Saw the one and only Junior Brown last night:

He was, as always, excellent. Played with just a drummer and an electric bass, this time. No monitors on-stage, drums were just a snare and a ride cymbal - very stripped-down. Didn't hurt the experience any. He still did his thing. Alternately chuggin' along to his playfully-corny old-school country/western songs and screaming away on tunes that are half Jimi Hendrix electric blues and half Dick Dale 60's surf, all the while switching back and forth between the standard neck of his guitar and the lap-steel neck - he's a walking encyclopedia of guitar styles. He's a pretty fine country singer too. Probably made a fun guitar teacher as well.

The last time I saw Jr., he had the legendary Buddy Miles playing drums with him. But unfortunately, Miles passed away this past Tuesday. Junior seemed pretty bummed-out when he dedicated a song to him.

Here's a bit of video from the show:

That's part of a song called "Hung It Up". The mix is not the best because the PA speakers were in back of me - you're hearing the sound from the stage, mostly his guitar amp.