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I caught the Oteil Burbridge show tonight with his backing band, the Peacemakers. I had really never heard the band before; I had caught Oteil playing on a Victor Wooten DVD once upon a time.
They put on a rather good show. It had a heavy jazz feel to it, as well as a good funky groove (not that those two idioms are incompatible...). If I had to classify it, I would probably say it was "funky bohemian Southern jazz." The band really had a high level of energy. They were really tight and together. Everything had a great groove, and the crowd really got into the show.
Having said that, the crowd was something like twenty, thirty people. That had to be a let down for the band. I can understand; I've played my butt off for empty rooms before -- it just goes with the territory -- but that doesn't mean it's a lot of fun. My hat's off to the Peacemakers for keeping their energy up anyway -- particularly after having driven 9 hours from Connecticut.
The Peacemakers featured Oteil on bass (of course), Paul Henson on vocals, Mark Kymball on guitar, Jason Crosby on keys and Chris Fryar on drums. Paul had a really good voice for the kind of music they were playing.
While I was there, I picked up their latest CD Family Secret while I was there. I had thought about ordering it from Amazon (which is not necessarily a bad thing, particularly since I resell for them from time to time), and I found a copy of the disc in a Border's the other day. But I decided to buy the CD at the show. I figure that way the artist gets most of the money.
Posted by Casper at November 24, 2003 01:52 AM