Jamie Lidell

I just wanted to post something really quickly about this man. I saw him last night at Great Scott, which is this tiny club with capacity of 225+ in Allston. I think that the only person that I have seen that is this diverse in his talents would be Peter Moore of Count Zero. But Jamie's show was one of the best I have ever seen. Basically, it's him and a bunch of toys that include a laptop, two mic's and god knows what else. He's this British, skinny, nerdy kid that can sing soul like his life depended on it. And he loops his voice, and beat boxes, and harmonizes layer upon layer upon layer....all him. He does a few songs with backing tracks, but you don't care. It fits, it's neccessary. It's typically only the really sing songy soul songs he does with backing tracks, where he needs to get out every word because his songs are so good and should not be infiltrated by any other sounds. Other than that, it's all him being incredible. It's a spectacle, it's amazing, and I would recommend everyone check him out at some point. I don't see how it would be humanly possible to not be completley in awe, even if you don't like soul or r&b at all. He is absolutely amazing.
Jimmy Edgar opened, and was really good....but then Jamie came on and I completely forgot everything I ever knew.
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