just like to review the show that i had announced(see below) on friday.
for some sense of order i will review the acts in order of "billing":
1.low budget freak!
i'm not particularly familiar with a lot of acoustic lo-fi folkish type
stuff but i think that is what this is like. brian
downton(of potatobug-see "danger: falling rock" compelation) and simon
babineau did stuff that was like acoustic ET or lou barlow and they did a
HAYDEN cover. i don't know, i don't dig it that much but ppl. seemed
to like it. i've heard recorded stuff by them and it had whistles and
keyboards and other things to make it kinda ambient/experimental that they
didn't have live and i liked that.
2.the tumors
i am in this band so i'll skip it.
3.cromwell
dylan-people. folk-rock. hendrix covers and harmonicas. laid back.
easy listening. one(of many) cool original with bass, harmonica, and
guitar, and vocals. the one outstanding note about these guys is they
can actually sing in the traditional sense of the word, like in the way
james taylor can.
4.dave sullivan dave does spoken word comedy. at the drama fest earlier
this year he got a standing-O from the packed house, including "real,
genuine" arts people. unfortunately i didn't see it because i was outside
with my friends that smoke. but i heard people lauging inside.
5.the cabmen
the cabmen, i didn't realize until friday, have been around since early
93, which is kind of a long time. they have a song on the "danger:falling
rock" comp. and are brian downton(again) on guitar and vox and colin
stoker on guitar+vocals. in not their best show, but a good one
nonetheless, they played their signature catchy, harmony-ridden, acoustic
rock. a good show, chaps.
6.pat "fingers" boyle & joe "larynx" hoekman
ok, more acoustic muthafuckas. pat, multi-instrumentalist extrordinaire,
is guitarguy tonite, and he and joe(vocalgurl) do a whole bunch of jazz
influenced folk rock(i'm sorry about tese bad descriptions) songs a la
tori amos and sting. once again, not my preferred cupatea, but the
particular venue was very hushed as joe wailed her tunes and they had the
most sincere applause of the night.
7.the john kenneth wilkes blues band
last but not least, the "headliners", and they played the best show i
have ever seen them play. props are probably due to new drummer brian
downton(yes, for the third time) who can kick anyone's ass on the skins.
jkw played a heavy blues vs. punk set(not like jsbx though) with a few
covers(j.j. cale & howlin' wolf) and some beefed up testosterone
overdrive nursery rhymes. the capacity crowd(all 75 or so...fire reg. is
49) were on their feet for every song past the 2nd or 3rd song. the door
had been opened because of the extreme heat, and ppl. who had been turned
away as the show was sold out were dancing in the parking lot. the
highlight of the show: an improved blues number with the repeated lyrics
"free skins mahoney!!(ex-drummer, in jail on crack-cocaine trafficking
carges)" which everyone present took part in.
a very good show.
'til next time,
jeremy
On Fri, 17 Nov 1995, Jeremy Harris Clarke wrote:
> just like to bring to the attention of fellow newf-ppl.(or anyone else who
> wants to come) an all ages gig TONITE in the -bishops college basement
> theatre- on _pennywell road_ in our beautiful capital city.
>
> who's playing?:
>
> the john kenneth wilkes blues band(electric)
> the cabmen(acoustic)
> pat "fingers" boyle & joe "larynx" hoekman(acoustic)
> dave sullivan(spoken word)
> low budget freak!(acoustic/electric)
> cromwell(acoustic)
> the tumors(acoustic)
>
> what time?: doors open 6:00 show starts 6:30
>
> what price?: 3.oo$
>
> come please.
>
> jeremy
>
