Time: 5:30pm-
Location: 5 Village Lodge Rd. Stratton Mountain Vermont, 05155 (map)
A genre-busting six-member musical collective
Stratton Mountain Music summer series continues with Lettuce. Lettuce cemented their status as boundary-pushing innovators three decades into their lauded career, blurring lines and smashing up jazz chords, psychedelic passages, big horns, strains of soul and go-go, hip-hop elements for an uplifting, improvisational sound all their own. Opening for Lettuce is Moon Boot Lover. Moon Boot Lover delivers a one-of-a-kind mix of rock, funk and soul, with dynamic versatility and range. From high-energy body-moving grooves to heartfelt emotive ballads, Peter Prince (front man & MBL originator) & MBL are widely respected by fans and musicians alike for their signature “Rocket Soul” sound and deep catalog of songs. The outdoor stage is set to jam at 6PM, with doors opening at 5:30PM.
Concert Tickets should be purchased online. Doors 5:30PM, Music 6PM. Ticket prices are below. Kids 3 & Under are free but must be seen at the ticket window to receive their free ticket. Concert is rain or shine.
Lettuce
The album, Cook, isn’t just a nod to Lettuce’s musical heat; it’s an invitation to join the band at the table, where funk, soul, jazz, rock, and hip-hop come together in one rich, flavorful dish. Released on their own Lettuce Records label, the band’s next studio album offers a menu of delights that marks a band exploring new sonic territory. For these six life-long partners, the new songs feel like a nourishing meal that entices all of your senses.
Like 2019’s Elevate, 2020’s Resonate and 2022’s Unify, before it, Cook was recorded at Colorado Sound just outside East Coast transplants Deitch, Smirnoff, and Bloom’s adopted home of Denver, where they gathered in one room to work on the new material. Ryan Zoidis did a masterful job mixing the final results with longtime Grammy-nominated engineer Jesse O’Brien.
On the new album, Lettuce has expanded its ever-widening musical palette again. Coming off tours with both rap icon GZA of Wu-Tang Clan and and reggae legend Ziggy Marley while earlier in this year releasing the live album and concert film ‘Lettuce with the Colorado Symphony’ capturing over 90 minutes of collaborative symphonic arrangements with the Colorado Symphony.
All together now… Lett us VIBE.
Adam Deitch: drums, percussion
Adam “Shmeeans” Smirnoff: guitar
Erick “Jesus” Coomes: bass
Ryan “Zoid” Zoidis: alto, baritone and tenor sax, synths
Eric “Benny” Bloom: trumpet, horns
Nigel Hall: vocals, Hammond B-3, Rhodes, clavinet, keyboards
Learn more about Lettuce
Moon Boot Lover
Moon Boot Lover delivers a one-of-a-kind mix of rock, funk and soul, with dynamic versatility and range. From high-energy body-moving grooves to heartfelt emotive ballads, Peter Prince (front man & MBL originator) & MBL are widely respected by fans and musicians alike for their signature “Rocket Soul” sound and deep catalog of songs that top “all-time favorites” lists of fans across the globe!
Founded in NYC in 1993, the initial lineup of Moon Boot Lover featured guitarist, vocalist & MBL songwriter, Peter Prince alongside Alan Evans on drums & Owen Yost on bass, they recorded MBL’s first release,Outer Space Action (1994).The following year Neal Evans on keyboards & Jon Hawes on bass joined the group to record MBL’s second live release, Live Down Deep (1995). Each album featured a comic book-style cover art drawn by Peter Prince. The band achieved success on the jam bands circuit with contemporaries like moe., Schleigho, and others. In fall of 1996, they played a short Rock the Vote tour with moe., the Ominous Seapods, and Yolk, which featured a large amount of cross-pollination between the groups. After a couple of years of hard touring around the country, Jon Hawes left the group, leaving P.Prince & the Evans brothers to record their 3rd studio release, Catskill Martian Dogs (1997).
The latest lineup:
Peter Prince – guitar, vocals
Reed Dieffenbach – drums
Mike Gruen – bass
The concert venue is located in the Main Base Area. This open air venue allows for personal lawn chairs and blankets. Some chairs and picnic tables will be available at a first come, first served basis. Summer is cooler in the mountains so be sure to bring layers to stay comfortable.
