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The Evening Muse was simply Brilliant saturday April 18th 2009
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Eliot Bronson @ The Evening Muse 04/09
A couple of guys from Atlanta made the short trip up to Charlotte Saturday night to allow us to help them celebrate the release of their Debut CD titled "Have You Changed" at Charlotte's listening room, The Evening Muse. These two guys are Josh Lamkin and Eliot Bronson and they go by the band name The Brilliant Inventions!
This was my first time seeing The Brilliant Inventions perform and I had mixed expectations. I knew there was some buzz in the local music scene and over the past week I had talked to a number of people who were emphatic about their own attendance and almost as emphatic about mine. Of course a full house at the early show is also an indication that everyone else knew something that I perhaps was not as tuned into. So it was with some positive anticipation that I watched the guys take the stage.
Josh Lamkin @ The Evening Muse 04/09
It didn't take long for me to figure out what most everyone else already knew. Not only is the music worth going out of your way to listen too, but the banter between Josh and Eliot is witty, bright and insightful. A quick witted humor is a natural part of these guys karma. That's not something one can separate from the creative process and therefore songs like Angry Lesbian, Tell her I'm gone, and Restless result. But it's also that intelligence that produces songs like the title track "Have You Changed" and my personal favorite "We Don't Have The Words".
The music was nothing short of wonderful, despite Josh Lamkin suffering from "Gitis of the Larynx". These guys had the entire audience in stitches with their wit and humor. Our friend Laurie's son Chris K. made the comparison to the Smothers Brothers meet Simon & Garfunkel. BRILLIANT!!!
The Brilliant Inventions @ The Evening Muse - April 18 2009
"Have You Changed" produced by Will Robertson and The Brilliant Inventions is a masterful recording which captures the spirit of these two singer-songwriters. Seldom does a product reflect so positively the character of the people behind it. This CD is one I'm tickled is part of my collection.
All of us at some time in our lives come to a point in a conversation or decision where we just know what we know and just don't have the words. The song "We Don't Have The Words" is reflective of those many situations in which we arrive in life and at the songs core may very well reflect the last thought each of us may have - I know what I know even though I don't have the words.
Photos of The Brilliant Inventions show.
Opening for The Brilliant Inventions tonight was a couple out of Asheville, NC who go by the name of "Every Mothers Dream". They did a great job opening the show. Photos of Every Mother's Dream performance.
Cheers,
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