Official debut of the new Nik Everett Group

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The truth indeed is that UT rocked the house.

Overall the Nik Everett Group is fantastic. The combo is packed full of musical range indeed ... stylistically broad, without becoming sloppy about it. The variety of types of tunes enhances the experience rather than detracting from it. They are not a band in search of an identity, they clearly have one.

UT, incidentally, is not just a guy who plays bass. He is a guy who plays bass exceedingly well ... this is from the standpoint of someone who knows a bit about music and has an ear (I run screaming from discordance. It's physically painful to me ... and I spent the whole night in a very pleasurable space).

A little uncertain out of the gate, UT did exactly the right thing ... let the music take over and become the focus. You could see him loosening up and warming to the task as soon as he discovered the audience wasn't yelling for his head. he provided some amazingly lyrical bass playing, my friends, and those of you who missed this, missed magick.

UT is the (bass)man.

No question.

And I had a lovely time meeting Katkeeper and Jacquelita, and, as always, spending time with My Dear Bruce.