Vetiver 10/6/16 Cafe 9

Vetiver is the brainchild of Andy Cabic, a cohort of Devendra Banhart and the folk revivalists. Cabic on acoustic guitar and vocals, lead guitar/pedal steel, and drums were the trio. Clever folk melodies that had some open spaces for jamming. Cabic's got a soothing voice, kind of a slurry, not so smartass Loudon Wainwright. Lead guitar was excellent, he was able to switch from pedal steel to stratocaster with ease, with one solo sounding downright Tom Verlainey. Drummer used brushes and mallets that pushed some songs into jazz territory. I recently picked up a re-issue of folk casualty Karen Dalton, with liner notes that thank Vetiver. Cabic and company sound familiar and new, folk and jazzy. They said their mini tour of the northeast enabled them to pick apples and do some hiking, genuinely nice guys.