photos by 1L Productions, Inc.
with Entertainment System,
Pieness,
Scout,
and
Markitect.
It was one of those nights where I might have had too long to hang around, resulting in a very “balls-to the wall” sort of effort that can only happen when you’re musically backed-up are really hyped up to perform.
Markitect opened the show playing with a guitar/laptop one man band set-up, a la Atom and His Package, and had a very professorly way about him as he explained his songs and responded to the crowd (or to the dumb comments I made). Pieness’ video game based solo act was a big hit, a great lead-in for the Entertainment System, who really rocked this evening. I really felt like there was a good fit here, with fans who truly grasped the esoterics of the video-gaming world. Scout played with great energy and seemed to win a number of fans from those assembled, even though this was the only non-electronic or video-game related act of the night.
My act was an attempt to move forward in the land of Davey G. I tried out some new things, played with two keyboards and did five songs I’d never before played live. It was a little bit of a curveball for me, and I think that was good. I might not want to scream so much next time, but it worked for this show.
I couldn’t find my bag with the lotion in it for that bit, but I started playing anyway while everyone hunched down in that “searching” position to look for it, to much unplanned amusement. Matty found it and the result of the search was the satisfying conclusion to a great show of 2008.
All in all, it was a good bill of many worthy champions of the Baltimore music machine, and I was proud to have helped put it together. I am thankful to everyone who came out for this, and as always, a big thanks to the Sidebar for having me.
See you next time!
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Check out some video from the show here!
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