Best Jam-Demic
Purple Bee Live
Of all the “bubbles” formed during the pandemic, one of the most thoroughly entertaining ones to peer into was a music studio in rural Wyldwood. Weekly or more since last February, the Purple Bee Crew – usually consisting of brothers Dustin and Evan Bozarth, “Grego,” and Big Mic Pereida – welcomed bands and collaborators into their laboratory-like domain for lengthy performances under violet lights. Amid a livestreaming boom, few productions matched the consistency, quality, and feel-good vibes of PBL, which skews groove-centric. Performances brought real-time donations to artists as well as significant relief fundraising after the freeze.
