Word: crowding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...which included two guitarists as well as two percussionists, her ever-faithful, ever-famous bassist and musical advisor, Lonnie Plaxico (who was in the Boston area in the fall with Ravi Coltrane before leaving to tour Japan with Cassandra) and a vibraphone/piano player. While not quite sold out, the crowd was receptive of and enthusiastic to her performance style and new tunes...
...center of it all was Linkous' commanding presence. Tall and dark, vaguely menacing, he has a voice that sounds incongruosly sweet and vulnerable as he whispers childlike rhymes, and becomes outwardly chilling and disquieting when he shouts them into the microphone. As he warmed to the crowd, Linkous occasionally cracked a smile--or did until the talking became disruptive during the quieter songs. The buzz continued unabated as he stood, eyes closed, crooning the poignant lyrics. After that, he growled without looking up: "You can talk as much as you want during this one--it doesn't even fucking matter...
...which included two guitarists as well as two percussionists, her ever-faithful, ever-famous bassist and musical advisor, Lonnie Plaxico (who was in the Boston area in the fall with Ravi Coltrane before leaving to tour Japan with Cassandra) and a vibraphone/piano player. While not quite sold out, the crowd was receptive of and enthusiastic to her performance style and new tunes...
Make no mistake, Jason Falkner is a rock star. In tight leather pants Falkner swaggered up to the mic in front of a packed crowd at the Middle East and announced that he was here to "rock Boston's collective ass." In a decade when "rock star" has become a dirty word among musicians, Falkner reminds you what the word really means. He's had enough gushing "next big thing" reviews over the past decade to wallpaper his L.A. apartment after every album. But with Falkner, all bets are off. All words fall far short of tying down the brilliance...
...turns keep Jason's work unpredictable and spine tingling after endless listens. A song later, the funky meandering of "Eloquence" with the drop of bass line tumbled into sweeping and epic chorus. Backed up by a full band, the pure power of Falkner's music swept over the crowd without bullying the songs' pop intricacies. "My Lucky Day" draped the bombast of seventies' rock over the pop sensibilities of the Beatles. By the third song, the band had worked up a full sweat. The bassist was dancing and Falkner had struck enough Cheshire grin rock star poses to send fame...