In this week alone the Alabama Shakes gave two festival performances, a Jimmy Fallon stop and the official video release for "Don't Wanna Fight" off their Billboard No.1 release Sound & Color. This, of course, was only days after a stint with the purple one in Minneapolis -- Prince that is. Their Mountain Jam performance was nothing short of perfect considering the tight schedule.
Brittany Howard's voice causes her face to contort into shapes that can only mean raw emotional power. Literal sessions of tears and laughter spewed from the audience as Howard shred through "Don't Wanna Fight," "Miss You" in dedication to their bad boy friend Ricky who is in the slammer and "I Found You" closing out the Hunter Mountain mainstay festival on Sunday night. The ATV riding powerhouse must have felt right at home in Upstate New York.
