An array of innovative composition by three performers managed to spark up the dim, velvet interior of DiPiazzas on Monday night.
The night began with the locally renowned Beatles cover band, Abbey Road. Frontman Benjamin Chadwick performed several acoustic versions of the Beatles classics such as “Hey Jude” that had the crowd roaring and connecting with Chadwick himself as he urged them to sing along.
Mixed with his own personal style and a voice that could match Paul McCartney’s, Chadwick managed to keep the crowd impressed as he interacted with the audience, interweaving between guitar and piano while adding his own original flare to some of the most inspiring songs.
The next to perform was local group L.A.D. The band created an edgier, more alternative beat and ignited the unique concept of Pearl Jam meets Creed — minus the religious undertone. They created a feel-good vibe that allowed the music to move from slow paced acoustics, eventually exploding into a symphonic frenzy.
The lyrics themselves, consisting of a few cover songs such as Oasis’s “Wonderwall,” remained uplifting and innovative as they conveyed a message of pushing through hardship and overcoming life’s minor and major idiosyncrasies.
Combined with the remarkable resonance of two guitarists, backup vocals and a cello, the band left the stage with not only a boisterous crowd that requested an encore, but kept the creative vibe flowing as they welcomed the next performer.
Perhaps the most prominent of the acts was Mic Dangerously, more commonly known as Mic D. He described his music as a combination of funk, rhythm and blues all tossed into one intense musical blender. He dangerously kept the crowd focused and at their feet for the last show of the night.
As he sat solo, acoustic guitar in hand and cigarette at lips, his edgy lyrics were equipped with quick-paced rifts and a jazzy tempo. They conveyed the darker side of the human condition, while laughing off life’s daily hardships as if they were a bad joke. He said that he wished to create an emotion so strong that it would “infiltrate and connect to people on the deepest level possible.”
Overall, the night created a musical frenzy of alternative rock, blues, funk and acoustic that rocked the small venue.
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