Opener Alexander was a young hipster that played acoustic finger style acoustic guitar. Droney loops of runs gave an almost trance-americana feel. All original compositions that had "no titles", were deftly exhibited. He did mention that one untitled tune was on a split with Swamp Yankee whose members were in attendance. I find it hard to believe he couldn't go to the paint section of Home Depot and come up with titles like "Forest Glen" or "Flippant She-Creature" to chronicle these instrumental gems.
Daniel Bachman is a young guitarist in the tradition of John Fahey, Glen Jones, and Jack Rose. The style is called "primitive guitar" for reasons I don't quite get. The music is technical and complex. Bachman, no relation to Michelle or Turner-Overdrive, played a 12-string ( with the accompaniment of a friend on harmonium (that looked like a backgammon set)), lap slide, and acoustic 6-string all to great effect. Bachman tuned a lot, saying that he's ending a long road stint that took it's toll on his instruments. Daniel seemed most like Jack Rose with his familiarity with the blues, coaxing an awesome tune from the lap slide. Another song was listed as a "sped up version" of an old ragtime song. While the performance space at Best Video is no frills, I am glad to have seen this rising star of this type of music.
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