The Undisputed Heavyweights

Artist Description

"The local favorites in the Undisputed Heavyweights come armed with lounge-ready shtick, but they are more than just tongue-in-cheek hipsters. Brandishing acoustic guitars and a horn section, the Heavyweights deliver an accomplished rock/blues/soul hybrid, and their endearingly uninhibited front man, Casey Shea, puts them right in the tradition of vaudevillian showmanship."
-The New Yorker
 
Casey Shea, Jeff Jacobson and Wes Verhoeve are the core of The Undisputed Heavyweights, a Lower East Side band described as "Frank Sinatra meets The Doors in a way only Stevie Wonder could dream of," by am New York. Such acclaim for undiscovered musicians might elicit incredulity among the un-indoctrinated until one's first Heavyweight experience.  The virtue of a true live show is if, in the end, it is memorable. Behind the insults and the Amens is sophisticated songwriting and clever arrangements. And whether you remember Casey Shea's sunglasses, the Roll Your Windows Down sing-a-long or the pop sensibility of Lartigue, it doesn't really matter, as there's something for everyone.  Don't miss a single one of your three chances to catch the Heavyweights as part of a rare Joe's Pub residency.

These shows presented in association with Liberated Matter & Family Records.