Voodoo Cowboy

By Michael Barnes

Epic.

That’s the word for the Live at Seaholm After-Party.

The decommissioned smokestacks lit up like inter-planetary transportation devices.

The concrete ribs of the generating room outlined in blue, recalling urban clubs set up in old industrial sites.

Ben May, Juliana Azar, Kristin Owen

Hundreds — perhaps thousands — gathered around the stage for the three musical acts, culminating in Broken Social Scene.

Katie Clark and Alan Case (Generationals)

We spent some time with the Generationals band members. They come from New Orleans, Jesuit-educated and, therefore, pretty worldly yet other-worldly. When we pointed out many musicians had settled here after Hurricane Katrina, one said: “Send them back. We need them.”

PJ Raval, Heidi Bollock and Megan Gilbride

Rare Magazine’s Taylor Perkins, his partner in production, Jason Hicks, and Voodoo Cowboy’s Mark Mueller beamed with pride. (Also expressing pride was Taylor’s father, an oilman down from Houston.)

They should be pleased.

They built the most buzz-about event outside ACL this week. And, as far as I know, it went off without a hitch. We heard members of Phoenix, Kings of Leon and other ACL bands dropped by, but we were out by the witching hour.