FinalFest!
Aug. 12th, 2007 01:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellyssianYeah, I'm not going to make it down there today, even though Brother
is closing out the fest tonight and I missed them on Friday night.
On Wednesday,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
thefrogger and I ate lunch to the accompaniement of Shafaatullah Khan, who did some interesting things with hand drums but had a sitar player who played the same little bit over. And over. And over. That evening, I fested with one of my dad's cousins and her husband - we wandered about catching bits and pieces of a few acts, including Cast in Bronze, Russ Rentler, and a longer stretch with the Boris Garcia Band. I introduced them to Mama Nina's for dinner, and that seemed to go over well. We also caught a few works from Watermelon Slim and the Workers. Ol' Slim looked pretty roadworn and frail, but he could make that slide guitar sing, and his own voice accurately transcribed the blues.
On Friday, I wandered a bit after work and before poetry at the Moravian Book Shop, catching some of (I think), The Terry Barrett Band, and a bit of Ceili Rain. Ceili Rain have a lot of musical talent, not quite my thing, and the Christian aspect kind of overwhelmed the Celtic aspects after a bit. Their bass player used a Warwick, though, so that's a good thing. =)
Randy Weeks was playing over at the Americaplatz - I liked his stuff well enough, but for some reason he reminded me of another vocalist. I closed my eyes at one point, and, without the visual aspect, realized who it was: Gobo Fraggle. I suppose that won't be considered a positive association, but, for my part, I really like the tunes Gobo sings lead on, especially the tunes that are more bluesy, and rather in line with Randy's own writing. Randy was accompanied by a guitarist - and I want to say Chet Thompson, but as there's another guitarist by that exact name, I may just have a few wires crossed. Anyway, this guy, who accompanied Randy's vocals, harmonica, and acoustic guitar with a telecaster, was an exceptional player. Definitely the best guitar playing I witnessed during this year's fest.
is closing out the fest tonight and I missed them on Friday night.On Wednesday,
thefrogger and I ate lunch to the accompaniement of Shafaatullah Khan, who did some interesting things with hand drums but had a sitar player who played the same little bit over. And over. And over. That evening, I fested with one of my dad's cousins and her husband - we wandered about catching bits and pieces of a few acts, including Cast in Bronze, Russ Rentler, and a longer stretch with the Boris Garcia Band. I introduced them to Mama Nina's for dinner, and that seemed to go over well. We also caught a few works from Watermelon Slim and the Workers. Ol' Slim looked pretty roadworn and frail, but he could make that slide guitar sing, and his own voice accurately transcribed the blues.On Friday, I wandered a bit after work and before poetry at the Moravian Book Shop, catching some of (I think), The Terry Barrett Band, and a bit of Ceili Rain
. Ceili Rain have a lot of musical talent, not quite my thing, and the Christian aspect kind of overwhelmed the Celtic aspects after a bit. Their bass player used a Warwick, though, so that's a good thing. =)Randy Weeks
was playing over at the Americaplatz - I liked his stuff well enough, but for some reason he reminded me of another vocalist. I closed my eyes at one point, and, without the visual aspect, realized who it was: Gobo Fraggle. I suppose that won't be considered a positive association, but, for my part, I really like the tunes Gobo sings lead on, especially the tunes that are more bluesy, and rather in line with Randy's own writing. Randy was accompanied by a guitarist - and I want to say Chet Thompson, but as there's another guitarist by that exact name, I may just have a few wires crossed. Anyway, this guy, who accompanied Randy's vocals, harmonica, and acoustic guitar with a telecaster, was an exceptional player. Definitely the best guitar playing I witnessed during this year's fest.