No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. ~Hunter S. Thompson
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| Written by John Abbott | |||
| Tuesday, 29 December 2009 21:30 | |||
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It was a packed house. One of those, Fire Marshall look the other way, size crowds. All of us compressed and sweating at the Infinitea Tea House at 112 East Grand Ave. The Tea house often hosts bands and has live Jazz every Tuesday night. But it was a Monday night, the crowd took the employees by surprise. On stage warming up for Will Deed's Army was former Chippewa Falls, now NYC, Will Anderson with his one man band, Weed. The music? Did I like it? I liked the closing song, which he was playing some loops, recording his sounds and playing with them. As far as the rest of it, humm, I am not sure I feel qualified to answer. It was non-traditional. Haunting at times. Full of discord and angst. I would have to say, it wasn't really my thing. Looking around the crowd, the audience was attentive and liking it. They were all much younger than me. Perhaps they are more tuned in with all the discord and angst I have forgotten about over the years. So I would grant William perhaps it just wasn't my thing. Grant him good wishes in his one man project. And of course, my standard new musician advice, "Don't quit your day job". 
Weed guitarist Will Anderson
The headlining act was Will Deed's Army. Playing more traditional music it is not surprising I liked them quite a bit more. They were a much more traditional band playing a selection of originals and covers. The voice of guitar and banjo playing lead singer Simon Adler, hometown boy back from University of Oregon, was distinctive and I really liked it. And his harmonies with guitar player John Pickett were fantastic. When the two musicians were singing together is when I liked them the most. The band had some technical issues early on with some fuzz in speakers from the lead guitar. Eventually they got that worked out. And, I wish they had the vocals mixed a bit higher. The voices were fine when backed by guitars but tended to get lost in the horns.
Paul Giratella plays Black Snake
Paul Giratella
I would call Infinitea Tea House a new Eau Claire hotspot. Their web site, with music schedule under Events, is at http://www.infiniteateahouse.com The venue was great. Stage lighting was fairly minimalistic, but the sound was quite good. The audience was there for the music. The tea was perfect and fairly inexpensive. I would really recommend the Asian Pear Green Tea. It was fabulous.
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