Show review: Quiet@Tokyo Garden 8/21/08
Quiet! w/ Malcolm Soda, Travis Vick, David Dondero and Wheels of Fortune
The setup: Quiet! is a series of acoustic singer-songwriter showcases hosted every now and again (there might be some kinda timeline, I don't know) by Rademacher frontman Malcolm Sosa (himself an acoustic singer/songerwriter type)at everyone's favorite hipster-hole-in-the-wall Tokyo Garden.
The night: I only stayed long enough to see Travis Vick, Wheels of Fortune and the beginning of Malcom's set. Appologies to David, but I am an old man and it was late (ish) and I had to work in the morning.
Travis Vick has a great voice and writes awesome songs. It seems like something I should add to my collection (and I'm not interested much in new music). I'd buy an album and totally see him again.
Niilo Smed's Wheels of Fortune has this sort of Lou Reed thing to it. Minus the drug and cross-dressing references. He sings pretty songs that make you fall in love with living in the Central Valley.
Impressions: This is my new favorite showcase in town. A.) Because you're bound to hear some really great music, as was the case with Travis Vick last night (he drove down from Manteca). And B.) Because, for whatever reason, this style of music just suites Tokyo. It must have something to do the dymanics of the room, but the sound always seems amazing for these folksy indie-rock types shows.
The drawback: This is a bar, and the drunk dudes at the table in front of me didn't get the QUIET memo.
Wish we could have made it
we did cruise by and see J.T. outside talking with some peeps. But alas, we was tired from another long 17 hour day...
Diablo
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you're right, travis vick was amazing. totally one of those guys i had to buy his album as soon as possible, which was right after his set. great songs, passion, and some seriously good guitar playing.
it's too bad you missed dondero. he played for over an hour, joked with the crowd, took requests, played a few covers, an was exceptionally good.
and not only did those guys not get the quiet memo, they stole my table. we had ventured out front for a few minutes and when we came back, dudes @ our table. hey, we left our drinks there as a way to show people were sitting there. pushing them all to the center just acknowledges you knew the table was occupied.
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