
Highland Tap & Burger
Denver, CO
Words By J-man
Photos By Carly Marthis
Audio By Ed Simon

From the first few vocal notes of Bryan Benner's set I was taken aback. His booming operatic vocals coupled with his acoustic guitar and the lite vocals of Frederikke Talia soothed my soul. Families with children sat on the floor of the Tap as it began to fill in with folks who came to see The Pets. Bryan did a fantastic job of winning over The Pets' fans immediately with brilliant harmonies and song-writing. Folks looked on fixated on the rare sound that they had not typically chosen to surround

With the quick adjustment of a few XLR cables and a brief sound check, The Heavy Pets were ready to go. So too it seemed was the excitable crowd. The Highland Tap was packed and folks were still flooding in. The band began with fantastic output. Their clean groove and danceable sound brought the fans in close as more filled the back of the room. The guitar work of Jeff Lloyd & Mike Garulli was top notch, reflecting the approach and ability of someone much older than these two young gentleman. A few teases such at the Grateful Dead's "China Cat" showed faced and pleased the crowd. On key was Jim Wuest. His chops we monstrous and his solo frightening!


On the drums Jamie held it down with precision, fury and an acute attention to the shifting direction of the band's jams and compositions. Lastly, and maybe the most impressive member of the band, circumstantially speaking, was Tony D'Amato on bass.

At about the point when Pete Wall was called to the "stage," the show was sold out! A quick input issue fixed and Pete was live and killing it. Never had I seen the Tap so packed. It was clear that the Pets had a following in Denver and as the night got later more tickets/wristbands were released then sold out, several times over. the night was littered with a combination of rock, funk and jamtronica music, reflecting the range and development of this still young band.
The night was incredible across

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