Dizgo Blow Up Two Amazing Sets at Skipper’s Smokehouse 11.14.24

Dizgo Blow Up Two Amazing Sets at Skipper’s Smokehouse 11.14.24

Dizgo, the stellar psychedelic rock jamsters from Indianapolis, have now completed their first-ever run of shows in Florida, and, as good fortune would have it, three of those eight performances were in the Tampa Bay area. Read about their show at Dunedin Brewery November 9 here, and also check out the great videos and photographs by Funk Eye Media.

Speaking of that, we were happy to wait for spectacular new-and-improved videos of this Skipper’s Smokehouse set before sharing it!

DIZGO are: Andrew Pickel, guitar, vocals; Kevin Hinnefeld, bass, keyboards, vocals; Justin Clark, drums; and Jake Evatt, keyboards, vocals.

The next Tampa area show took place Thursday, November 14, at Skipper’s Smokehouse in Tampa. The second set was billed as a Pink Floyd tribute. We were blown away by their show at Dunedin Brewery, and this one was a perfect match!

The first set opening “Sprouts” gave way to a deluxe “It’s Alright” featuring outstanding vocals and some wicked synths from Evatt. These were again great, joyous, drawn-out jams. “Help is On the Way” soared with Pickel’s shredding before the lit the place up covering The Fixx’s “One Thing Leads to Another.” Clark got in a tasty drum break washed by synths, and the quartet closed with a stunning romp through “Run!” that featured trippy electric piano from Evatt and some deep bass from Hinnefeld.

The Floyd tribute set blasted off with a hot “Sorrow” that rolled into a very inspired “Have a Cigar.” Everything was clicking: electric piano, drums, synths, and deep bass. They folded that into their own tune “Melt” (name of their latest album) and into “Breathe” and back to “Melt.” They had everybody’s attention.

Next, they squeezed a tremendous “Time” — thick on vocals and guitar — between another great Dizgo original, “Orbital.” There was a great bass solo during original tune “Thoughts from Another Mind” before it merged into “Young Lust.” And they were NOT done! “Fearless” began slowly and picked up momentum with piano and synths prominent and more great guitar, the rhythm section always pushing the pace. The closing “Comfortably Numb” was a sheer delight.

[11.14.24: S1: Sprouts > It’s Alright, Help is On the Way, One Thing Leads to Another, Run!; S2: Sorrow > Have a Cigar > Melt > Breathe > Melt, Orbital > Time > Orbital, Thoughts from Another Mind > Young Lust, Fearless >  Comfortably Numb]

Downbeat had a category for up-and-coming jazz artists: TALENT DESERVING WIDER RECOGNITION. That would be Dizgo for the jam scene.