Ted's Polish-Mexican Page: Four Killer Flats at Plush

12 maja 2008

Four Killer Flats at Plush

I caught the Four Killer Flats this weekend at Plush (not to be confused with the Flat Duo Jets). They recently came back from a bit of a hiatus, but they are still as strong as they ever were. Jim Cox has one of those voices that would be perfect for Nashville Country, and I don't mean that as an insult.

For some reason, Jim Peeken's guitar strings kept breaking (it's that damn high E). The band was able to go on without him at various points while he furiously replaced the strings and got his guitar re-tuned. Heck, Tom Walbank wouldn't have bothered...

Which brings me to a coincidence that only a long time Tucson music geek like me would appreciate: Jim Peeken is refered to on the band's MySpace page as "Sloppy Guitar." Well, everyone knows that the Sloppy Guitarist is really Chris Morrison of the gone and lamented Lonely Trojans. Oddly, the Four Killer Flat's bass player is named Chriss Morrisson.

One of the openers was Cheepness, Randy McReynolds's latest outfit. The band has several other long time Tucson musicians including drummer Ernie Mendoza. Excellent.

Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia.

# posted by Tedski @ 6:04 AM