{"id":22347,"date":"2025-08-21T17:08:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T01:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/?p=22347"},"modified":"2025-08-21T17:08:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T01:08:33","slug":"re-sushi-and-coca-cola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/2025\/08\/21\/re-sushi-and-coca-cola\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-Sushi and Coca-Cola"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey Bob, Awesome write up and spot on here. Wait till you see them live next time they play in Los Angeles. They will blow you away. All 8 members of the band are so dynamic, and Paul is pure, non-stop entertainment!! I just heard the live version of ‘Sushi and Coca-Cola’ and they took this under 3-minute song and created a 7-minute live anthem that will make you get up and dance by yourself. You can\u2019t stop moving! They are as authentic as it gets in music, and this song is going to move them to the next level and beyond. It does not fit a format or a DSP playlist, it is simply great music that is going to bleed into the mainstream and not leave, because the song and band has “it”. We all want “it”, and “it” is hard to find and get. St Paul and the Broken Bones will be around for many more decades, and you will love it when you see them every time live!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Warren Christensen<\/p>\n

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Thanks, BOB\u2026 Now you\u2019ve created an earworm for me! \u00a0Not the greatest song I\u2019ve ever heard, but certainly one with a nice groove. I\u2019m not sure\u00a0that Saint Paul is better than The Commitments, but Paul\u2019s\u00a0voice is really slick, and you don\u2019t hardly ever hear any horn bands around anymore today, which I really miss! Bottom line is, this song should definitely have more traction than it currently does. As a former Head of promotion for several labels, I believe I could\u2019ve gotten this played\u2026 Just sayin\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n

Michael Abramson<\/p>\n

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Hey Bob – your timing on this is so great. \u00a0I just saw St Paul & the Broken Bones this past Saturday at a free show in Marina del Rey as part of their summer concert series. \u00a0It was such a fun show, and as you mention below, everyone was up and moving for \u201cSushi and Coca-Cola.\u201d \u00a0There\u2019s no denying that he has a great voice, puts on a good show, AND they had the horns with them. \u00a0Keep spreading the word about real music!<\/p>\n

All the best – Mary\u00a0Jurey<\/p>\n

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loved it song of summer 25…no lie…good vibe<\/p>\n

Chris Rodinis<\/p>\n

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I love the groove and his voice, that is one of the oddest videos I have seen but I like it!!<\/p>\n

Doug Gillis<\/p>\n

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Good shout on St Paul and the Broken Bones.<\/p>\n

We saw them at the Ryman in Nashville many years ago. It was one of the greatest show I have seen. He looks like the guy other guys picked on in High School but he performs like James Brown only weirder. At one point he randomly rolled himself in the stage rug and hid under the drum riser. It was strange and fabulous. And he is a great singer.<\/p>\n

Best<\/p>\n

Michael Ross<\/p>\n

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Saw them this summer at The Capitol Groove festival – a very cool midsize fest in downtown Hartford – where they blew the place out.\u00a0 Was pretty inspiring and amazing to hear how many people – young kids – talking about their set even on Day 2.<\/p>\n

Dave Rubin<\/p>\n

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Been into them since their first album…..seen them many times live always a good time.<\/p>\n

Michael Rosenblatt<\/p>\n

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Simple? Yes.<\/p>\n

Derivative? Yes.<\/p>\n

Infectious? HELL YEAHHH!!<\/p>\n

Nice find, Bob.<\/p>\n

DG<\/p>\n

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Thanks Bob, love this tune.<\/p>\n

Louis Lindstrom<\/p>\n

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Thank you, Bob!!!\u00a0 This is great.\u00a0 It is just where my head is right now.\u00a0 Just sounds good.\u00a0 Groove!\u00a0 Give me an authentic band where people are playing real instruments. The horn section is killer.\u00a0 The dude can sing, too!\u00a0 The drummer plays just behind the beat, and it sounds like VINYL! This made me feel like I was a kid again, listening to Al Green or Billy Paul on my Zenith shelf-style radio (badass speaker, by the way!) in my bedroom .. singing along with an invisible microphone, while moving around the room like I was on “In Concert” or “Midnight Special!”<\/p>\n

I hope to see this band LIVE. I was hooked at first listen!\u00a0 Great group!<\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Beki Brindle-Scala<\/p>\n

Woodstock, NY<\/p>\n

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Terrific song.<\/p>\n

Would feel at home on Stax.<\/p>\n

Thanks,<\/p>\n

Ernie Canadeo<\/p>\n

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Al Green would’ve killed with this song..<\/p>\n

I like it<\/p>\n

Jeff Laufer<\/p>\n

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I put these guys in the Muscle Shoals Sound category, classic style that, as you say, forces you to get up and move. \u00a0I\u2019ve seen them live (in a smaller venue) and the show was great, they love their jobs and it comes across on the stage.<\/p>\n

Jeff Bray<\/p>\n

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This is crazy good.<\/p>\n

You can’t possibly oversell it.<\/p>\n

How is this not the song of the summer of 2025?!?!??!<\/p>\n

I’ve never run into this band before.. Going off to research.<\/p>\n

Thanks for this.!!!<\/p>\n

It is exactly what I needed.<\/p>\n

Karen Gordon<\/p>\n

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Love this! And the video.<\/p>\n

