My review of the Fidders concert(Michael Doucet, et al)will not be forthcomming cause I didnt go. Boo.I meant to...just missed it. BUT
I will get my butt to see Junior Brown on May 8th at First Avenue. Mr. Brown is not to be believed and will give you his best live. He invented his own instrument, a guitsteel- hybrid guitar and lap steel. I've seen him before and he's what I love, a musician who defies categorization. Sure he's country, and then he throws you some Hendrix, Slack key, and Segovia, what the..?! He's gotten play for his goofy songs- "My Baby Won't Dance to Nothin' but Earnest Tubbs", "Venom in Denim", "Cagey Bea of the KGB", "Hillbilly Hoola Gal", but he's not faking it for laughs, the country gentleman is a player and having fun. His lyrics are masterful and his bass voice a classic.
Junior and his spare and talented band (bass,snare, and rhythm guitar) head toward California from here, then maybe east in the summer/fall. hes got a web site
http://www.juniorbrown.com
Big, I mean BIG, Fun.
04-20-2002, 01:03 AM
Hybrid Mode
