Taken By Surprise
Popped down the road last night with an umbrella in my jacket and wandered into the Sondre Lerche show at the Double Door. It was shockingly good. Sondre played about 45 minutes solo with just his Gretsch hollowbody. Dude is a tremendous singer, somehow finding ways to make his songs sound plenty rich and detailed without a backing band. He's got the stage banter down too. I can't get enough of those jazzy chords he plays. For the last 4 or 5 songs, he brought on a backing band which was fine. I swear the drummer played the snare at below knee-cap level, looked weird but sounded good enough. As for singer/songwriter fellow type gigs, this was possibly the most satisfying I've seen all year. I walked home in the rain yet I remained dry. Magic.