My good friend Bart Davenport played at “my” club, Pete’s Candy Store tonight. It was the second time I’d seen Bart play solo. The first time was also at Pete’s, and was also the first time I had ever met him. I later on went to play in his band, and last year went on a three-week tour with him, The Botticellis, and Sugar and Gold, all acts on Antenna Farm Records.
I must admit, I love playing with Bart, but after seeing him solo, I wonder why he even needs a band. He’s so good at guitar, he is the whole band. It’s totally amazing. He completely captivated the whole crowd, and left them wanting more.
Bart Davenport and band playing a wedding.
Bart’s been staying with us as well. Turns out he just did some sort of stop-motion hip-hop music video about the old west, and Bart played none other than Black Bart, the infamous Wells Fargo bank robber from the 1870′s. A little bit of internet investigation got me to blackbart.com, THE internet hub for all the latest information about Black Bart. Black Bart would leave a little poem after every robbery. Here’s one of my favorites that I read:
“I’ve labored long and hard for bread,
For honor and for riches
But on my corns too long you’ve tread,
You fine-haired sons-of-bitches.”
Go get em, Black Bart. And you too, BD.
