Hi. Jay and I went to go see the Sun Machine Co-op tonight at Lily’s 3301 Central Ave NE in Minneapolis. I thought they were good and entertaining. Lily’s is a nice place where you can get a good cup of coffee. Jay had a nice hummus and vegetable sandwich, too.
I didn’t pay tons of attention to the first guy that was on, since we were eating outside, but I liked what I heard. Then Wallace Wylie came on. We know him, and I play his first disc fairly often, so we went in. I like him a lot. He writes thoughtful lyrics and I like to try to catch all of them as he sings. I thought he would play some from his first disc, but it turns out that he’s working on a second, and so it was all new songs. (new to me, anyway!)
After that, Brian David played. I really like Brian’s guitar playing. The last time we saw him he played with his band The Pharaohs of Rhythm. This time he started with someone on keyboard and someone with a (?) drum, and then he played some songs solo. The music was very mellow and he has a nice voice. It all went too fast!
I am not a music critic, so all I can say is that I enjoyed this evening a lot, and would recommend going out to see these guys. It’s cool to support local music, and they don’t hurt your ears.