Yep, another MIM concert, last night. This was was "Songwriters of the Southwest," which featured 3 different trios. It was a nice evening of interesting music.
First up was Ponderosa Grove...
A powerful female vocalist, flanked by two guitarist who also sang great harmony parts. This was my favorite act of the night. Joan thought the singer sounded like Carly Simon; she was the main songwriter, with the guy on the right also doing a lead vocal on one of his original songs.
Next up was Nolan McKelvey trio...
His songs all had a local feature. His vocals reminded me of Gary LeVox from Rascal Flatts, a high tenor. He was flanked by a violinist and bass player, both excellent players.
The main feature of the evening was the Brian Chartrand Trio...
Chartrand seemed very familiar when he came out - he was the lead singer in Live From Laurel Canyon that we saw a while back. He is the most locally known in the Phoenix music scene; backed up with a pianist and drummer, both excellent musicians. Joan thought he had a sound similar to James Taylor... can't go wrong with that.
It was clear that each group had their fans in the audience. We had good seats in the 3rd row, but there isn't a bad seat in that outstanding MIM concert theater. Nice to see Mark and Cindy; we'll repeat that again on Tuesday with group music for me, while Joan and Cindy work on something crafty.
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As usual that sounds like a good concert and I love the MIM hall.
I'm back from banjo camp now (SO many banjos in classes packed into small rooms. It reminded me of the Gary Larson comic showing the maestro being shown to his personal Hell - a room full of banjos). The instructor concert on Saturday night was amazing. The headline band was Missy Raines and Allegheny. Missy is a legendary bluegrass upright bassist and her band was truly stellar. All of the instructors were outstanding. But I am glad to be back home, and so are the kitties.
Hi Earl - I had to laugh, picturing the maestro's personal Hell!
Sounds like you had a good time at banjo camp... and no joke from me. You're welcome. And in the words of the late philosopher John Denver: Hey, it's good to be back home again.
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