Saturday night marked the third time I had seen the Trachtenburg Family and lead singer / father said it best: This will be the oddest thing you will ever see. And he's not far off. The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players bills themselves as the only "indie-vaudville conceptual art-rock pop band". As I have metnioned before, they are a family. Dad, Jason, plays guitar and keyboards and writes the songs. Mom, Tina, plays the slide projector, sings some backup and makes the costumes. Daughter, Rachel, plays drums and sings some back up too.
It's hard to explain to someone the genius of what they do, but once you see it live, it all makes sense. Some people will say what they do is not genius, but rather extremely bizarre. I totally disagree. They buy slides from old dead people and write really good, poppy songs about them / to go along with them. When you watch them live, you really watch the slide show, and not so much the band. Standing there at the Troubadour watching Jason Trachtenburg talk and sing, I wondered how many people there actually were there to love them (as I was). I had the feeling that many there were there to watch a train wreck. Jason was exceptionally chatty during our show and I felt like they could have played a few more songs if he didnt talk as much as he did, but its all good. I would have loved for them to play "Eggs." They didn't, but it is below. Enjoy!
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