Whitehorse (with Daniel Romano)
Knox United Church
January 31, 2013
Whitehorse (Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet) have a musical marriage that takes each performer's strengths and lifts them into something greater than the sum of the parts. The way a good marriage should. Melissa's love of looping has them laying down tracks throughout the show, turning each song into a complex sonic layer cake. Luke's fearless and inventive guitar chops, especially on that deeply reverberating Gretsch hollowbody, is the way I always want to hear a guitar played. And when they stand close to share a single mic, opposing guitars forming a heart around the couple, they are a smoldering, sultry musical force of nature.
If you are interested in a complete review, I will have one up at Getdown.ca on Tuesday. See you then!
4 comments:
Looks like the guy with the outfit is doing his damnest to put the Western back in Country & Western (my kind of guy). I'm all for pedal steel and Nudie suits and that wound-up Bakersfield Buck Owens kind of twang.
I had no idea they were called Nudie suits, Eugene! You just made my day.
Everything that Eugene said. I love watching the old Porter Wagoner shows for his dazzling Nudie suits. Styling!
It's a style that is long overdue for a comeback, Phlegmmy! I might need to go thrifting for some rhinestones.
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