I think we were more happy just to be able to be playing on kind of a big stage, with good sound, and with an audience there were who into it. So we’re kind of used to playing all types of gigs. Q: What was it like for you playing at The Vogel? Did it feel different from a pre-pandemic show?Ī: The thing about our band is, we have been put in front of so many … we’ve played every shithole bar to some of the biggest venues and prestigious places on the planet. I think it’s important for a band like us to be not just playing, but making sure it’s in a responsible way, and that everything is socially distant and all that, because you don’t want to be having people out there doing this the wrong way, and making things worse. I think it’s important to, also, find a way to do it the right way, these days. Hopefully it’s just sending good vibes to anybody who wants to have ’em, at this time. And it’s hopefully it’s therapeutic for people in the audiences. It’s therapeutic for me, speaking selfishly ( laughs), and for the band, I think. But yeah, I think it’s important to play. Q: Do you just feel it’s important to keep on going out there, playing in some form, even if it’s just small shows?Ī: We’ve been playing outdoors we haven’t been doing that much indoor stuff. Q: There isn’t much opportunity now to see live music in New Jersey, so I’m glad you’re out there still doing stuff.Ī: Yeah, it’s been a strange and wild ride these days, but we’re doing the best we can. I talked recently to frontman Mike Montali: In February, when the band - whose name is derived from the Bob Dylan song “Ballad of Hollis Brown” - performed at The Vogel at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, it did the same with a different album: The Velvet Underground’s Loaded. The show will feature The Rolling Stones 1966 album Aftermath (featuring songs such as “Paint It Black,” “Under My Thumb” and “Lady Jane”) in its entirety, as well as Hollis Brown’s original songs.
Both shows will be live streamed as well visit or. The Queens, N.Y.-based band Hollis Brown will go on the road for two - count ’em, two - shows in a row, performing for socially distanced crowds at the Sellersville Theater in Sellersville, Pa., April 9 at 8 p.m., and the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown, April 10 at 7:30 p.m. But these days, it’s about as close as you can get.
Hollis Brown (from left, Chris Urriola, Jonathan Bonilla, Mike Montali, Adam Bock and Andrew Zehnal).
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