Sunday, August 27, 2006

Friday night

Went to see (well, mainly hear) Dick Gaughan on Friday night. I only really know him by reputation, which means some pretty old albums. In all honesty, I wasn't that impressed. There were a lot of irritating mannerisms of folk music, such as the endless retuning while introducing a song (I know acoustic guitars go out of tune quickly, but really). Also a rather baroque and over intricate style of playing, no doubt developed over the years and impenetrable to the newcomer.

After the show, I met two nice American ladies, Pat and Sandy, who are Emma's Revolution. We discussed writers who are poor performers of their own songs, among other things. Being in the business, they reckoned that the sound was done badly. Too much treble on the guitar, apparently.

My life is sometimes interesting.

1 comment:

roGER said...

Didn't have you down as a name dropper, Dave!

If you ever get the chance, have a listen to the lovely Ms. Shawn Colvin:

http://www.shawncolvin.com/

She's a good ole' gal despite being from Austin, and the gits at Sony rubbing the edges off her.