Guitarist extraordinaire Keller Williams drew a sold out crowd at Lark Hall on Saturday, December 2.
The master of looping has been at it for nearly 30 years, and his following has never waned a bit. From sell out shows at The Egg in 2006 to festival performances all throughout the state with unique projects, Keller always draws well in Albany.
A chatty crowd took in the show on this pre-winter evening, a mirror ball providing subtle lighting that paired well with Williams’ sound and style. Even without his right hand man, Louis Gosain, the evening was full of fun, laughs and surprised, as well as a great deal of experimentation, particularly throughout set one, which would end with a fantastic “Naive Melody.”
“Freeker by the Speaker” would open Set 2 to great cheers, a segment of “Pets” by Porno for Pyros found worked into the original tune deftly.
A subtle nod to Phish on their 40th anniversary was found in the form of “The Wedge” > “Stash” which segued cleanly into “Scarlet Begonias” and “Gatecrashers Suck,” one of Williams’ best known tunes for the autobiographical nature of the Grateful Dead’s ill-fated Deer Creek, IN run in 1995.
Whether you prefer Keller playing solo acoustic/looping as he did tonight, or with a unique project like Keller and the Keels, KellerGrass or More Than a Little, his shows are never one to miss when he rolls through. Catch him at Buffalo Iron Works on Saturday, December 9, part of NYS Music’s Jam for Tots series.
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