Charlie Parr @ Pizza Luce Block Party 8/9

Charlie Parr kicks ass. That's just the way it is. His music is original and nostalgic and modern and vintage all at once. The covers he does of traditional folk/blues numbers by the likes of Robert Johnson are like insightful re-tellings of old tales of life in America. He is a rare and genuine dude. This sunny Saturday afternoon, Charlie Parr was playing a modest sized super hip block party hosted the good folks at Pizza Luce.
Although there were several other bands playing this afternoon and evening, Charlie stands out for the sheer simplicity of his presentation-a bearded middle aged guy with an old looking (but totally bad ass) guitar sits on a folding chair and sings songs about drinkin'. That's happening today, but that guy would have been appreciated by music fans at any point in this nation's history, I'm sure of it.

Today Charlie was accompanied by a young man with a washboard who occasionally played the strings of Charlie's guitar with little mallets as Charlie played. Superb.





The pizza was delicious and the beer was Summit0 always delicious. There were several other interesting acts throughout the day, including The Hawaii Show, a band composed of four inflatable guitarists, a young woman playing fake keyboards, a pretend drummer and a creative dude singing/lip synching the pre recorded show.