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JOHN WESLEY HARDING
40 WATT /NOV. 16
“So listen to my story, though I haven't yet begun/We have to
cut through so much crap to have a little fun/ And who are “we"
now anyway to even earn the name?/ We're so convinced we're
dr erent, it makes us all the same” — “Come Gather Round"
The first time I saw John Wesley Harding was at the New
port Music Hall in Columbus. Ohio, opening for The Ocean
Blue and The Mighty Lemon Drops. (Where are they now?)
He walked out onto the stage alone, with an acoustic guitar
unnoticed by the crowd carrying on random loud conversa
tions. until he got up to the microphone, said "Shut the fuck
up” and began to play "Like a Prayer.” Needless to say he
got the crowd's attention and now, seven years later, I have
never forgotten him or that show.
Nov. 16 at the 40 Wall initially seemed no different, except
that this time he was the headliner. JWH walked out onto the
stage alone with his guitar and began by engaging in a few
smart assed pleasantries with the crowd. He then took re
quests and put on a great (as he put it “opening for himself")
opening act. Next, joined by his band The New Dealers (a
later incarnation of The Good Liars) the show got more
“rock'n’roll.”
JWH always reminds me of the old SPY magazine slogan:
“Smart Fun Funny Fearless” — especially when he stopped,
walked over to the edge of the stage and posed for a photo
graph. It was a shame that only a small, loyal group (of dis
tinction and good taste) came to witness the show.
A. Colombo
VIGILANTES OF LOVE
MERCURY LOUNGE, NYC /NOV. 17
Framed against a backdrop of heavy steel ductwork and red
brick and mortar that recalled the late, great Flying Buffalo, the
three-man V.O.L. “Experience" seemed eerily at home at the New
York date of their month long “Double Cure" tour.
Frontman Bill Mallonee opened the show with a pair of solo
acoustic numbers, "Parting She*" off 1995's Blister Soul and an
old new song Judas Skin that both challenged the audience
to pay attention and invited them into the Vigilantes’ brand of
folk-based rock and roll. Bassist Chris Bland and drummer Tom
Crea then joined Mallonee onstage and the cemented lineup
which has been in place longer than any other VOL has
had in the past — blistered through eight more fire and brim
stone testimonials that shook the ground and peeled the paint
off the walls.
V.O.L.'s set consisted primarily of newer material from their
upcoming album, including the Killing Floor-ish throwback slice
of Americana “Version of the Truth,” the speaksong verse call of
Reasonable Facsimile,” and the frenetic guitar rumble of “Black
Crow, a song which Bland said was inspired by "visions of red
clay, wet leaves and kudzu."
The band, which has spent the last 18 months touring
relentlessly and in the studio (the new record to be re
leased in March is already in the can), seemed confident,
tight and focused. From Crea's staccato switch-pace drum
beat on "Locust Ears” to Bland's lush harmonies and bass
groove on Taking on Water," V.O.L. played like a veteran
ball team, with each member seemingly aware of where
the others are and where they're going at any point in time.
Such rapport was obvious on the band's raucous, up tempo read
ing of Blister Soul,” which out-rocked the album version, a feat
all the more impressive considering it took five musicians to cre
ate the sound of the latter (lesser) one
The last song, a barnstorming, extended take of "When
I'm Broken (See What Happens)" from the new V.O.L. com
pilation album, captured the band at its fiercest and its
liveliest, with the band members trading smiles and en
joying the sonic monster they had created.
The concert ended with Mallonee's familiar refrain:
We re the Vigilantes cf Love, so stick around if you want to
chat,” and by the time the feedback was over. Bland, Crea and
Mallonee had already dispersed themselves into the crowd, con
tinuing to take their message of music to the masses.
Dave Basham
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