Harry and the Potters "Problem Solving Skillz" (8.6 MB) from Harry and the Potters Live at The University Book Store @ Hilldale Madison, WI July 9, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE!

The unfortunate side-effect of how entertaining this show turned out to be is that I wound up recording five clips, and now must write blurbs for five clips. But I kind of made my big point about these guys yesterday, which is that they're sneaking uncompromised rock music to a new and receptive audience, and now I'm going to have to stretch a little. So here's something quickly, to go with this short clip.

One way in which they seem to differ considerably from "regular" rock bands is in dealing with new material -- their new record, Harry and the Potters and the Power of Love, just came out last week, but most of what they played (and three of the songs I recorded) came from their self-titled debut. I think this is probably a purposeful strategy on their part, considering how many kids sang along with the older stuff. They got a lot of energy moving in the room that was only possible because such a large part of the audience knew the material well.