Saturday, November 28, 2009
An evening with Stephen Fearing
The concert series presented by Music by the Bay Live continued Thursday night, with an appearance by Stephen Fearing at the Waterfront Bistro. This time, Nancy had the night off, so we headed down early for supper and managed to get a table right by the stage. We enjoyed the opening act, Val Legere, who gave us a set of his own material and some excellent covers - his voice was a good match for Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You."
Stephen Fearing is now the third member of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings to appear at the Bistro, following Colin Linden in September and Tom Wilson earlier in the nonth. He's been performing solo since the late 80s, and though we have a couple of his CDs, we'Hve never managed to catch him live - an omission I'm very glad that we've now rectified. He's a first-rate songwriter, and performed a many of the songs from his best of CD, The Man Who Married Music. He's also a very good guitarist, perhaps not quite in the same league as Colin Linden, but much better than your average singer-songwriter.
All in all, it was one of the nicest evenings I've had in a long time. The Bistro is a perfect venue for this kind of music, a small room with perfect sound (whoever does their mixing is absolutely first rate) and friendly staff.
Upcoming shows include David Gogo, Loco Zydeco, Fathead, and Michael Pickett. We'll definitely be there for some of them.
Stephen Fearing is now the third member of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings to appear at the Bistro, following Colin Linden in September and Tom Wilson earlier in the nonth. He's been performing solo since the late 80s, and though we have a couple of his CDs, we'Hve never managed to catch him live - an omission I'm very glad that we've now rectified. He's a first-rate songwriter, and performed a many of the songs from his best of CD, The Man Who Married Music. He's also a very good guitarist, perhaps not quite in the same league as Colin Linden, but much better than your average singer-songwriter.
All in all, it was one of the nicest evenings I've had in a long time. The Bistro is a perfect venue for this kind of music, a small room with perfect sound (whoever does their mixing is absolutely first rate) and friendly staff.
Upcoming shows include David Gogo, Loco Zydeco, Fathead, and Michael Pickett. We'll definitely be there for some of them.
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