with peace and love we make music.  yours truly, rebecca hill

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this page is for investigation purposes only.  i encourage you to support these artists and purchase their music.  good luck expanding your musical minds.  these are the songs i carry with me as i drive to the west, chasing the sunsets.  i take the time to let myself unwind.  i leave behind the things i know and, this is how i grow.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

mike watt and the missingmen with nones

mike watt and missingmen played at schubas tavern
may 14th.  the band has been around a while and 
brought a great crowd.  they rocked hard with an 
enthusiastic audience following right along.  they 
took the time after the show to stick around and meet
the fans and sign memorabilia. this is key, a band 
who understands their fan base is the reason for any 
kind of musical success.  it is easy for bands to hide 
from their star struck and often bombarding audience, 
but bands who meet and greet their fan base, in my 
opinion, get the most loyal fan base.  i also saw the
band in the audience watching nones, who opened up 
the show with a very interesting set.  Nones had a male
lead vocalist, who also poked around on the saxophone.
the rest of the band was made up of a female drummer, 
female guitarist, and female bassist.  i don't know that
i have every seen a male vocalist supported by an entirely
female band, but it was awesomely sexy.  their music 
was a bit loud for my tastes, but the intrigue of their 
set up got me into it regardless.