Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Play the Pete (Wed., 3/19/25)

This Americana-inspired phenom has been called spiritual but not religious. He once told Rolling Stone he was going for an R&B-inflected sound like a cross between The Band and Sam & Dave. Most of all, Nathaniel Rateliff and his bosom-buddy bandmates just plain tear it up—as they’ve been doing since the 2015 release of their self-titled debut album, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats. (Which featured the electrifying single “S.O.B.” shown above.) You could say their music reflects the lead singer’s roots. Rateliff was raised in small-town Missouri in a devout church-going family, and got his start playing in worship bands. But he’s also seen hard times—occasionally made harder by hard drinking—and at one point, worked as a janitor at the high school he’d dropped out of. Rateliff eventually settled in Denver and cut a few solo releases before teaming with longtime friend Joseph Pope III to form the Night Sweats. You might have seen the band perform on “The Tonight Show” or “Saturday Night Live.” Now they’ll be live in Pittsburgh. Touring in support of their fourth album, last year’s South of Here, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats play at Petersen Events Center with guests The Teskey Brothers. 7:30 p.m. 3719 Terrace St., Oakland. (M.V.)

Share on Social Media