The ability to take classics and put them out in an entirely new way engulfs and entices. With Spies working his craft on the Hammond and elongated instrumental starts, it takes a second to guess the songs we all know so well, but that’s what makes a Marcus King show what it is. In-between his own material, King whacks out Jimmy Cliff’s Many Rivers To Cross, The Rolling Stones Can’t Hear Me Knocking and Delaney & Bonnie’s Comin’ Home. Though the venue is absolutely packed to the brim, it only adds to the discussed anticipation as to where King will go next. Dark Cloud and It’s Too Late are mastery showcases, with King’s ever-intuitive ear keeping us guessing where his fingers with pluck next. With the blues, the writing is only as good as the live show, and King demonstrates this with a crafty suave, shredding his way through the songs without batting an eyelid. Hammond solos, serene guitar pedal work and the use of Smithers’ slide guitar all combine to create one heck of a show.įrom El Dorado, we get Beautiful Strangers and Wildflowers & Wine. The whole set glides along in a jam-like formation, utilising the space in-between songs as pre-mediated instrumentals. With the brass section doubling up on the bongos, egg shaker, tambourine and various other percussions, it’s the busiest stage I’ve seen in a while. It’s impressive, to say the least, and plays out in the fullest way only a band this size could. Drummer Jack Ryan, bassist Stephen Campbell, trumpet/trombone player Justin Johnson, saxophonist Chris Spies and Hammond player Dane Farnsworth join Drew Smithers on second guitar along with a third brass/percussionist. They paved the way for the night with an endearing grace, showering the growing audience with a folk-induced fondness.īig tracks Click Click Domino (featuring Marcus King himself) along with My Girl Is A Heartbreak and Raining For You are superb and nothing short of bringing us the undying need to keep checking out their music. The pair have created a loyal, blossoming fanbase since releasing their debut album in 2019, doting upon every folk Americana-based festival you can think of. Support act Ida Mae, hailing from Norfolk, are the acoustic alt-folk duo made up of wife and husband duo Stephanie Jean and Chris Turpin. Everyone at MetalTalk wishes Tony a safe and speedy recovery. MetalTalk photographer Antonio Giannattasio had a bad fall, injuring his back and requiring hospital treatment, meaning we have no photos from the evening. His latest album El Dorado, released January 2020, was quoted by Billboard as “staggeringly confident work” whilst it debuted at number one in the Top Blues Albums Chart and subsequently earned him a nomination at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.īut enough of his astoundingly good past achievements and onto what the night brought, which did not start well. From going viral in 2014 jamming in a guitar shop to working with Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys on his debut album King has been on a whirlwind of rigorous tour schedules (200 a year pre-pandemic!) whilst composing the latest rustically lavish blues tracks. Sold out weeks before the event, I was getting more than a little excited en route to see Marcus King at the Kentish Town O2 Forum.
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