“Forgot to turn my beans on,” Will Sprott said, as he reached down to flip a switch. The tropical flower and coconut print decorating the front of his keyboard lit up. Mic stands wrapped in vines and bean sprouts, belonging to bassist Shannon Shaw and guitarist Cody Blanchard, followed suit and twinkled onstage. Very camp.
Shannon and the Clams are a four-piece rockabilly group hailing from Oakland, California. Since forming in 2007, they’ve released seven studio albums and received rave reviews. Still in Rock wrote “their shows are among the best in the world.”
And World Cafe Live was psyched for it. In their setlist, Shannon and the Clams included multiple hits from their latest LP, The Moon Is In The Wrong Place, released in early May. The album, written in the aftermath of the loss of Shaw’s fiancé, forced the band to write songs in a way they’re not used to. The LP also opens with “The Vow,” originally meant to be a surprise on Shaw’s wedding day, is a powerful and complex ballad.
