{"id":10941,"date":"2012-02-24T17:19:47","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T21:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/?p=10941"},"modified":"2012-04-18T19:57:25","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T23:57:25","slug":"patryk-larney-at-rockwood-music-hall-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/24\/patryk-larney-at-rockwood-music-hall-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Patryk Larney at Rockwood Music Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patryk Larney<\/a> was on at 11pm last night at Rockwood Music Hall<\/a>. A bit later than we like to be out, but there are a number of people who we\u2019d make the effort for and Patryk is most definitely on that list. Add every single one of his band members and the decision becomes a no-brainer.<\/p>\n

\"PatrykLarney\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Before telling you how great the set was (it was, so I just blew the big surprise), let me tell you a bit about Patryk and what he\u2019s currently up to.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s been making music for a while and doing a fine job of it. He\u2019s also been managing (he manages the amazing The Vanity Belles<\/a>, perhaps others). He also produces (he was co-producer on the upcoming Belles CD). He\u2019s also held a very cool job at Apple for the past six years.<\/p>\n

Very recently he decided to take the plunge and become a full time musician (I\u2019m going to count managing other musicians as part of doing this \u201cfull time\u201d).<\/p>\n

The first thing he\u2019s doing is putting out a CD called Circus of Idols. You can help him make it by pledging money (and getting rewards!) at his PledgeMusic Page<\/a>. We did. If you trust my taste in music (and seriously, have I ever given you a reason not to?), then you should too. \"Smile\"<\/p>\n

OK, now that we got the e-Commerce out of the way, let\u2019s get down to the show. Oh yeah, I already told you, it was great!<\/p>\n

Patryk put together a great set list. Delivered his vocals crisply and passionately. Played the guitar beautifully and added the ukulele on one song. He topped it off by putting together a band comprised of people we love to listen to, no matter who they\u2019re backing.<\/p>\n

Carrie Welling (1\/2 of The Vanity Belles) joined as a special guest on all but the first number. If you haven\u2019t read my posts exclaiming how awesome her voice is, then you better already know it from first hand knowledge or another source. Otherwise, you\u2019re simply missing out on the experience!<\/p>\n

\"CarrieWelling\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Carrie was absolutely wonderful in singing harmony (and a bit of lead) with Patryk. I\u2019ve said it before, but I\u2019m always impressed when someone who is used to belting it out as a bona-fide headliner, understands how to shift gears when they\u2019re supporting someone else. Carrie was flawless in supporting Patryk.<\/p>\n

Ben Morgan<\/a> on grand piano and vocals. We saw Ben earlier this week supporting The Vanity Belles. As impressive as he was then (and always is), I am partial to the sound of a grand piano over electronic keyboards, so last night was a real treat. Patryk gave him a couple of long-ish leads, which Ben nailed!<\/p>\n

\"BenMorgan\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Patryk announced that Ben will have his own show sometime soon. I\u2019ll need to look out for it, or hope that Ben\/Patryk\/Anyone makes sure I know about it as far in advance as possible.<\/p>\n

Chris Anderson<\/a> on electric bass. Is there anything I can say about Chris that I haven\u2019t said before? Probably so. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve used the term Buttery Smooth<\/em> about Chris before (not that he hasn\u2019t been). But, when I ran into Rebecca Haviland<\/a> at Rockwood 2 after this set was over, that\u2019s exactly how I described Chris\u2019 play. Absolutely delightful!<\/p>\n

\"ChrisAnderson\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Kenny Shaw<\/a> on drums. Another person who I have probably heaped as much praise upon as is possible. Add last night to the list of reasons I do that. He plays with a number of bands who are so different from each other you can\u2019t imagine, and Kenny fits in perfectly with every one of them. We\u2019ve had a longer than usual drought of seeing Kenny play, so it was good to correct that.<\/p>\n

\"KennyShawStudying\"<\/a><\/p>\n

On a number of songs, Patryk took advantage of the fact that Seth Faulk<\/a> was in the house<\/em> (in fact, sitting right behind me). Patryk asked Seth to lead the rest of us in different clapping patterns (none vanilla). Of course, Seth keeps perfect time. I was close enough to be able to follow his lead easily. \"Winking<\/p>\n

\"SethFaulkClapping\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the set list:<\/p>\n

\"SetList\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This was our fourth set in a row. Even though I was tired, everything was so good that I didn\u2019t notice that and just lost myself in the music. The three previous sets were all incredible and this one fit right in with that feeling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Patryk Larney was on at 11pm last night at Rockwood Music Hall. A bit later than we like to be out, but there are a number of people who we\u2019d make the effort for and Patryk is most definitely on that list. Add every single one of his band members and the decision becomes a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[1078,912,602,819,1367,1000,493],"class_list":["post-10941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-2","tag-ben-morgan","tag-carrie-welling","tag-chris-anderson","tag-kenny-shaw","tag-music","tag-patryk-larney","tag-rockwood-music-hall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10941"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10945,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10941\/revisions\/10945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}