Thursday, January 19, 2012

January 2012 Tour: Day 9

1/17/12: Candy Lee and the Semi-Sweets @ JR's Lightbulb Club


This show and the following deserve a bit of a pre-curser. Back when I lived in Fayetteville, one of my favorite bands in town was Memphis Pencils. They are a young bunch of crazy, high energy, very talented musicians. I have described them before as Beatles meets Vampire Weekend. They're onto a hip new style of music that is experimental, and exciting. Last time I saw them, they were switching off instruments like it was nothing. They've got the regular keyboard, guitar, bass, and drums, but they add in an extra floor tom, glockenspiel, and clarinet. Memphis Pencils have since moved to Austin, TX. Martin Bemberg, the lead singer/songwriter of MP and I decided to plan out a small tour back to Fayetteville, in which we would play some shows together. We had it all planned out, but plans often fall through. Memphis Pencils were unable to make it to the Fayetteville area. I was supposed to open for them solo @ JR's, and then we were to play with MP @ SoundPony in Tulsa the following night. I will still play with Martin and the Memphis Pencils when I make my way down to Austin on my way back to FL.


So since MP was unable to make it to the JR's show, the Sweets and I headlined. Warren was unable to make it, as he already had a gig planned with one of his other musical projects, Phosphenes. So, we performed without Warren, as Candy Lee and the Semi Sweets. Though we were short a member, the crowd really dug us. A bunch of my old friends from Greenhouse Grille came out to support.



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