The Brambles and Legendary Oaks – Sunset Tavern 1.18.2014
Although still exhausted from my crazy road trip from the week before and the sleepless aftermath of frantically writing the corresponding blog, we couldn’t pass up a chance to see some live music in Ballard. Our neighbors invited us out to The Sunset Tavern January 18th. They had seen Legendary Oaks before and thought we might like them, too. The other two opening bands were unknown to all of us. Check out the links of all the bands below and hear their music. Watch their videos. Make a purchase and support our local musicians.
Day Laborers and Petty Intellectuals opened the show. When I saw the name in the bill, I thought it might be a Tom Petty cover band. I don’t usually enjoy cover bands, but I was willing to give it a shot this time, since it would be a comfort to sit back and enjoy some familiar music. I was disappointed when I quickly realized they were not a TP cover band at all. This big band played original pop/folk (they call themselves a six-piece folk-apocalypse band) tunes and had an unusual narrative style that wasn’t hitting my sweet spot. Other audience members disagreed; many people seemed attentive and clapped heartily for them after each song. Maybe I was having an off night. Check them out for yourself.
The Brambles (aka West Coast Brambles–not to be confused with East Coast Brambles) were up next. Their music definitely hit the spot for me. They had a tight sound with a bluesy Americana vibe. People danced to the nice two-step, upbeat tempo. Some songs were more solemn than others, but it was a good mix of both. The guitarist, Omar Schambacher was amazing. It seemed he was dying for a chance to break out into a big, rockin’ solo. We enjoyed watching him play. Also, my husband enjoyed Vanessa Small, the lead singer. She was “not bad to look at” according to P, in his usual subdued enthusiasm, and she had a great voice for Americana.
Next, the headliner, Legendary Oaks came out fightin’. The lead singer, Craig Schoen admitted he had a good buzz on and dove right in. Their music was loud and rocking with a psychedelic alt-country twang, sans fiddler. Our neighbor informed us that the last time he saw Legendary Oaks, not only was Schoen piss drunk, but he chewed out his fiddler onstage for being completely out of key on a song. Awesome. They seemed to do just fine without her and filled the whole room with sound.
Right about the time Legendary Oaks took the stage, the dance floor shifted from two-step to a Bellevue up-scale club scene. It was surreal. Women with up-dos and pretty dresses you’d see at cocktail parties or conventions sauntered in and proceeded to dance, Night-at-the-Roxbury-style, in too-high heels. There was also a small bachelorette party that joined them. The band was obviously amused by this strange turn on the dance floor. Schoen was on stage screamin’, cussin’ and wailin’ on his acoustic guitar while the girls raised the roof and tried to look like their shoes weren’t mangling their feet. Oh, we had a good laugh at the bizarre dichotomy! But as Kevin Shinyribs Russell says, “There’s no wrong way to dance!” So I had to give the girls credit for getting out there and shaking it. We certainly wouldn’t be shaking anything but the last drop outta the can of PBR this night.
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