> btw: It was a great show last night. Part time Stranger drummer, David
> Pohl's band, (I forget the band's name, but think it was something like,
Soma
> Metizo) was EXCELLENT! I suck at describing music, etc. (that's why I'm
not a
> writer, eh?)...but I'll do my best. The make up of the band is David on
a
> full drum kit (unlike what he plays with the Strangers), a guy on some
> aborigone-tubed like instrument (let's call it a primitive trombone), a
couple
> of bongo/conga styled players (one of which played guitar that I noticed)
and
> a combination of male and female vocals (separately). The guy's vocals
were
> very "reggae" flavored, while the female's tended to hinge on a hip-hop,
or
> trip-hop type thing. There's definitely a groove thing going on. In
fact,
> the acousticness of the whole thing *kinda* reminded me of when LL Cool J
did
> that acoustic (MTV Unplugged?) show on MTV about 6 years ago...I could
easily
> see these kids on the road with someone like Beck...A band I will
definitely
> check out again, when I see that they're playing!!
That's Soma Mestizo. Incredible show. Eric plays an instrument that he
invented, a slide - dijeridu (?). He's able to completely hold down the
bass with the thing. Not a good instrument for smokers. Look for more
Deliberate Stranger/Soma Mestizo collaborations in the future.
The highlight of the night for me was having John DeMarco, the writer of
"Mather's Mine" at the show. John, Gloria and Andy "the accordion player"
and his wife drove in from Westmoreland County. John was kind enough to let
us cover the song on our CD, but had never heard us play it. He liked what
we did with it and we were happy to be able to give such a talented writer
and musician the credit he deserves. Couldn't have been better.
Tom Moran
The Deliberate Strangers' Old Home Place
http://members.tripod.com/~Deliberate_Strangers/index.html
