that 1 guy played a free show at rapture last night and i figured i could not miss a chance to see the famed “magic pipe” in action.
i must say, i was impressed at his showmanship. he seems to be part magician and part musician. when he starts really jamming out, you can definitely hear that he has the background of a jazz musician, but with all the other elements in his music, he’s far from that at this point. he can actually sing too and has a fairly powerful voice and a decent range. but the main things about his show for me were pretty simple.
#1 – he knows how to kick a nice heavy jam.
#2 – it’s obvious that he is having a great time.
he is just having so much fun that it’s hard not to have fun with him, howl with him, and bob to the somewhat tribal funk industrial rock freejazz rhythms. besides the magic pipe, he also jammed out on an electrified boot (“the magic boot”) and an electrified saw “the magic saw”). it was definitely more than just the novelty act i had expected. although, i should also mention that he does excellent card tricks.
here are some links to the videos i took of the show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf3abm3OpZw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaeLVbk6v5Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e3FDs4baw4
