Jukebox The Ghost hasn’t played in Los Angeles in a year and a half, so when the guys took the stage at the Echo last Thursday, they had a full house of eager followers. Fans packed into the modest venue, clogging the dance floor, and spilling out into the doorway to watch the rock-solid chemistry of Ben Thornewill, Tommy Siegel, and Jesse Kristin as they performed songs off their new album, Everything Under the Sun, like the dance initiating Schizophrenia, as well as favorites such as Hold it in, Under my Skin, and Good Day. Ben kept the crowd captivated with his animated facial expressions that acted out his keystrokes, while Jesse held it all together on drums. Tommy rocked out so hard that during the song Mistletoe, he hit the mic stand and it swung around and nailed him in the face, to which he replied, “Wow! Did you all see that? I thought that was an earthquake!”
Before the show, I sat down with the guys backstage. As always, when you snag a band for some quality Q&A time, you never know where the conversation might lead. This time it was all about gum, cows, and tornadoes…never a dull moment when you are in a room full of musicians who were born with an impressive amount of the creative gene.
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