hippietim
Axe-Master
They were playing in a small venue called Harvester Performance Center r in Rocky Mount, VA. First off, I'd never been to this place before and it's a fantastic venue. It's apparently owned by the town. It has an absolutely fantastic sound system and the room is acoustically treated - the bands sounded fantastic. Anyhow...
I had only ever heard the two hits by the Crash Test Dummies but my bass player is a fan and asked me to go. They were kick ass. I enjoyed every single song of the night. It was apparently the 25th anniversary tour for the album that had Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm on it. The drummer was rock solid and his kit sounded fantastic. The guitar player was playing through Deluxe Reverb and a sensible pedal board - his tone was killer and playing was great. Keyboard player and bass player were very good and had great tones. But man, that dude singer is something really special. He's a way low bass/baritone. His pitch was perfect all night and had great control and impeccable microphone skills. His melodic sense was remarkable to me for someone that sings way down yonder. They also have a female singer that was fantastic and she sang a lot of very interesting vocal harmonies with the dude. The dude singer was a great frontman - his in-between song banter was hilarious. Canadian humor is great.
Anyhow, if they come your way it could be well worth your while to check them out.
I had only ever heard the two hits by the Crash Test Dummies but my bass player is a fan and asked me to go. They were kick ass. I enjoyed every single song of the night. It was apparently the 25th anniversary tour for the album that had Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm on it. The drummer was rock solid and his kit sounded fantastic. The guitar player was playing through Deluxe Reverb and a sensible pedal board - his tone was killer and playing was great. Keyboard player and bass player were very good and had great tones. But man, that dude singer is something really special. He's a way low bass/baritone. His pitch was perfect all night and had great control and impeccable microphone skills. His melodic sense was remarkable to me for someone that sings way down yonder. They also have a female singer that was fantastic and she sang a lot of very interesting vocal harmonies with the dude. The dude singer was a great frontman - his in-between song banter was hilarious. Canadian humor is great.
Anyhow, if they come your way it could be well worth your while to check them out.