drum track to "strangers" by the kinks and i'm also working on "this time tomorrow" by the kinks. drum rolls are prickly and tedious.
on another note, those darlins and hacienda put on a pretty great show tonight in grinnell. hacienda opened and played a pretty straightforward set that walked a country/rock line that swayed a little bit more to the rock side. what i really really dug were the rock songs that carried a strong oldies/beach boys feel to it. it's like they borrowed some of those melodies and guitar work and dirtied up the sound a bit. (http://www.myspace.com/haciendaspace, check out "hear me crying" [been listening to some blondie?] and "shake ya" to hear what i'm talkin about)
those darlins played a rockin show and the crowd really got their dance groove goin on, but i had a hard time hearing anything that stood out about them. the girls have some amazing chops and can play guitar as well as anyone else, but nothing about the music really set it apart from other bands. they had great stage presence and really seemed to enjoy being on stage. it was fun to watch and i think they had a lot of fun playing. but there's a certain kitsch factor to seeing three short girls up there on stage really jamming, saying naughty words and singing twangy songs about lost love, drunk driving and eating chicken. what i'm going to take away from the show is that they are good musicians and excellent performers, but the image of a guitar being as big as a girl is probably going to eclipse their musicianship in my memory. the "girl band (*drummer is a guy)" thing is a tough road to take. on one hand being a girl-fronted band you gain some acclaim because of that simple fact, but come on, they want to be taken seriously as musicians, which erase errata has pulled off in a most bodacious way. spice girls and cheetah girls or whatever group it is this week dont make their effort any easier. when its all said and done, those darlins have great potential, and considering they are a young band they still have time to grow into their own.
final word, thanks to katherine and the three other guys who helped me push my car out of the snow.
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