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Paul Wertico Trio: The Underground

By Mike Jacobs
August 23, 2024
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After vacating the drum chair in the seminal

Pat Metheny Group

band / ensemble / orchestra
b.1977

" data-original-title="" title="">Pat Metheny Group, drummer

Paul Wertico

drums
b.1953

" data-original-title="" title="">Paul Wertico's next move was to release Don't Be Scared Anymore (Premonition Records, 2000) with Chicago-based cohorts

John Moulder

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">John Moulder and

" data-original-title="" title="">Eric Hochberg. The resulting album was a far cry from his work in the PMG stylistically, but nonetheless inspiring, as the turgid, slow grind of "The Underground" shows.

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