The Black Keys / The Hentchmen -- Fat Cats HTX

Hey Folks, got to catch a bada$$ gig last night at Fat Cat's in Houston. The venue was on Washington street, a pretty dodgy party of town. Talking to a local, he said there is like 3-4 places in all of Houston to catch good music. No offense to you Houstonites, but a city as good for culture and art is lacking BIG TIME when it comes to 'good' music. Anyway, the venue was 'Fat Cats'. As I rolled up to the gig, SOLD OUT, I was like damn. Then I look at the van in front of the gig, and amazingly enough the Black Keys were roosting in there. After talking to the drummer for about 10 minutes, he said, yea buddy, I'll get you in. So I was put on the 'guest list', so I didn't have to pay a penny to get in either! YIPPIE.



The Hentchmen opened, an amazing performance from this 3 piece, kinda like Spoon but with much more guitar action. The lead singer / dual keyboard player had a bass keyboard and a regular keyboard -- pretty awesome stuff. It also swiveled and rolled around which was interesting.



Then it was time for the black keys, and my god what an energetic show. To dog out houston and the all ages audience, come on 16 yr olds, don't start freakin moshing for the sake of moshing. If I could have cracked some skulls without getting in trouble, I certainly would have done it that night.





Really don't know what else to say about these dudes except it was exceptional, made the 45 minute drive from sis's house to Fat Cat's definately worth it. I'll leave you with a 30 second avi that gives this band absolutely no justice. Do yourself a favor and go see them.

http://www.divineguitar.com/blog/blackkeys.avi

Funky!