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it was, as they say, a perfect storm: pablo & the hemphill 7 playing at my place of employment, starting just before i got off work, on the evening when my sweetie's summer va-ca begins, and i didn't have to go to work the next day.
it'd been awhile since we saw pablo play, but some things don't change, like the crowd of happy smiling people (only some of whom are part of "their crowd") dancing in front of their stage. that's just what this band does, and has been doing for the past five yrs.
what was new: seeing the generations of pablo there. not just jonathan irwin's parents, but steffin ratliff and ex-bandmate marcus lawyer's babies.
marcus' replacement matt hembree has been playing with steffin for almost a decade now, and with damien stewart and justin pate for five and six yrs respectively. the plethora of interconnections between the musos is palpable every time they hit their groove.
the only thing that nags me everytime i hear pablo: the knowledge that they have over an hour's worth of strong original material that's never seen a "legit" cd release.
it'd been awhile since we saw pablo play, but some things don't change, like the crowd of happy smiling people (only some of whom are part of "their crowd") dancing in front of their stage. that's just what this band does, and has been doing for the past five yrs.
what was new: seeing the generations of pablo there. not just jonathan irwin's parents, but steffin ratliff and ex-bandmate marcus lawyer's babies.
marcus' replacement matt hembree has been playing with steffin for almost a decade now, and with damien stewart and justin pate for five and six yrs respectively. the plethora of interconnections between the musos is palpable every time they hit their groove.
the only thing that nags me everytime i hear pablo: the knowledge that they have over an hour's worth of strong original material that's never seen a "legit" cd release.
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