4 posts tagged “live music”
Went to Rickshaw Stop last night and for the cost of a couple of beers, saw Back Door Slam which is this trio of kids from the Isle of Man who play amazing blues rock, reminiscent of SRV or perhaps John Mayer.
It's notable that the main dude, Davey Knowles, aside from being one of the most amazing guitar players I've ever seen, has this deep baritone, bluesy voice that belies his young age of 19 (maybe 20...he wasn't old enough to get served in the bar at least).
There's a ton of youtube footage of these guys around, but I also managed to upload a few videos that I took myself. It's just too much fun listening to this guy play and sing. Pretty nice and humble as well. Damn shame I missed him last month at the Utah...
There are other pics and video snippets as well, but I must apologize, but it seems as if vox limits uploads of videos to 50meg :(
Met up with glee and Justin to check out Van Hunt at the Independent on Thursday nite.
Justin was just in for the pre-show cocktails and so glee and I carried on to a show of someone neither of had ever seen. I kind of like going into new bands live before I hear recorded stuff. Kind of like wanting the recorded music to remind me of how cool their stuff is live rather than 'concerts' that try and replicate their albums.
Amazing good time. I don't see too much new music out there (is it just me?) in the funk/rock musical vein. Think of music influenced by Prince, Marvin Gaye and the Meters. So, basically, I want more :)
Hell...here are some video snippets to check out for yourself:
Seeing Prince in a small-ish theater is one of those fabulous opportunities that only comes once every so often, which should be grasped, as it might not make another appearance for quite a while.
Prince is one of those artists that occupies a special place. Not necessarily because he sells the most records, but because he's one of those musicians/artists that transcends most definitions of popular entertainment and lies in a realm of his own.
Saturday night was no exception.
With backing from a rather large band of musicians...the hot twins, keyboards, the whole Escondido clan on percussion, Maceo Parker on sax with three other horn players, drums, etc..., Prince presided over an orchestration that ranged from gospel-y blues, ballads and monumental funk.
It didn't even seem like he really played many of what would be construed as 'Prince' songs, but I don't think I really cared. Watching Prince bring on Larry Graham, the bass player from Sly and the Family Stone and start blowing out covers of other great musicians is just one of those things in life we'll just have to learn to suffer through. It was pure heaven to watch the resurrection of great funk and blues at the hands of one of one of the most gifted guitarists of our time.
Somewhere down the line Prince even managed to put down the guitar and swap it out for a bass to start jamming on that. No slouch there either.
I'd go on but I'll leave you with a crappy cellphone image instead :)
And it appears that someone more articulate or patient than I wrote a review
of the show...
and yeah...it was smokin'
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