Brandon Ross w/ Stomu Takeishi 5/30/14 Firehouse 12

Underattended second set at the Firehouse had Ross/Takeishi's show "For Living Lovers". With Ross on banjo, acoustic, and guitarron and Takeishi on acoustic bass, this show had a slow deliberate delivery. These songs sounded like screwed down outtakes from Ry Cooder's soundtrack to the movie Paris/Texas. Ross is a true chameleon, able to shred with the Jazz Passengers, funk it up with Harriet Tubman, or sparingly pluck a banjo until it is almost unrecognizable. This sleepy sound probably scared off most first set attendees. Takeishi's sit down acoustic bass looked like an acoustic guitar with the hole in the body situated south of the strings so that it looked like a bass with a cup holder.