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...band from Seattle, currently riding high on the success of their latest album, a compilation titled Zoot Suit Riot: The Swingin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. Before their show at the Roxy last Friday night, The Crimson got the chance to talk with Jason Moss, the band's guitarist...
Coincidentally, the heat in the club grew increasingly unbearable as the music's energy waned, tainting the otherwise excellent playing and gorgeous melodies between Juliana and her guitarist. Only her last song, the crowd favorite "Girl In A Box," a song by her former band Blake Babies, started an upswing in energy. However, by that time it was almost too late, as the temperature sent many people, including this reviewer, home before the encores started...
...quickly reminded of the fragility that belies her appearance. With a faraway glance and a solemn face she swayed, at times awkwardly, to the tunes of "Pineola" and "Metal Firecracker." Like a '90s Snow White she stood almost defiantly surrounded by four of her (actually rather tall) dwarfs: electric guitarists John Jackson and Kenny Vaughn, acoustic guitarist and harmony singer Jim Lauderdale, bassist Richard M. Price and drummer Fran Bryne...
...fact that half of the band members are women. However, these ladies have a decidedly different idea of "girl power" than say, the Spice Girls--replace the cute baby tees and trendy platform shoes with tattoos and leopard-print bras, and you have bassist Corey Parks and lead guitarist Ruyter Suys...
...skilled playing is supplemented by her husband, Blaine Cartwright (former guitarist for Nine Pound Hammer), who also plays guitar and sings--or rather, bellows--the vocals. Although I had a difficult time understanding him, his hoarse screams went rather well with the thrashing guitars. He has a couple of thrilling two measure solos in "Blowin' Smoke" in which you can actually hear his voice. In the background, drummer Jeremy Thompson, once a member of the band Phantom Creeps, does what he can--which isn't too much...