Caroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps plays at the Secret Garden
Before playing their Spike Hill show in Williamsburg, Caroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps were to perform a few songs in the ever-so-mobile Secret Garden. Their bright-eyed bassist Jesse Schuster had wanted to play an upright bass, but when we couldn’t find a spot that housed one we could borrow, we thought a well-lit patch of a quiet-ish sidewalk, by which their van was parked close to the venue, suited us just fine. Drummer Arlen Peiffer grabbed a glockenspiel and a shaker, and the other three—Alex Ramsey-Blood, Caroline Smith and Jesse—fared well amongst a guitar, a banjo and some finger-snapping. Their sweet songs reigned on the sidewalk, turned a few heads, and evoked kind words from a passing stranger. We topped it all off with a cover of a pretty filthy song, though. All three originals heard here are from Backyard Tent Set.
Secret Garden is a video series produced by Hooves on the Turf, in which we meet with a band to film them performing a few songs outside the context of a regular show. You can view the full video archive here.
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March 3rd, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Thanks for having us Minnesota kids on your show..
March 5th, 2009 at 5:08 am
The guy who comes in at 4:54 reminds me way to much of Woody Allen.
March 5th, 2009 at 9:11 am
i love that he says “gigging”
March 11th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
This was great.
Sarahana, you should bring your blog up to Houghton, MI for Keweenawesomefest. Just sayin’.
March 23rd, 2009 at 11:27 am
THIS is amazing! thanks!
May 29th, 2009 at 6:28 am
Those two Dre covers are legit, she should record some of those… “for realz Xxxplosive”
June 1st, 2009 at 12:55 am
Thanks a lot for the video.
This guys are really awesome and I have to make my own compliments to them and to your blog.
July 20th, 2009 at 12:41 am
Love them. Thanks so much for this video.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:43 pm
watched this one more than a few times over the past couple of months and every time it’s a wow moment. thanks!
January 3rd, 2010 at 3:10 am
Video from Caroline and the Good Night Sleeps from their live session at kumd.org available at theduluthscene.org
July 27th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Love this! I’m looking forward to checking this group out in the Cities. I would love to get my hands on their CD, along with that cover of Xxplosive. wowza.