What a combination of musical instruments - clarinet, cornet, trombone, bass, banjo, drums. The 6 men became one with their instruments - great stuff! So laid back, but the music was lively and we were dancing in our seats.
After interval we were given a wake up call when young, modern hippie looking, cute (a cute dimple on his one cheek) Dan Patlansky played the blues. I have never heard or seen anything quite like it. His bass guitarist - Errol Fellows, strolled onto stage, (What a character) shook hands with the pianist who was busy bashing out a a fantastic lively piece of music, at the shiny grand piano, took off his shoes, showing BRIGHT RED socks, and with his huge white beard,
white hat and dwarf like build, started playing in time with the piano piece - wow!
We were warned it would be loud, and it mostly was. Dan is able to do something magical with those electric guitars - 3 beautiful Fender Stratocasters, his tongue darts in and out comically in concentration, and his body and head contorts as if the guitar is attached to his bones. He is passionate and plays blues and rock n roll like he means it!
He swaps guitars, effortlessly. Goose bumps traveled all over my body when he played this song that he composed when he was on tour in new Orleans and Hurricane Katrina hit. I could picture the storms and the wind, the devastation and the pain - it was an ominous moody chaotic piece of music, beautifully matched, as he created the hurricane there on stage.
I could imagine his long curly hair blowing back from his face as his Fender Stratocaster squealed, screamed and screeched, in agonizing music, competing with the voracious winds and stormy seas. It was loud, moody, different tempestuous, a music feast. Dan is brilliant, and the audience knew it, but didn't seem to appreciate it- half-hearted applause! We, and a select few from the audience, loved it and cheered -yeah! loudly and whistled for more. At times the music was soft and tuneful, with a flick of his wrist on the knobs of the strattie, he spoke to us with expressions and shades of moody music. His singing was gruff and low, sexy, reminded me of someone-MK-(when he sings that hauntingly beautiful 'Brothers in Arms'); a touch of BBKing; a little like Louis Armstrong??
http://www.danpatlansky.co.za/
http://www.southernmusic.net/1910.htm
http://www.southernmusic.net/bbking.htm
| "What Dan Patlansky can do with a six-string Fender Stratocaster at the age of twenty five, most critically acclaimed guitarists will never quite achieve in a lifetime" |
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