John McCauley & Nikki Darlin engaged + Christopher Denny & Liz Isenberg (Deer Tick's show in Prospect Park) - pics
photos by Ryan Muir
“John Mcauley of Deer Tick just proposed to Nikki Darlin of Those Darlins on stage in Prospect Park. She said yes!” – BrooklynVegan @ 8:41 PM Aug 7th
Deer Tick played after Jones Street Station and before Grace Potter & the Nocturnals at the free Celebrate Brooklyn show in Prospect Park on Friday night (8/7).
After an attention-grabbing, intro-drum-solo by drummer Dennis Michael Ryan (complete with white Blueblockers on), the band came on stage and continued to play what can only be called a historic show, for Deer Tick anyway. Not only were we treated to a guest spot by Deer Tick regular Liz Isenberg, but out of nowhere, six songs into the set, Arkansas’ Christopher Denny appeared on stage to also help sing a song. We haven’t heard from Chris in a while – he’s in town to record a new album, and his stand-out voice caused even the zillion people talking in the back to look up for at least a second.
Another Deer Tick highlight was the set-closing cover of “La Bamba”, but that’s not what made the show historic. That was the toe ring (that came along with a proposal) (that confirmed that John McCauley and Those Darlins’ Nikki Darlin are officially off the market). Overall not only a great show, but lots of variety to help introduce the band to a Park Slope crowd full of distracted people who probably never heard of them before. More pictures below…
Deer Tick played the Newport Folk Fest a few days earlier (and Bowery Ballroom not much before that). More tour dates including a NYC boat, HERE.
