Category Archives: Funk Rock

Kravitz Jams at the Greek

I had the pleasure of seeing Lenny Kravitz at the Greek theater in Berkeley on September 13, 2015.

This was my first concert at this venue and I was so impressed with the set up and seating arrangement. It didn’t seem like there was a bad spot in the whole venue to watch the show. The upper seats were steep, but helped add to what felt like a pretty intimate location despite the thousands of people there.

Lenny played for a solid 2 to 2.5 hours and played a vast selection of hits from his early albums and off of the newer albums as well. He was energetic and engaging with the crowd as well as his band. You could tell how much fun they were having together and feeding off the crowd by the way the show changed from just a show to a jam session. A lot of the songs morphed from just a live version of the song into a ten minute solo / jam session that all of the musicians were feeding off of.  There was so much spontaneous funk / rock happening between songs that Lenny played straight through what would of been his encore. He stated that that’s what happens when you are playing real music and not off a computer- you jam so hard your run out of time. I couldn’t agree more.

I can not find a set list from this show online. A few of my favorites that he played were let love rule and are you gonna go my way.

Overall this show was one of my favorites this far because of the amazing venue and energy of Lenny and his band and the crowd.

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