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| From | "Sager, Greg" <greg.sager@bankofamerica.com> |
| Subject | IPO update |
| Date | Wed, 23 Apr 2003 10:14:53 -0500 |
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> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 20:32:13 -0400
> From: "Ryan Hoekstra" <erhoek@attbi.com>
> To: <audities@smoe.org>
> Subject: Last Friday night (April 18th) IPO
> Message-ID: <007301c3092f$c92eb460$fe1ff50c@attbi.com>
>
> Hey all,
> I was hoping someone more qualified would have posted info on the one IPO
> show I caught so far but as of yet it has not been done.
>
I thought you did fine, Ryan.
> Friday night at the Subterranean in the Wicker Park neighborhood started
> out
> with a rare acoustic performance by Jeff Lescher (frontman for Green).
> When I asked Jeff what he had in mind he told me "one man,one guitar and
> one
> destiny". That summed it up pretty well.
> His set included interesting versions of ABBA's S.O.S.,Pat Boone's April
> Love,Macca's Another Day (very nice),Fleetwood Mac's Bare Trees era Dust
> among others. He also managed to pull off Walk on By which has to be be a
> pretty difficult song for most men to perform but anyone familiar with
> Green
> knows Jeff is very capable.
>
Jeff's version of "April Love" was sublime. He even has me
rethinking Pat Boone now.
> Stingray Green brought their good friends the Conquerors with them from
> Minneapolis. The Conquerors introduced a wonderful neo mod/freakbeat sound
> to this IPO showcase. I think they even did a Pretty Things cover. Am I
> correct about that David Bash,Mike Bennett or Greg Sager or anyone else
> who
> appreciates the freakbeat genre?
>
I didn't catch it, but my knowledge of the Pretty Things is hardly
exhaustive. I only own *S.F. Sorrow* and a compilation of their early R&B
period.
With regard to last night's IPO show at the Abbey Pub, The
Adventures of Jet (a quartet from Dallas that has the Greg Hawkes New Wave
keyboard sound down cold) really played an energetic and entertaining set,
and the Wes Hollywood Show was up to their usual high standards. Former
Smoking Popes drummer Mike Felumlee and his band were also impressive. And
Auditeers will be glad to know that Bob Hutton managed to get his
haggis-loving self safely across the pond and into the Abbey Pub last night.
Gregory Sager
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