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Public Works presents Kaki King, with Christopher Willits and Shovelman
2015-04-03
Public Works
161 Erie Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
8:00 PM, Friday, April 3, 2015
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[8:37 PM lights down]
[9:25 PM lights down]
[umm, I went home. Kinda lame, I know, but I didn't have the juice to sit around for another few hours…another one of the sad side effects of getting older]
Got a break with traffic tonight and ended up zipping over to SF about thirty minutes faster than originally projected. This might sound good in theory, but except for getting us front row seats, the result is that we ended up with significantly more time to kill than originally planned, and sitting outside in the chilly wind blasting across the streetscape was not very pleasant. Cooold for April!
Warmed up a little once we got inside, but the chill lingers in my hands and feet even now. Oi! Wish I'd worn thicker jeans!
Eventually it's time to go, and shovelman takes the stage. Over the next 45 minutes he proceeds to set up a half dozen loop based blues tunes, using his electric shovel to set up percussion, droning bass, and shimmery slide links, sometimes adding harmonica or gruff vocals. The gimmick has worn a little thin by the end of his set, but I'd see him again in a couple years, assuming that he'll improve with practice, and that his repertoire will broaden a bit.
Set break is short, and soon enough the room goes dark for the main event. Music fills the room as lights begin to dance across the surface of Kaki's guitar. Showtime!
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