For those of us in Chicago, Columbus, and Cleveland this past week, we were lucky enough to get hip to a lot of new music from Donny’s new quartet—Donny, Jason Lindner, Tim Lefebvre, and Mark Guiliana. The Chicago shows at Green Mill were astounding by all accounts. Cuts from Perpetual Motion like Energy Generation and LZCM nestled next to tunes being prepped for the next DMC album he’ll be recording this coming summer. They were sets that were as inspiring as they were muscular, all the players carrying their weight and brimming with energy, and the packed-in-crowds happily drank it all up.

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