From The Barrel Of A Gun

Dang, those Guster boys sure know how to put on a good show. They played at Burruss last night, so Fred, Sarah H. & company, Gerritt, and I waltzed on over to our row M seats to catch the show. Graham Colton and Carbon Leaf, two bands I'd heard of but never seen live, warmed the crowd up for a good two hours. Graham Colton was all right, though nothing to write home about. (Ironically, though, I just did write about them, so I guess I lied.) Carbon Leaf was top-notch. Their bassist was crazy, as was their lead guitar/mandolin player. I know a bunch of people from around Richmond have been fans of theirs for a long time, and now I can see why. Catch one of their shows as soon as you can, and grab some CDs along the way.

Guster took the stage at 9:30 and proceeded to rock us for nearly two hours after that. It was fun seeing their full stage setup as opposed to their acoustic stylings a couple of weeks ago. We got a bunch of rare treats since the string players from Keep It Together, Brother Henry, joined them this time, so that was a plus. All in all, I left feeling sufficiently rocked.

I picked up Joe Pisapia's record at the Guster show, and upon first listen, it's a great chill-out album. Definitely gonna go on my Sleepytime playlist.

Some other music I've picked up recently, on the way to cruising along on Spring Tour:

The Beatles - Abbey Road and Rubber Soul
Steely Dan - Aja
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home
Damien Rice - O

All pretty good, with a pretty wide range of styles. See ya in the funny papers!