Saturday, February 21, 2009

on a lighter note...















for the bargain basement price of $18 (a ticket which I bought before my own personal recession), I saw old favs Over the Rhine plus some, now, new favs Old Black Kettle, Minton Sparks, Mary Gauthier, and Denice Hicks host a benefit for a Flannery O'Connor foundation.

It was grand from start to finish. Spoken word, humorous character recitation over guitar picking, and just plain good music...Old Black Kettle is definitely worth a listen if you haven't heard of them. Harmonies reminiscent of the Andrews Sisters over bluegrass...yeah, check em out.

OTR did not disappoint, either. Unique, created in the moment live versions of favs from "Ohio" and "The Trumpet Child" plus one from "Drunkard's Prayer" and one from their "Snow Angels" album, I think, plus one tune from their 1999 release, "Amateur Shortwave Radio." Even the drummer pulled out a 10 minute solo (serious skills, this one) Just good stuff. It was a grand night.


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