I was out making the rounds tonight and stopped in to see Rdubya & Fluffdog (Webster & Szura) at Duke's.
First of all, I'm glad to see Duke's still in the game. As much as I've kind of been down on Duke's over the last year, I've always acknowledged that they are the BASTION of live music in Crystal Lake and I hope they always will be. I thought they were going to undergo a renovation but I don't know what's happening with that.
Second of all, it wasn't very crowded on a Thursday night inside but there were a fair number outside and with it being a warm night, I can certainly understand that. You gotta smoke outside you know.
Third of all, I only caught about a 1/2 hour of the duo and I owe it to myself to catch them again. They're OK. I see by the web site they're playing a lot but from my angle only catching 30 minutes of them, I had only a couple of comments. Szura's a great guitar player and I've known that for a while. I don't know much about Webster although he's definitely a good singer.
What I heard was a typical looping group. I always hand it to loopers as you definitely need to be able to chew gum and walk at the same time to be a looper. However, looping always lends itself to two or three or four chord repetitious meanderings that don't always go anywhere in particular. That is what I kind of heard tonight and it kind of bores me, although it didn't bore the dozen people watching. It was Jagerbomber night after all.
The other comment is that they sound way too processed for me. Although I like almost overprocessed sound at times, tonight really was a Loopalooza/Pocessalooza. Webster's acoustic didn't hardly sound very acoustic at all and team that up with Fluffdog's processed electric and a very heavy-treble mixed looped vocals and drum pads, there was a lot of electrical sound and not a lot of organic sound happening. I'd almost like to hear a more acoustic - sounding thing and maybe that happens later on in the night which is why I should go back and hear them again and report back. However, looking at their schedule, my tastes apparently are shared by the minority. It's just my observations. It doesn't mean I'm right .. or wrong. Just my opinion.
Catch them on Thursday nights at Duke's. They're all that's happening in CL on a Thursday night and they're a good thing because it's LIVE MUSIC!
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