Rocked by The Charms

Well a last minute decision to go see my buddies in the Kimonos and Le Thargic was a good one, I missed Le Thargic again ( third time) by getting to Rud’s during the Kimonos set. The headlining band was The Charms and WOW, Little Steven’s got a goodin here, I knew they had some good tunes, BUT CAN THEY PLAY IT LIVE? I ‘m so tired of hearing a great set of tunes only to go see the band live and being disappointed by them not having IT or even having part of IT. Hell Yea, Ellie Vee has IT, she is a rock-n-roller all the way, she writes, plays guitar, sings and showed everyone present how it’s done. The band was good ( a bit loose due to band changes of drummer, bass and organ players), but the real star is Ellie, whose voice and stage presence are superb. She has a very good voice that ranges from whisky of say a Janis Joplin to a good clearer voce of Gwen Stefani very much like Joan Jet. This range is put to use with the rocker songs like American Way to the sassy chirp of the power pop gem Top Down (Radio On), heard on Little Steven’s Underground Garage (Sun. 8 PM, 97.5 FM). I can’t wait for them to come back and see Ellie in her dress stuart tartan skirt and boots with more angular organ action. If you missed them, you can see their videos and hear them at their web sites, http://www.thecharms.net of course their MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/charms

Now if I can just get this blog to work I'll post more often.
Jim

Rocked by The Charms