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Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Blues and Lasers opened House of Blues, Boston MA March 25, 2011 By Nancy Nutile-McMenemy Blues and Lasers (B&L) opened for Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at the House of Blues Boston Friday night March 25.  B&L are Scott Tournet guitars and vocals; Benny Yurco guitars and vocals, John Rogone bass and vocals, Matt Burr drums, and Steve Sharon drums. It's not often that you get to see a band with two drummers but these guys work great together. Burr and Sharon add a level of thick rock and roll beats that a crowd can't help but head bang to. The guitar playing of Tournet and Yurco are scorching.  The guys played about an hour of solid rock and roll and even though the crowd was there to hear Grace Potter and the Nocturnals,  audience members were genuinely turned on to the B&L sound.  This is how rock and roll music should be played, loud and with a great beat! Stage Set List: WNWGD Fallen Friend...

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Blues and Lasers opened House of Blues, Boston MA March 25, 2011 By Nancy Nutile-McMenemy The Boston radio station MIX 104.1 gave away 25 pair of tickets to their FREELOADERS to attend the Grace Potter and the Nocturnals sound check prior to the bands SOLD OUT performance at the House of Blues . By answering a few easy questions and racking up 15,000 points listeners, or in this case Facebook and Twitter followers, of the radio station could then trade their points for passes to see the Nocturnals do their sound check. The select crowd of about 50 fans were treated to three songs played just for them: "Ah Mary" "Hot Summer Night with a little Ramble On" and "Paris", and then a photo op with Ms. Potter before they were escorted out to wait in line for the show. Absolutely worth the 10 minutes it took to rack up the points!! Images from the Blues and Lasers Set Images from the Grace Potter and the Nocturnal...

Copyright ©2010 Nancy Nutile-McMenemy www.photosbynanci.com Grace Potter and the Nocturnals return to the House of Blues in Boston MA on March 25, 2011 for an all ages show starting at 8pm, doors at 7pm. The last time the band played this venue they were giving tickets away to anyone showing a stub to the Red Sox game that was played at Fenway Park earlier in the day. I guess this band of five from Vermont is truly climbing the ladder to rock star status. They've gone from small Vermont venues to national TV appearances to selling out HOB Boston. And it's not just Boston that has sold out, most of the dates on their current tour have sold out. The shows in Florida still have tickets available but I'm sure word will spread south and these few remaining tickets will be gobbled up. As for folks in the Boston area that were waiting to get tickets to HOB thinking "they didn't sell out last time, I'll just wait till March to score my tickets." Sorry ...