Saturday, April 26, 2014

Surprises on Friday Night at Cat's Art MusikCircus

At first, the surprises were not specifically too good.  Early in the day it was necessary for Voodoo to cancel ... and later in the day Phoenix J had to cancel as well.  There is no criticism of anyone as stuff happens ... and it did ... twice in the same day.  Have no worries as everyone is ok but it wasn't looking so good for the show as Joaquin would have to carry it by himself.

Joaquin Gustav carried the show just fine.


For about seven years Joaquin has enjoyed a reputation for giving a show that will be romantic and loving and he has delivered that consistently the entire time.  He plays an awful lot of shows and I don't think that's so good for him but he goes into every one bringing love to everyone who is there.  I know from various things I can't tell you that it is no pose, Joaquin really does have that much love in his heart.

The show is different from most in the circus as much of it is intended to bring you up on edge but Joaquin's intention is to soften that edge with Healing Friday and some very soft tunes.  They're soft but he delivers them with his own style as his play is very fast and the amazement to me is that it can be so fast and still be so delicate.

Healing Friday really did work as things got mixed-up a bit due to the schedule changes but his music really works.  Joaquin had a good vibe going and people kept arriving as the show went along.  That's when Cat can relax and think, yep, it's working and people are diggin' it.  Then she can give more focus to the music and everything is very good.

Things wound down gently at the end of the show and both of us were tired and ready to close things.

BUT

That's when Paris Obscur asked if he might sing ... and this is what happened.


Paris Obscur has a very powerful repertoire and I do believe he could take it to any stage he likes, SL or RL.  Here he took it to the sawdust in Cat's Art MusikCircus as he didn't need a stage.  He likes to be close to people for whom he is singing and often asks people to come closer to the stage.  This night he did it the other way around as he loves to perform.  He said it straight up last night that he needs it and the way people kept coming for his show made it very clear that a lot of people need him to do it.

The only intention to start was to sing a few tunes as kind of a Friday hello from someone who loves you.  But Paris is in France and sometimes saying I love you takes longer than that so he popped open a beer and set to play for a while.  I think he ended up doing a full set but I don't really know as the clock doesn't even matter while this is happening.  I do know that it was a great set of songs and he was picking them as he went along as he didn't want to be using any plan.  The result was the finest kind of Paris when he's feeling tight with people around him and knows from that the best flow to bring.


There are other ways to save I love you and here's one:


You will know when you're dancing with the right monkey.

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