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4/8/09

PHOTOS: Hash Bash @ Blind Pig 2009 - Drew Bender

Saturday April 4th saw the return of the annual Hash Bash celebration
to Ann Arbor, and an evening of music to the Blind Pig.
I happened to miss the first two bands of the night, although I did get a chance to hear Dante LaSalle, a veteran hiphop artist acting as MC and emcee for the evening, making jokes, dropping rhymes, and keeping the crowd entertained.
Having been on the Van’s Warped Tour, Dante’s a name that I’m sure I’ll be seeing again soon. As with the previous night, the dreadlocked hippies and other kind folks were adhering to the
Pig’s strict non-smoking policy for the night – and nary a puff of any kind of smoke was seen nor smelled.
The woman and I arrived just in time to see Kalamazoo’s own Greensky Bluegrass, winner of the 2006 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Competition, take the stage. As much a jamband as a bluegrass act, Greensky blends sweet vocal harmonies, strong improvisation, great song writing, and a commanding yet approachable stage presence that continues to win fans.
Featuring acoustic guitar, banjo, standup bass, mandolin, and dobro (a resonant
guitar played with a slide), the boys from K-zoo are heading out west for a spring tour. Replete with cover’s of Bob Marley’s ‘Stop that Train’ and Prince’s ‘When Doves Cry’ they’re an act I always look forward to. After Bluegrass was the time for some jazz-rock- jamtasticness with Ann Arbor’s own Macpodz. At home on their home turf, with their friends and family there, the boys mix up quite a party with keys, drums, percussion, trumpet, and electric bass, the
mpodz eschew traditional guitar rock for a mix of well…everything else.
Evidence of the good time going on that night was to be found in the fact that try as I might, a clear shot up front was not to be gotten,, at least not with getting a mouthful of dreads.
Slated for some big festivals this summer including Rothbury and 10,000 Lakes in
Minnesota, the Macpodz’ party was one hell of a Bash.

WERD!
drew

Macpodz:


Greensky Bluegrass:


Dante:

I'll have the report on Greensky Bluegrass and the Macpodz tomorrow.

WERD!
drew


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