If you look in the encyclopedia (OK, Wikipedia now) under “force of nature,” this is the photograph you’ll find: Well, it ought to be. There isn’t anyone on the scene with more raw energy than Mike Dillon, the self-described “Vibraphone Destroyer.” Dillon also plays all manner of percussion and drums. He is best known for…
Mike Dillon Band, D’Visitors and Poetry ‘N Lotion at the Crowbar in Ybor City (Tampa) Thursday nightI would pay to see any of the three. This is a trifecta for me! TRIFECTA INDEED! Poetry ‘N Lotion is a very different band than before. I loved the old sound, but this new version is superior. Guitar,…
If I thought I’d had my money’s worth after Thursday, I certainly knew it after Friday’s performances. In fact, throughout the entire weekend, I never saw one band I wouldn’t want to see again. How would Saturday unfold? Through the oddity of the schedule, the two biggest events for Saturday, to my mind, were early….
Friday was a raging success at AURA, despite the necessity of shuffling the schedule due to weather problems farther north. Daryl Wolf and his band of merry men and women took lemons and made outstanding fermented lemonade. The brief storm late Friday night gave way to magnificent skies Saturday morning and very mild conditions. Pigeons…
Sometimes, when you plan to write a review of a show, the words just come tumbling out. You just have to let your fingers do the walking and get out of their way. Other times, you struggle and twist and turn, searching for that elusive lead. And once in a while a tsunami of ideas…