It was validation of the sentiment Rateliff expressed in a recent interview with The Times when he said, "I don't know why soul music ever went away in the first place."įollow on Twitter. Soon, the musicians returned, picked up the beat and revved up the celebration once again, then deftly shifted the emphasis from the two and four beats back to one and three and glided effortlessly into a signature song from another key influence, delivering the Band's "The Shape I'm In" masterfully, before returning one last time to the chorus of "S.O.B." Indeed, fans reinitiated the song's irresistible "whoa-oh!" chorus after Rateliff bid them farewell and followed the rest of the band offstage. That's just what happened at the 1,200-capacity Regent Theatre downtown on Thursday.
"S.O.B." is that flawless, once-in-a-blue-moon melding of supercharged summer rave-up, audience singalong and ideal exit song that a band can vamp on into the night while the audience begs for more.
But the gospel-rooted music is so fundamentally exuberant you can't help but root for him as he shouts, "If I can't get clean/I'm gonna drink my life away." The lyric carries a gut-wrenching plea from a man wrestling with addiction, and a broken heart isn't helping him win the fight. To give you an idea of what a standout this song is, Jimmy Fallon received a phone call from Paul McCartney after the band performed it live on his show.
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