rufus wainwright & chris stills came to town friday night as part of our wonderful singer/songwriter series called sings like hell...
chris opened & had his band with him...excellent, i'd only seen him a few times solo which he can do very well, but i loved him with his band...he is looking & sounding soooo much like his dad it is quite startling but still he is his own artist in his own right...he has some great guitar chops but there are few who can are of steven's caliber... i'd never heard rufus before (live or recorded)...he came out during chris's set & they duoed a neil young song that they said they'd just played for neil & were really nervous about (chris played guitar, rufus held up the lyrics on a sheet of paper that they shared looking at as they traded verses)...the song was, i want to say the promise of a man? is that the title?...i'm hearing it my head but not sure of the actual title...anyway, i got goosebumps when rufus sang...he has an incredible voice!!! wow! so does chris, so they made an incredible duo (chris also came out during rufus's set & sang a song with him too...one in french...chris's mom is french) rufus mentioned that he first met chris in la at largo & chris was wearing a ruffled shirt & rufus said he thought, now there's my man! then rufus played, mostly on piano & some guitar...he is quite a character & adorable!...i'm not familar with his songs but he said many of them were new (from a new release?)...i really enjoyed him, i truthfully, i think the audience was divided...some absolutely loved him & others left before his set was over, this has happened before (especially when it gets late on a friday night)...i could not understand everything he was saying which was frustrating because when i could, he was endearing & funny...he does talk fast, making comments almost to himself which is appealing but also much gets lost in a theatre setting which this was...anyway, his vocal chops are out of this world & there were many many jaw dropping moments when he hit some notes that were just transcendent... ******************************************** Kate Bennett www.katebennett.com sponsored by Polysonics Discover the Indies at Taylor Guitars: http://www.taylorguitars.com/artists/awp/indies/bennett.html ********************************************
