The Park Theater in Hudson hosted an interesting double bill on July 11, 2025. Billy X Wilder‘s music is road-worn and rooted in Americana, but is more than that and defies easy classification. Night Shakes, in only their second performance ever, opened the night with an impressive set of their own.

Review and Photos by Pat Rogers for NYS Music

Night Shakes at the Park Theater in Hudson (July 11, 2025) – photo by Pat Rogers for NYS Music

Slapping the upright bass into submission and occasionally standing on it while playing was Chops, who doubles as the bassist for local luminaries, Unfinish’d Bizness. He’s not a bass player, he’s a spectacle.

The man treats gravity like a suggestion. If you’ve never seen a grown man ride a stand up bass like it’s a rodeo bull while still keeping perfect time, you haven’t lived.

– Pat Rogers for NYS Music