Its the first time in roughly 3 years that I've gotten to hear Dan live - call it timing & work putting me in different places at the "wrong" time. I won't make this an anorak review. He's touring through promoting "Move My Soul", next gigs in P.E.
Simply top-notch. The sound quality was fine, the connection with the crowd great & the music was superb. It's always a treat to get to a virtuoso performance because we simply don't see enough of them. Heck it'd be worth it simply for the tone he gets out of a Strat alone.
Humble Man (local guys) opened. I missed that part of the gig but aparently they were solid as always. They've been playing blues together for a long time, so no surprises at that.
Standout numbers for me? Dan's version of Voodoo Chile always makes my jaw drop in the way he plays the Beast to within an inch of its life, and it's always a crowd pleaser. My real choices for the night would have to be "Luca" and (excuse me if I miss the title slightly) "My dad's old gun". What's really interesting is seeing how Dan's maturing as a guitarist. As I said to him afterwards: 3 years ago he was brilliant and still channeling a lot of Stevie Ray. Now he's sounding more & more like Dan Patlanksky. Makes you wonder what the next 5 years will produce.
What really speaks volumes more about Dan as a person is the conversation I enjoyed with him afterwards. As said, I'd last seen him live about 3 years previously. I walked up to thank him for the gig & got an immediate, "Hey long time no see - Gonubie, wasn't it?" We ended up having another good yack over a drink.
So: world-class musicianship & a genuinely warm and open character. Shot Dan - thanks for the music, and catch you at the next one.
Simply top-notch. The sound quality was fine, the connection with the crowd great & the music was superb. It's always a treat to get to a virtuoso performance because we simply don't see enough of them. Heck it'd be worth it simply for the tone he gets out of a Strat alone.
Humble Man (local guys) opened. I missed that part of the gig but aparently they were solid as always. They've been playing blues together for a long time, so no surprises at that.
Standout numbers for me? Dan's version of Voodoo Chile always makes my jaw drop in the way he plays the Beast to within an inch of its life, and it's always a crowd pleaser. My real choices for the night would have to be "Luca" and (excuse me if I miss the title slightly) "My dad's old gun". What's really interesting is seeing how Dan's maturing as a guitarist. As I said to him afterwards: 3 years ago he was brilliant and still channeling a lot of Stevie Ray. Now he's sounding more & more like Dan Patlanksky. Makes you wonder what the next 5 years will produce.
What really speaks volumes more about Dan as a person is the conversation I enjoyed with him afterwards. As said, I'd last seen him live about 3 years previously. I walked up to thank him for the gig & got an immediate, "Hey long time no see - Gonubie, wasn't it?" We ended up having another good yack over a drink.
So: world-class musicianship & a genuinely warm and open character. Shot Dan - thanks for the music, and catch you at the next one.