I went with Kev to the Double Door on Saturday night to catch Adrian Belew's latest live stuff. Before that evening, I hadn't looked to see who was opening for him. Turns out that an old acquaintance of mine from the Champaign days, Graham Elvis, was the first opener. He did his same old Beatlesque pop stuff. Then came Andreas Kapsalis. This guy just blew me away. Solo acoustic instrumentals. He's got this amazing technique that you really do have to see to believe. Check out his site. There's a video up there.
Then came Adrian. With a brand new band, which I hadn't known about. And they were fucking amazing. Two kids. Literally. 19 year old drummer, and his sister, 20 years old, on bass. Eric and Julie Slick. Their mom is a writer and she give details about them on her blog. This band really is three of a perfect pair. The kids were razor sharp, and Adrian was on fire. I haven't seem him this pumped since catching him on the Mr. Music Head tour at Mabel's in Champaign. It turned out to be one great night.
