Over the weekend, my lovely girlfriend indulged my weird musical proclivities and escorted me to see Adrian Belew at a club in downtown Pittsburgh. Belew is one of my favs, for a lot of the same reasons as fellow Zappa alum Mike Keneally - he's an incredibly talented guitar player, skips brazenly across musical genres, and can still come up with catchy tunes. Belew was playing at Club Cafe, a very intimate nicely appointed little club. Belew seriously ripped my head off, but the stars of the show are his current backing band, brother and sister Eric (drums) and Julie (bass) Slick. Any thoughts that these kids weren't up to snuff were blown away as they launched into "Writing on the Wall" from Side One. A set full of cool stuff followed, capped off by several Belew-era King Crimson tunes (I've sung along with "Three of a Perfect Pair" now!). Very very cool show.
And the girlfriend didn't hate it! Thanks, honey. :)
Monday, August 14, 2006
P'Burgh Power Trio Ponderings
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If she didn't run away screaming then I'd say that you definitely have a keeper. Sounds like it was a cool show. That might have even been better than my last concert. Okay, I'm kidding, it certainly sounded better (though my concert wasn't really as bad as I expected it to be. Oh, and speaking of concerts I gave a shout out to your band Marillion in one of my camping posts.
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