THE BENEVENTO RUSSO DUO with special guest Sean Bones
| Description: | THE BENEVENTO RUSSO DUO with special guest Sean Bones
(Presented by Windstorm Productions) Doors @ 8:30pm Cover: $15 advance / $17.50 day of show 
THE BENEVENTO RUSSO DUO with special guest Sean Bones. Play Pause Stop, the latest disc by the Benevento/Russo Duo, is as much of an anomaly as the band that created it. Yes, it is a rock album - but there is no guitarist, no bassist, and you can sing along even though there are no words. "The things we wanted to do on the last record we actually achieved on this new one," says drummer Joe Russo. "We're more confident in our instrumental rock songwriting than ever before." The Benevento/Russo Duo formed in 2002 when Russo was offered a Thursday night residency at New York City's Knitting Factory. The gig paid $100. Simple economics led Russo to conclude that a duo would be twice as nice as a quartet. He enlisted childhood chum Marco Benevento and the two performed as an organ and drum combo for $50 each. Far from its initiation, when the Duo was conceptualized for economy, these days the band remains a twosome out of pure artistic desire. "Limiting yourself leads to new discovery," says Benevento. As an example, he offers that the title track of Play Pause Stop was an exercise in stringing chords together from one single note. The restriction resulted in an incredibly creative and entertaining powerhouse of a song. Much like the idea of the Duo itself. The Benevento Russo Trio MySpace Sean Bones MySpace For all ticket inquiries, please visit ticketmaster.com variety-playhouse.com |
| Date: | Friday, November 13, 2009 |
| Time: | 8:30pm EST |
| Created by: | Lauren Wilson |
| Updated: | Friday, November 6, 2009 4:21pm EST |
| Comments: | None |
