11/1/13 Concert Review - Halloween at Milkboy: Song Dogs as Talking Heads, Ross Bellenoit as Elvis Costello;,Val De Val as Alice in Chains
Those who wanted to extend their Halloween festivities into the weekend were in for a treat this past Friday. Milkboy invited three local bands to cover well known artists. And this wasn’t just covering a band – it was completely embracing it. Song Dogs as Talking Heads ; Ross Bellenoit as Elvis Costello; and Val De Val as Alice in Chains . Ross Bellenoit kicked off the night, taking the stage as Elvis Costello. Ross decided to pay tribute to Elvis Costello by performing his 1986 album Blood & Chocolate cover to cover. Some might think this to be a risk mainly because it’s not well known. But in chatting with Ross he told me it was just something he had wanted to perform for quite some time and also was attracted to the challenge of performing this album on stage. Joining him in this feat was Patrick Berkery on drums, Joe Baldacci on guitar, keyboardist Matt Landis , Todd Erk on bass, and Sonja Sofya who provided backing vocals.