Peter Case and Anne McCue at Fur Peace Ranch last night
Peter Case and Anne McCue performed last night at Fur Peace Ranch in Darwin Ohio. A beautiful evening, an appreciative crowd, good hospitality, and two great performances. Both, in their own way, played some dazzling guitar, and had a diverse song selection to keep things hopping and intriguing. Anne, is from Australia, now in Nashville, and played (at least) four different guitars to display her talents- she gave some pleasant banter between songs, and has a strong voice, and storytelling style in her lyrics and singing. She engaged the audience, particularly the "upfront" student section.
Peter Case was who I had come to see, hearing about his musical career, from his leaving Buffalo at 18 in 1973, to head to San Francisco, to play music on the streets, through some bands, connected with a huge array of great musicians over the years, eventually gravitating to Nashville; writing great songs, performing versatilely, popping up on songtracks, TV show soundtracks, tribute collaborations, and all over the place. A great storyteller, relaxed with the audience, diverse in his delivery of songs, adept at the various guitar styles, poignant in his song stories.
He read from a book (memoir) he wrote; it fleshed out a picture of his start in the music world. Sang a Mississippi John Hurt song; Memphis Minnie, too. He can wail and sing a gentle song back to back. Look him up and see all the great connections.
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