By: Jon Ellingworth

Jon Ellingworth — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:30:41 +0000

I attended the June 20 show at the Towne Crier. It was intimate, to say the least; probably about 15 in attendance! My wife and I had a table immediately in front of the stage. It was Father’s Day and my second time seeing GG in Pawling. I am a huge fan. GG’s lyrics are intelligent and reflective, if a bit melancholy and pessimistic at times. Musically, Mick is a gifted, self-taught guitarist, equally adept on the ukelele and Kevin is a fine keyboardist and lefty guitarist — although he plays Mick’s right-handed guitar upside down! But their singing is beautful harmony. Honestly, I don’t think Simon and Garfunkel have much on Mick and Kevin lyrically or harmonically. Since the crowd was so small, Mick and Kevin graciously opened up the floor to requests. I reqested “The Dragon” from their second album. Mick could not remember ever having played it live! Nevertheless, he played it on the guitar — I believe it’s played with the ukelele on the recording. It was beautiful and heartfelt and afterward Mick acknowledged that it was a fitting song for Father’s Day. Kevin explained the story behind the song — it’s a personal story about Kevin’s father (?) and waking dreams – neat! Mick and Kevin are really personably and they having been touring the states ferociously. They’re building quite a cult following in the U.S. If only a song or two of theirs could get some real radio airplay, I have to think they’d become quite popular. “Her Beautiful Ideas” from the second album, I believe, is quite possibly the perfect pop song. All I can say is, it’s amazing to have such a wonderful duo play twice in Pawling in three months. I hope they return soon, and when they do, be sure to see and hear them!

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