John Parikhal<\/p>\n

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St. Paul and the BB, Sushi and Coca Cola is very good. Paul Janeway and his cape wardrobe and stunning voice range is simply masterful. I’ve been a fan since I first heard Apollo.<\/p>\n

Thanks Bobby!<\/p>\n

Thank you,<\/p>\n

Gary Hunter, CCIM<\/p>\n

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Me thinks one of your better picks. It\u2019s a killin\u2019 \u00a0track for all your stated reasons.\u00a0 I saw them live about 6 years ago and found them, meh. After listening to this tune, I might give em another chance live.<\/p>\n

Thanks, Bob.<\/p>\n

Dave McNair<\/p>\n

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Check out St Paul and the Broken Bones’ performance on NPR\u2019s Tiny Desk. Great stuff!<\/p>\n

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Love your letters!<\/p>\n

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Thanks!<\/p>\n

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Pete Thompson<\/p>\n

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i like the sushi song!<\/p>\n

Jeff Lorber<\/p>\n

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LOVE IT!!<\/p>\n

Tom Gillam<\/p>\n

New BraunfelsTX<\/p>\n

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Thanks for the tip, Bob.<\/p>\n

Their latest, “Fall Moon” has it going on too.<\/p>\n

Rusty<\/p>\n

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Great pick, thank you.<\/p>\n

Kind regards,
\nRob Whittaker<\/p>\n

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The difference between a guitar + keyboards pop rock band vs. the same band with a well-charted \u00a0horn section blended in is like the difference between a plain scoop of ice cream vs. a hot fudge sundae.<\/p>\n

Paul Lanning<\/p>\n

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As a mid-60ish music fan, I couldn’t agree with you more. It’s increasingly hard to find worthy tunes to spin in this era and when you run across a working band that brings some soul\/funk and horns to the mix, like St. Paul & The Broken Bones, you will have my ears. I submit the finest example of this genre is Tedeschi Trucks Band. The “wall of sound” they emit as a 12-piece ensemble is magnificent! Certainly, the economics of touring with such a lineup are daunting, and I admire them even more for placing the auditory experience of their fans above simply maximizing the bottom line.<\/p>\n

Taylor Josey<\/p>\n

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You like this ’cause it’s a REAL song.\u00a0 The lyrics work against the music in a terrific way.\u00a0 It’s kind of everyday\/every life, sweetly sad.\u00a0 Tough day…nothin’ fancy, just another tricky, lucky day.<\/p>\n

AND…Paul Janeway’s vocal is damned good. That kind of tight, focussed, nasal, soulful intelligence is pretty rare at the moment…(he reminds me a bit of Frazee Ford).<\/p>\n

Thanks for bringing it to my attention.<\/p>\n

gPresto<\/p>\n

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Sorry, pass.<\/p>\n

You want horns, listen to Tedeschi Trucks Band<\/p>\n

Larry Mollin<\/p>\n

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Thanks for bringing some love to songs like this, and more importantly, this fantastic band – especially live in concert.\u00a0 I’ve seen them live many times over the last few years, including twice this year already. (They were touring with the Wood Brothers this summer, another non-mainstream band that is very good in concert).\u00a0 At every show, Paul and the band play with real emotion and energy. There is no pretentious BS at their shows. They are all better musicians than you’d expect, and their lead guitarist can really rock. But you’re right, it’s the horns and Paul himself that kill it song after song.<\/p>\n

I grew up in So. Cal and have been going to shows since my older sister took me to see Black Sabbath at the Long Beach Arena in 1976. Ater a long career in the event and sports marketing business, which included 30+ years of travel and the opportunity to see concerts all over the country, I recently retired.\u00a0 And my passion now is seeing good bands in smaller venues.\u00a0 I’m up to 26 shows this year, with another 10 already booked for the fall\/winter.\u00a0 I’m on a Rock n’ Roll retirement plan!<\/p>\n

I don’t go to festivals, stadiums or big arena shows anymore.\u00a0 I don’t want to see screens, videos, massive light shows or pyrotechnics.\u00a0 I want to see and hear a band deliver a show to a crowd.\u00a0 Some bands are good musicians.\u00a0 Some bands are good entertainers.\u00a0 But when a band can deliver both, that is a special night.\u00a0 I live for those nights.\u00a0 \u00a0St. Paul and the Broken Bones is one of those bands.<\/p>\n

At some point in every show, they play a very long version of the song Sanctify.\u00a0 Paul usually goes out into the audience and finds a place he can get a little elevated.\u00a0 He gets creative at times.\u00a0 At the show I saw in Ft. Wayne, IN, last month, he climbed up a 20″ ladder and continued to sing!\u00a0 When he’s in that robe (like he’s wearing in the video you sent), and he’s singing that song, the venue becomes a church, and he is testifying!!\u00a0 The place is electric!\u00a0To quote the late, great Jim Ladd, “Lord may mercy”!<\/p>\n

Go see St. Paul and the Broken Bones live. They will fill your heart and soul with nothing but great music.<\/p>\n

Cheers Bob!<\/p>\n

Bill O’Neil<\/p>\n

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Hey Bob, Awesome write up and spot on here. Wait till you see them live next time they play in Los Angeles. They will blow you away. All 8 members of the band are so dynamic, and Paul is pure, non-stop entertainment!! I just heard the live version of ‘Sushi and Coca-Cola’ and they took […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p96vPs-5Or","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22348,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22347\/revisions\/22348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}