Friday Sept. 3, 2010
"pat mAcdonald, melaniejane and Purgatory Hill"
9pm $7 18+
pat mAcdonald and melaniejane team up to create dark, sexy,
hypnotic low-end grooves. The two of them onstage have an arsenal
of instruments - pat: guitar, cigarbox slide guitar, stompbox and
harmonica; melaniejane: electric cello, keyboard, accordion and
variety of hand percussion. These two carry the weight of a full band.
Although comparisons as far reaching from The White Stripes, Morphine
and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club to the recent Robert Plant/Alison Krauss
collaboration would not be out of line, mAcdonald’s song-writing
sensibilities coupled with his stomp-board invention and modification of his
instruments creates a sound which appeals to music-lovers of all genres
yet has a unique stamp unto itself. The two tour regularly throughout the US.