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You always hear about bands that are described as "tight" but yet I have never really used the expression myself, before now. I think it best describes the band Laarks. Their music is just so perfectly timed. The electronic effects fit in so well, the vocals, fantastic. I have also never referred to a drummer as amazing. So in one night of music, in the Volume One, Sounds Like Summer concert series, we are breaking lots of ground. The band the Laarks, well, they are tight!
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Tuesday night was installment number five in the Chippewa Valley Blues Society's Tuesday Night Blues at Owen Park in Eau Claire. The band was The Pumps who bill themselves as a blues influenced rock and roll band. I would guess that about covers it. They put on a respectable show. For this show, however, they had a special guest. And for me, that special guest made my night.
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Thursday threatened rain the entire day and left me continually checking the forecast and scanning the skies. My mood swung pendulum style, with every dark cloud on the horizon, to the brief periods of clear and beautiful. Even on the way to Eau Claire for the event, I couldn't say for sure if I was going to get wet ...and even wetter on the motorcycle ride back home. But, even so, it wasn't my personal dampness I was concerned about. I didn't want the event to be cancelled. For the past several weeks, since I have heard of it's inception, I have been looking forward to seeing the new band, South Farwell. I have to say I wasn't disappointed. Surprised, maybe.
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Installment number four in the Tuesday night Blues on the River series, the Blues Dogs, had its ups and downs. It is ironic the Tuesday night concert was nearly rained out, as it sprinkled the whole set, and rained during the final songs. But my time, the time to write about it, is all made possible due to rainfall in the Chippewa Valley. Riding a Harley in the rain, is not as much fun as writing about a band. |
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I don't usually speak poorly of any musician in these pages. I really appreciate that they are up there and playing. But, I feel like I need to make a little bit of a special exception in this case. Because Friday night at the Kingston Mines, 2548 North Halsted in Chicago, was a night of balance. On one side good, on the other, not so good. I am going to caveat it, people have off nights, not everyone likes the same thing etc. But, I also feel like I always try to write with the Almost Famous credo of "honest, and unmerciful. " I really feel like the Kingston stage deserved better.
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The night started perfectly alligned with a style of music I have really been enjoying lately. Only tonight it was the upbeat folk tunes of Greg Greer on the stage at Tommy Nevins's Pub in Evenston Illinois. It was funny. His voice, his kind of start-stop rhythm, repeatedly made me think that maybe Greg was going to launch off into a Brian Bethke song. It was genuinely uncanny.
But, even though he didn't, it was still a great night. Greg has a wonderful voice and can sing a happy tune with an intensity and sincerity that is infectious.
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