As I entered the fine establishment that is YaYa's I was
greeted by two older gentleman eagerly awaiting my arrival. These two fine
musicians call themselves The Deceivers and literally blew me
and everyone else in attendance away with their interesting, soulful song
writing and strong musician ship. With songs reminiscent of song writers of the
past but still with a contemporary feel, The Deceivers took us on an
introspective journey through their melodies layered with beautiful harmonies.
A favourite of mine titled Pass The Particle had subtle yet
technical drumming lightly played with soft brushes very reminiscent of Elliot
Smiths work.
Next to take the stage was the well known Darren
Guthrie. When I say 'take the stage' I mean it in a very literal sense,
for one guy Darren really takes over the performance space. With an effects
pedal a loop station and stomp box at his feet Darren tops of his expansive
stage set up with his guitar, ukulele and an extra mic for looping. Darren did
a great set comprising covers and his own material. Darren's own works are very
rhythmic, what I would call Caribbean reggae, the kind of music you would could
quite happily burn one to and let the minutes drift by. Darren also did some
great covers including The Black Keys lonely boy, slipping '99 problems' in there to everyones
enjoyment.
Darren's FB - http://www.facebook.com/DarrenGuthrieAU?fref=ts
Stuart Vanderplank aka Debuto Frogger placed himself on the
magic stool next and preceded to grab the attention of my ears yet again. I
have seen Stuart play solo numerous times now as well as in his band Paradise
Motor Inn (a band you must keep your eyes and ears on!) and he astounds
me yet again. His song writing is so real you can't help but feel that he is
singing straight at you. There is a lot of pretentious song writing spewing
forth across all scenes Stuart breaks this terrible mould and sings straight
from the heart. Doctor Dogg is a notable influence and Stuarts rough real tone
and style is a breath of fresh air in a music scene washed out by synthesizers
and reverb.
Paradise Motor Inn's
FB - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paradise-Motor-Inn/305732479488685?fref=ts
Last but definitely not least was a jam band who went by the
name of The Klaus Bassingtons consisting of members from the renowned
Perth band Misty Mountains as well as Liam Gillespie. These musical
warriors where not a rehearsed band and sauntered up to the stage to deliver a
tirade of improvised psychedelic jams. The room was grooving at this point and
everyone wanted to be a part of this band. The first person to join them on
stage was James Vincuilo this multi-instrumentalist known for making love
to his bass in his indie rock band The Midnight Mules found himself on
stage jamming along on the bells. Next to join The Bassingtons was perthonality
Limpin' Dave Foley of LDF
and the SLF's. Dave threw some crazy lyricism into the mix which was
now becoming a tornado of rock and roll. The next to wander up onto the stage
was a slightly inebriated Big Tommo; I preceded to spit a
freestyle about my penis and then brought the jam to a crescendo of 'All I see is
rock and roll!!' making it apparent that this improvised extravaganza was
blowing everyone away.
An absolutely loose night which I and everyone else
thoroughly enjoyed!
By: Tom Mantle
Big Tommo's Open Mic Variety Night runs every monday night at YaYa's
to book a spot to play
hit up Tom Mantle:
e:t.mantle@hotmail.com
p:0452428284
f:
www.facebook.com/bigtopenmic
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