I had the convenient pleasure of seeing Matt Mahaffey, (sElf, Wired All Wrong, Beck) perform a solo gig in Johnson City, TN over the Thanksgiving break. Matt is originally from northeast TN and thus has many friends in the area's small but steady music scene. One of those friends organized a benefit show for the late Mike Mahaffey's kids' college fund, much like the one last year at the Exit/In in Nashville, which featured sElf in full force. This show in JC (at Gatsby's) featured a cover band of local musicians who knew Matt and Mike, then Matt playing a solo set, and finally Matt reuniting with friends Brian Carter and Michael Jeffers (Pinmonkey), as their old high school band 1492. The highlight of the night, was of course Matt's solo set, which started off with him doing some sElf tunes with guitar & vocals, and ended with him doing a set in which he played drums with both feet and one hand, omnichord (circa Gizmodgery era) with the other hand, and singing. I knew he'd pull out some sort of multi-instrumental madness... but this was really fun to see. He even covered Beck, AC/DC, Blur, and Justin Timberlake. Only Matt could pull all that off and make it not lame. Here's a photo from the show, but a full set of the photos I took can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/simplysteve/sets/72157594394542753 Also, I videotaped the show and will have some clips on my youtube by the end of the week hopefully. My youtube: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=stevecrossrock
In other news.... I'm still in love with the Pipettes. Why the hell can't they come across the pond and take away America's Pipette-ginity? They'll be a smash hit when the come over here! I will personally see to it that they are. I will blackmail people into coming to their shows if I have to. But then after finally seeing them, I know everyone will see the light, and realize that they're quite possibly one of the greatest things to come out of the UK... EVER. But I swear, when they do eventually make it over, they just might have to get a restraining order against me.....
Just kidding.
Maybe.
My Trusted MOGs
Haha. I NEED to get an omnichord. I believe it is vital to my existance. That sounds like an awesome show. I have never listened to sELF, perhaps I should grab a sampling some where. The Pipettes are also a love of mine. I want them to jump the pond as well.
My Trusted MOGs
man, i wish i had known about this.
My Trusted MOGs
I saw the benefit last year - it was great. Sounds like this one was even better, time healing. I didn't know about it either, dammit.