Molaskey Monday (3 January, 2010)

Troy Shoreland, aka DarkShore, opened the Monday Molaskey's concert on January 3rd with some beautiful smooth acoustic guitar, and matched that with a smooth rock sort of voice.  Well, maybe his voice has a bit more of an edge to it than his guitar, but, you know, not much gravel there.  Very chill, lovely range.  I am all for that.  (Molaskey's gets a lot of chill.  Again, all for that.)  Anyway, I do need to learn more about his band.  It was my first time hearing him, and it was a great first impression.  Particularly liked the guitar.


Who is that lovely couple dancing in front of the stage?  Anybody remember?


And then…  Capos Calderwood.  I always like Capos.  He's very folksy and easy-going, and I mean that both in terms of music and attitude.  They're one and the same, really.  He absolutely has a good time and he lets you know, both in and between songs.  His wife, Marti, chimed in on one song in the first half of the set, and the harmony was beautiful.  I've heard her before.  Pleasant surprises, they happen!


Still dancing!


Then about midway through the set he really got going on an instrumental bit.  His singing's excellent, but I'm a sucker for, well, instrumentals.  Naturally, it was about midway through the set that a choice was presented to me.  Go to a different venue and hear CraigLyons Writer, or… stay for TallGuy?


Turns out, I was in the mood for laid-back Texas folk.  And humor.  Very much so.  So, you know, I stayed for TallGuy Kidd.  He has all of that, with a deep warm voice that I mostly just let wash over me for the first half of the set, because it was ten at night by that time.  He did sing "Always Trust Your Cape."  It was the second rendition of the night, and it's a sweet song.  By Guy Clark, apparently.  And both covers were great!  (Now to look up the original!)  He closed the evening with "The Water Is Wide," which is a great note to end on, but in between there was fun and kazoo-based audience participation.  Kazoos are good alertness aid.


Closeup of TallGuy.  I love his dreamcatcher!


Since SL was cooperating, I risked camming around and playing with audience snapshots.  Here's a bird's-eye view of the audience about midway through his hour.  It was a good crowd, and isn't that set-up grand?  I do miss swimming by the floating stage, but the ice rink sure is fun!


Hard to pick out individuals, but Mia in her red dress, near the middle, stands out.


And here's a view of the TallGuy show.  The audience at this place is very diverse.  There are definitely regulars, but you never quite know who (or what) will drop in to catch the music.


How many bunnies can you see in this picture?  (I think they've been multiplying...)  Oh, and that's me with the blue hair.


So, yes, it was a fun night, as usual.  Catch you on the grid!