I went to see Ben Prestage open for Scott Biram at The Bank in Daytona last night. Unfortunatly it was not the best venue to see Scott Biram. I know that Scott prefers dive-ier settings and The Bank is not particularly dive-y. It's a nice space...well lit...and the place sounds good. But the the real problem was that while there were folks there just to see Scott and Ben it was also the Daytona Blues Society's weekly night out. A well lit bar+blues society clientelle is not the recipe for the best possible gig for anybody that I personally would care to see. Now don't get me wrong Biram was fantastic and thrilling and unpredictable as always but when blue hairs and bald dudes with pony tails and dudes in loafers with no socks and tshirts tucked in to their alligator belted pleated walking short pants with their bronzed, leather skinned and straw haired ex-cheerleader gal friends (tho i'm sure they are all very nice once you get to meet 'em!) are filing out the door in front of you while yr raising heaven and hell and the folks there to see you are goin' ape in a room lit to near day light it creates a certain, shall we say, lack of balance. But none the less Mr.Biram kicked ass. As always. I had the feeling that Ben Prestage, who plays regular week long gigs, was probably a bit more used to the setting and the clientelle. He seemed to slowly craft and amp his show buzz up as he was the opener where as Biram must drop his bombs from minute one. Prestage finally gave me what i'd been waiting for from him when he brought out his two string Lowebow guitar and then finished up with a cigarbox guitar. Both men rocked as hard as possible considering the constraints of the situation. Go see 'em and give them your money.
Ben Prestage MySpace
Scott H Biram MySpace
John Lowe aka Johnny Lowebow makes and plays the Lowebow Guitar
Below are three songs I shot of Ben Prestage rockin' his Lowebow
and two songs by Scott H Biram.
Ben Prestage from ricksaunders on Vimeo.
Ben Prestage from ricksaunders on Vimeo.
Ben Prestage from ricksaunders on Vimeo.
Scott H Biram from ricksaunders on Vimeo.
Scott H Biram from ricksaunders on Vimeo.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
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Hi Rick, great videos, thank a lot. I'm organising a tour for Ben Prestage in Holland and Belgium which starts next week. I look forward to it. Cheers, Theo (www.bluesnroots.nl)
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