Quintron and Miss Pussycat took over the Cactus Club in
Milwaukee on Sunday night. From New
Orleans, Quintron is a multi-instrumentalist; playing his custom organ with the
car grill, working headlights and Louisiana license plate. He also built and patented the Drum Buddy- a
drum machine, light show, coffee can musical instrument and light show. He is joined onstage by Miss Pussycat on
vocals and maracas. Qunitron’s latest
album “Sucre du Sauvage” was recorded over four months at the New Orleans Museum
of Art, recording in a studio that was accessible to all museum visitors. The show began with a hipster puppet show
featuring cute little animals who were trying to go to the moon or something like
that. Dracula would show up proclaiming
he “wanted to suck their blood” and then heads blew off and there was
screaming. Think of a really inelegant
cross between Pee-Wee’s Playhouse and Mr. Rogers on LSD with no budget to
create the puppets. I think they made it to the moon, everyone
was happy and there was much rejoicing.
Then it was Quintron’s turn. The
second he sat behind the Hammond, hit the Drum Buddy, the crowd went
crazy. This was an organ groove, rock
and roll swamp techno party. Miss
Pussycat jumped into the crowd, maracas in hand, and the dance party was in
full swing. By the time he got to “Jam
Skate”, the Cactus Club was a sweaty mess.
It seemed no one cared they had to work the next day, they were just
having a great time.
