LISA DENTON: Not to get too personal, Barry, but I’m wondering how long has it been since you last shook your moneymaker? I ask because you’ll get a chance to get your groove on when the Nightfall summer concert series returns to Miller Plaza on Friday.
The headliner is the Alexis P. Suter Band, and Suter has drawn praise from performers ranging from B.B. King to Levon Helm for the raw emotion of her roots, blues and soul music.
BARRY COURTER: I can tell you the day, the time and the place. It was about three minutes ago thanks to YouTube. I’ve been lost in Suter’s cover versions of “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” “John the Revelator,” “Smilin’ Faces,” “Take Me to the River” and “Got My Mojo Working” and, well, she got my mojo working.
Suter is a force of nature, and her band kills.
LISA: I’m in awe of her voice, a rumbling bass/baritone that can soar when she needs it to. I had a cold last week, so I sounded kind of rumbly myself, but I’d have to stand in a hole to get that deep. And you’re right, the band’s tight.