THOSE DAMN CANADIANS !!
I went to check out my friends,'The Good Brothers' who play in Canada's own 'The Sadies' on Thursday . The Sadies, already one of my favorite bands completely owned the stage AND everyone in the room!
I can't recommend this band enough! However, be warned! If you're a musician, this band might just make you re-think your ability to do anything worthy of appreciation!
Guitar playing reminiscent of Jerry Reed or Billy more , melodies as rich as anything by 'The Byrds' or Gram Parsons .
May I suggest that The Sadies might just be the best American band since 'The Rolling Stones'!! A band so good that they might have to be DESTROYED the next time they venture down in to "our parts" !! That's right , "destroyed" , before they destroy us !!
This week : Nina Hagan ! (performing at El Corazon Thurs.Nov.3)
I checked her out a few months ago on her 50th birthday . Admittedly I went to see her for nostalgic reasons more than anything else AND maybe for the novelty of seeing her on her 50th birthday ! I thought it would be quite a spectacle to see who or what kind of people her delayed return would attract .
Instead of being treated to some kind of novelty act or "freak show" , I was surprised to have her unleash one of the finest shows and vocal performances that I've ever witnessed !
I saw Nina in 1984 (opening for X)with Van and Gary Lee from the Screaming Trees , I remember enjoying it but I hadn't remembered just how talented she really is !
Some of her recordings from the late 1970's don't exactly reveal the intensity of her music , the early production techniques applied suggest to me that someone might have been trying to "tame" her sound for a larger audience , too bad because her early material is extremely intense ! The Germans really had a strange take on Punk back then , while punk bands from other territories abandoned any evidence of progressive or classic rock for a purely stripped down raw sound , the Germans continued forward with a sound that combined prog with punk , very interesting but maybe too challenging for punk fans , too punk for classic rock fans !
Hope To See You There !
For other examples of this phenomenon check out : Amon Dual , Kraftwerk , Can .
I can't recommend this band enough! However, be warned! If you're a musician, this band might just make you re-think your ability to do anything worthy of appreciation!
Guitar playing reminiscent of Jerry Reed or Billy more , melodies as rich as anything by 'The Byrds' or Gram Parsons .
May I suggest that The Sadies might just be the best American band since 'The Rolling Stones'!! A band so good that they might have to be DESTROYED the next time they venture down in to "our parts" !! That's right , "destroyed" , before they destroy us !!
This week : Nina Hagan ! (performing at El Corazon Thurs.Nov.3)
I checked her out a few months ago on her 50th birthday . Admittedly I went to see her for nostalgic reasons more than anything else AND maybe for the novelty of seeing her on her 50th birthday ! I thought it would be quite a spectacle to see who or what kind of people her delayed return would attract .
Instead of being treated to some kind of novelty act or "freak show" , I was surprised to have her unleash one of the finest shows and vocal performances that I've ever witnessed !
I saw Nina in 1984 (opening for X)with Van and Gary Lee from the Screaming Trees , I remember enjoying it but I hadn't remembered just how talented she really is !
Some of her recordings from the late 1970's don't exactly reveal the intensity of her music , the early production techniques applied suggest to me that someone might have been trying to "tame" her sound for a larger audience , too bad because her early material is extremely intense ! The Germans really had a strange take on Punk back then , while punk bands from other territories abandoned any evidence of progressive or classic rock for a purely stripped down raw sound , the Germans continued forward with a sound that combined prog with punk , very interesting but maybe too challenging for punk fans , too punk for classic rock fans !
Hope To See You There !
For other examples of this phenomenon check out : Amon Dual , Kraftwerk , Can .
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