"This isn't going to be space rock, is it?'
My less informed companion asked this question the first time we went to watch the Good Luck Dark Star. The group spent the next forty-five minutes living up to their name, emanating vibrations that were high and sweet against the backdrop of an exploding white dwarf. There was space, and there was rock, But lying in wait between the two was euphoric harmony!
Singer Bret Jason Krock was no neophyte on this night, I had first heard of him near five years ago when he led Eighty Katie to power pop infamy. But this new group was playing something very different from the Cheap Trick-type rave-ups Krock had made a name for himself with. Drummer Preston Todd had been sought out by Krock just a few months before. Guitarist Johnny Guttery had first teamed up with Krock a year earlier when they
Stepped into the roles of Ace Frehley and Gene Simmons, respectively, in a one-off KISS tribute. Bass player Dirk Kitterlin first met Krock when they shared front desk duties at the STAX Museum. For all intents and purposes, that's enough personnel for a rock group, isn't it?
The first few Good Luck Dark Star shows went well, but not
Quite up to Krock's expectations. The album Krock had recorded with friend Kerry McDonald (Christie Front Drive, the Mighty Rime)"You'll Need It", is laden with ELO-inspired harmonies. Harmonies that weren't being replicated live.
Krock and his sister, Lisa had long talked about starting a band together, Good Luck Dark Star quickly became an opportunity to finally see that through. After adding the younger Krock sibling as auxiliary singer, Megan Kitterlin, Dirk's wife of only a few months, became Lisa's counterpart. With enough singers to handle (most of) the harmonies recorded months before, the current Good Luck Dark Star ascended.
Good Luck Dark Star are certainly aiming high with their live set. Already a little imposing with their six players, when the power is turned on, GLDS do invoke the aesthetic of some of their inspirations - the effortless melodies of Big Star and Jeff Lynne, the electric guitar density of Crazy Horse or Queens of the Stone Age, and the upper atmospherics originally mapped out by David Bowie.
While an actual Dark Star obliterates any matter or light that comes within its grasp, Good Luck Dark Star betrays their namesake by performing in an opposite capacity! On that first night I saw GLDS, I heard songs about boyfriends and girlfriends separated by light years, desperate calls from unimaginable distances, and the phenomena of dreams. Perhaps suspended animation isn't so hard to take, if Good Luck Dark Star provides the soundtrack - H.C.
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New tune "Nocturne" is online right now ! Hope you enjoy this baroque autumn track. And please take a look to the best Gauthier Amano picture ! (the new one with the moon)
Step Right Up, Don't Be Shy!! The Memphis Belles Carnivale of Burlesque has arrived!! Join us for an evening of Carnival Cuties, Burlesque Beauties, Sultry Sideshow, and Special Guests from St. Louis - The Alley Cat Revue!!
There will be Contests, Prizes, DJ, and Surprises!! One lucky lady will leave with the grand prize of a seat in Pretty Things Pin-Up Class!! You will spend the day with some of the best in Pin-up & Burlesque - go-go Amy & Bettina May!! They will teach you the ways of Pin-up hair, make-up, and posing. At the end of the day, you'll be leaving with images from your own Pin-up photoshoot!
We have
Fire, Feathers, Garters, and Lace... and Several Women... You'll Want
to embrace. ;) Save the date and Step Right Up! Don't Be Shy, The
Memphis Belles Carnivale has arrived!! We invite you to be Dazzled by
our Burlesque Beauties and Wowed by our Sultry Sideshow - July 18th at
The Hi-Tone!!
TEASER: The Belles have something up their garters!
Contribute your music to "The Vexar Entertainment Hour" Podcast, The Midsouth's best unsigned Rock from Acoustic to Metal! Just E-mail your MP3's to podcast@vexarentertainment.com!
Most of you Memphis folks know and love our good buddy Don Perry, photographer extraordinaire. Well, next Friday, 2/27, Don will be having a photo show at the Hi-Tone, and we'll be playing. I think the doors will open around 8 and you can come and check out Don's amazing pics, and even buy some of it. Don is doing really great work around town, documenting the music scene and the city of Memphis itself.
As usual, there's no opener. We'll start up around 10-ish, but get there before that so you can enjoy Don's photos without a couple of Fenders squawling in your ears.
The cover is - you guessed it - five bucks. See ya there!
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