Okay, The Wilde Buffalo is a little bar venue downtown that had $5 pints on tap, or Rainier tall boys for $3. Guess which one I went for.
I showed up early to case the joint, see if there was some advantage to certain areas. It was only about half full so I had room to move about and see what was what. The place is really short on chairs and stools, standing room only for certain. Or dancing room only if you prefer.
Reva DeVito = hot funk soul goddess from Portland, totally stole the show. Even though they opened they just laid it down in such a way it was going to be hard for anyone to top them. The keyboardist played some sort of tube thing that I think is a talk box.
Hot Bodies in Motion was great as well. A bunch of funky white boys from Seattle and they are pretty dang good. Especially their song "Old Habits", check it out.
Pickwick, a bunch of white boys from Seattle who sing soul, was just okay. Personally I did not see what the hype was about, I mean apparently they were well reviewed in the KEXP countdown last year, but I don't get it.
Something was missing, and I am not sure what it was.
Old soul seem to have that certain drive to it. Like a big block V8 rolling down the highway you can't help but go 85mh. Pickwick, while very talented, occurs to me to be more like a 4 cylinder that struggles to merge into I-5 traffic. It works, but something leaves you wanting.
And just cuz I have them, two more pics of Reva DeVito. I thought that they turned out bad when I took them, that is why I stopped taking photos at the show, but not that I look at them again, they are pretty sweet.
