Hello beautiful people. Super crisp up here today. It was 33
when I got up this morning. Great time at Dead Set ’77. Saw a bunch of friends and
some amazing music. But I am not here to talk about iconic San Fran bands, I am
here to talk about iconic Burlington musicians. Specifically, Mr. Matt Hagen.
He is doing an October residency at the Light Club Lamp Shop. He’s calling it
Shocktober Music Series. Every Thursday is a different musical event. If you
attend all five nights, he will make you a loaf of bread to be delivered after
the run. So not only does my soul get artist nourishment, I will be getting consumable
caloric carbs from the artist. So without further ado, The Shocktober Music
Series Night 1: Matt’s Murder Ballads, October 3, 2019.
Setlist:
Watch My Stool, Hightail Honeymoon, Spirit Man, Bone Pickin’,
Woman in Black, Best Friends are the Coldest Ones, ?, Wallet of Sin, Larry the
Canary, Marie Laveau
All of the songs
were Hagen originals except the last one. The words were by Shel Silverstein.
They were all about murder, death, and mayhem. Matt played acoustic guitar and
was accompanied by the super talented Brett Lanier on pedal steel. I know very
little about the pedal steel other than it is super cool. He had a pedal board
which he used to great effect.
My favorite tunes were Wallet of Sin and Larry
the Canary. Wallet was about selling out your artist soul (a different kind of
death) to the entertainment /industrial complex. Larry was about a canary that
turns the tables on the coal miners who used him to detect high levels of poisonous
gas in the mines.
I look forward to
seeing the wide range of musical styles Matt has up his sleeve for the next
four weeks. It’s every Thursday at 7pm and if you can make it out I highly
recommend it. See you next week.
Dave Kemp
BA American Studies
PhD Rock and Roll
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