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It's at Barrymore's, tickets are $15 in advance (not such how much at the door), with "Lure" opening.

http://www.tonyfurtado.com

I'll probably pass on this one. (Nothing against Tony: from what I've heard of him, he's a great player, and this could be a great show, but I've got other stuff on this week, and need a night in with an early bedtime.)

Aloha,

Brad

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Briguy posted this article the other day

I know I'm catchin the show in Hamilton Fri, sounds amazing...

An Addictive Musical Experience With Tony Furtado

by Jay Mouton

June 17, 2005

I’m always amazed at how much music there is out here that I’ve not heard, or heard about. And, so it was with the Tony Furtado performance Thursday evening at Riverbend, 2005. I truly admire the talent and practice involved in the quest for mastery of the acoustic guitar, and Furtado comes about as close to mastery as I’ve heard. His dexterity and skill is not restricted to the acoustic, but it certainly shines in the brilliance of his performance.

I don’t write about every band I hear at Riverbend. I try to restrict my meandering for those acts that I actually feel transcend the average. I’m not knocking average. Thousands of nightclubs and bars throughout our country would be lonely, soundless liquor swills if not for the presence of average bands and performers everywhere. But when we catch a performer that we perceive as breaking up and away from average, we like to share that find with others. Tony Furtado has made that break and I’m compelled to share.

Somewhere, apparently rather deeply buried, in my mind I’m sure I’ve heard Furtado’s name. Perhaps a music magazine, a fleeting comment at a party, a marquee strategically situated along the vast highways and byways of this expansive nation? I simply don’t remember where, but I’m sure I’ve heard his name. When my eyes first perused his name I had a caul of déjà vu’ descend over my being, so understand I had to check the guy out.

Unassuming in look and demeanor was my first thought when I walked under the Budweiser tent and set eyes upon Furtado. I had that gut feeling I was going to like this guy’s show from jump, but I still did a double take when it was apparent that I was about to listen to a 3-piece band. As one who has spent time listening to and playing in bands, I know that the 3-piece band is that most difficult of melodic entities to excel within. The bottom line seems that 3-piece bands are unusually superb, or unremittingly bad. My pique peaked.

Furtado and his band opened with the coolest cover variation of standard Stagger Lee that I’ve ever heard, and I’ve heard dozens. Furtado played this on acoustic guitar and set the pace for his blend of finger picking and flat picking throughout his set. Not only was I immediately impressed with the virtuosity of his guitar skills, the man possesses an exceedingly pleasing voice. But wait, there’s more.

In any triad three elements must be present in order for purity of form. Furtado’s back-up musicians for the show were perfect fits. Bass player phenomenon Myron Dove (of Santana) and drummer Darian Gray (of Curvature) fused seamlessly with each other and Furtado. Unlike bands with four, five, and more musicians there is never a moment for laxity in one’s performance in a 3-piece band. If one musician is absent in any pertinent moment, the bottom falls out — period. If any one in the trio had fallen short of their shared desired goals in performance, the triad would have been corrupted and diminished — that did not happen.

During the show Furtado flitted from instrument to instrument, like an insomniac savant. Furtado’s precision on banjo, his first instrument, impressive, his taste and exuberance with electric guitar, evident, and his expertise picking and plucking the acoustic, impressive. His string work on his song Saint John’s Fire was in a word, impeccable. Gray and Dove’s contributions, flawlessly delivered note by note, were superlative in the most literal sense of the word.

While Furtado’s show suffered a blown fuse in some aspect of the amplification system, Tony didn’t skip a note. He simply picked up his acoustic again and played another song, and, while the techies worked around him, the show went on. In short order the glitch was fixed and the band back on stage. The lead guitarist from another Riverbend act, Luther Dickinson of the North Mississippi All Stars, joined Furtado and crew and kicked some musical butt on a ripping slide guitar jam with Furtado. Again, the audience went ballistic. I might add that Furtado’s audience numbered several hundred — the largest number of souls I’ve encountered under the Budweiser tent at any of the shows I’ve attended.

Living in a country full of William Hungs singing She Bangs in thousands of Karaoke bars, albeit having a blast, it’s always pleasing to hear the real thing. I highly recommend Tony Furtado to anyone with a quest for addictive musical experiences.

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holy shit people.

1. tony furtado rocked barrymore's. especially the banjo. ROCKED!

2. where were the peeps??? there were d_rawk, del and myself, plus about 13 others including 2 bartenders and soundguy... wtf.

3. tony furtado ROCKED barrymore's. i hope he comes back to Otown, someday. y'all missed out.

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