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By Bill Roundy
Brooklyn Paper
This Southern-style band will rock
again!
A Brooklyn band with a sound out
of the Mississippi Delta will wrap up its
nationwide tour with a hometown show
this weekend. Blues rockers Daddy Long
Legs will stop at Greenpoint’s Brooklyn
Bazaar on July 14, playing tunes from
the new album “Lowdown Ways.”
The group’s frontman and founder
said he created the group’s unique, bootstomping
style of music to stand out
from the pack of bands playing CBGBstyle
rock ‘n’ roll.
“The scene was saturated with people
doing that, and I wanted to bring something
fresh to the table,” said Brian Hurd
— so he drew on the music of his childhood
in St. Louis, Missouri.
“I know the roots music that comes
from my home,” he said. “I wanted to
take the Delta blues and gospel and infuse
that into the high-energy rock thing
that we’ve got going on. We’re an electric
band, and we’re trying to push the
music forward — put a modern spin on
the Delta blues.”
Hurd began playing his harmonica at
house parties and busking on sidewalks,
and soon added guitarist Murat Akturk
and drummer Josh Styles to the mix.
The band formed in 2010, and “Lowdown
Ways” is its third album. Over the
years, their sound has become richer and
more expansive, said Hurd.
“It was super bare bones and stripped
down, just a juke blues trio,” he said. But
on the new album, “we’ve added some
organ, some gospel, and I’m playing a bit
more guitar. We’re still exploring whatever
the hell it is we do, this Daddy Long
Legs thing.”
He describes “that thing” as “rock and
roll salvation through the spirit of roots
and blues,” and it has gotten a huge response.
The concert on July 14 will be
the band’s 70th show this year, and after
a few days rest, the band will be off to
Europe for another tour, said Hurd.
Daddy’s home
Brooklyn blues band brings
Delta sound to Greenpoint
Delta formation: Daddy Long
Legs founder Brian Hurd infused
the music of his childhood in Missouri
with rock ‘n’ roll to create a
new sound.
Yep Roc Records
Daddy Long Legs at Brooklyn Bazaar
(150 Greenpoint Ave. between
Manhattan Avenue and Franklin
Street in Greenpoint, www.bkbazaar.
com). July 14 at 8 p.m. $15.
By Chandler Kidd
Brooklyn Paper
Down the rabbit hole!
A bizarre and beautiful art space
inspired by “Alice In Wonderland”
has tumbled into Williamsburg. The 13
rooms of the Wonder World Space include
a space where visitors can perch
on a crescent moon, and an enormous
ball pit — are designed to create multiple
photo opportunities so that visitors
can create magical, glamorous selfies to
post to Instagram — even in they come
by themselves.
“We have employees who will take
your picture, so if you come alone or
with a group you will get your Instagram
worthy shot,” said manager Mandy
Lopata. “You really are immersed and
transported into this space that is otherworldly
— it really is meant to be
whimsical and inspired by ‘Alice in
Wonderland.’ ”
Wonder World Space NYC (61 N.
Ninth St. between Kent and Wythe
avenues in Williamsburg, www.wonderworldspace.
com). Open daily; 11
a.m.–8 p.m. until Nov. 4. $30 ($19 children,
kids under 4 free).
Instagram magic
‘Alice’ exhibit pops up in W’burg
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