about the Vespers' music is that it is honest. Honest in every sense. There is nothing contrived or commercial about it. This makes a totally acoustic setting a perfect way to present their music. They normally do add some amplification for their concerts and their records are a synthesis of American musical styles with some old timey feel thrown in. But they can sure do that acoustic thing.

The Vespers set consisted of all original music, mostly from their most recent The Fourth Wall record with some selections from their first release Tell Your Mama. They come with an "an arsenal of acoustic instruments" and frequently switched and exchanged them making it hard at times to keep track of who was playing what. That was, they joked, so if someone said the guitar player was horrible it would be hard to remember just who that was. But there would be no need to do that as their musicianship is excellent.
The songs ranged from "the serious to the not so serious" because, as Callie remarked, "you can't be serious or not so serious


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