The
Josh Berwanger Band was fantastic.
It
can be hard opening a show. Not everyone is there yet, the people who are there
probably aren't there for you, and chances are they are fresh off work, at
least on a Wednesday. None of that mattered; they just came onto the stage and
brought it alive.
It
was a short and energetic set. Having only done a little pre-listening, I
thought they sounded pretty different from their online material. It may just
be that there is a different vibe to a live show, but they just signed with a
new label, so hoping for new recordings does not seem completely unreasonable.
Another
possible difference is that previous materials list four band members, but
there were five men on stage. With three guitars, plus bass and drums, that
gave a full rock sound, and they demonstrated a good level of comfort and
compatibility between them.
I
hope that stresses enough that they were excellent. Otherwise, I do have some
random observations.
Josh
Berwanger introduced the band as being from Nilbog, Kansas, which appears to be a
running joke for them. I wondered for a moment if there was a real place with
that name, but it seems to be only a Troll 2 reference as I originally
thought. They are from Kansas, but some other city.
That movie was terrible.
Also
Berwanger had one of the most beautiful guitars I had ever seen. It was very
sleek and narrow, kind of like Dan K. Brown's bass, but not quite as
minimalist. Absolutely gorgeous.
Of
course those are merely details, and the important thing is the music, but they
had that covered. This is a good band, catch them live if you can.
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