{"id":626,"date":"2013-02-08T20:00:07","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T20:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.71.127.204\/wordpress\/?p=626"},"modified":"2015-10-13T15:04:29","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T15:04:29","slug":"wendy-colonna-bruno-deneckere-and-the-lazybones-anderson-fair-houston-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/08\/wendy-colonna-bruno-deneckere-and-the-lazybones-anderson-fair-houston-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendy Colonna, Bruno Deneckere and the Lazybones – Anderson Fair – Houston, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Written by James Killen <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 08, 2013 at 08:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Image\"Eddie Ferranti and I were talking back and forth the day before Wendy Colonna\u2019s Anderson Fair Show about how we had just covered one of her gigs back in September and how nice it would be just to kick back and listen to some great tunes, no photos and no notes. By the fourth number of the night, we could tell that was not to be. I turned and saw Eddie pulling his camera from its bag and looked down to find my pen and pad in hand. What was happening on stage was so different from Wendy\u2019s solo gig and too great not to share.<\/p>\n

The show had started a little late because Tom De Poorter and Jeffery Thielens (the Lazybones) were late arriving from Belgium due to a lightning strike on an airplane. (The strike occurred prior to Tom and Jeffery boarding the plane, so we can assume that they were not the targets.) They had been stuck in airports and on planes for over twenty four hours, changed from the original plans to meet Wendy in Austin, jumping off at GHW Bush airport in Houston and rushing straight to the gig, no rest, no rehearsal. They mounted the stage with Wendy to kick off the gig like troopers. Actually they were more like professional musicians than troopers. Troopers would have just drug themselves through the performance, while Tom and Jeffery were building that momentum of enthusiasm behind Wendy during the first couple of songs that makes for a good show.<\/p>\n

For the third song, Wendy and the Bones were joined on stage by Bruno Deneckere, a singer-songwriter in his own right from Belgium, who had had the good fortune to arrive in Austin the previous day. Bruno began his musical career in the mid-eighties, fronting the band, \u201cPink Flowers\u201d and started what has become a fruitful solo career in the late nineties with four English language CD\u2019s currently available on the market. He blends a country-western and folk style that, in my opinion, fits well with the music genres currently popular in Texas. He writes well composed English lyrics for someone that I would assume English is a second language for, and better than many who claim English as their first and only language (give \u201cAchy-Breaky Heart\u201d one more listen for an extreme example).<\/p>\n

Although the first three songs are probably not lost for posterity, you won\u2019t find them here, as I was not anticipating the chemistry that was taking shape during the fourth number, Bruno\u2019s \u201cSomeday\u201d, that summoned Eddie\u2019s camera and my pad and pen from their resting places. The lyrics reminded me of some of Randy Weeks\u2019 work and Jeffery\u2019s harmonica and Tom\u2019s eerie guitar licks were adding that extra dimension that got our attention.<\/p>\n

The show continued in a somewhat song swap format, with Wendy doing \u201cYesterday Blues\u201d, a little old style yodeling number with a rocking harp background. Wendy continued with the requested \u201cRight Where I Belong\u201d backed by Tom\u2019s \u201cclear as a bell\u201d hollow body leads. Despite her apologies for allergy induced voice issues, she delivered the lyrics with flourish and appropriately emoted facial expressions. She sounded great. Bruno took the next one delivering a great version of \u201cI\u2019m the Captain of My Ship\u201d. Next up was a new Wendy tune (she\u2019s been writing a lot here in the last month or so, get ready world) called \u201cTexas Summer Love\u201d. In that song she stretched out the word \u201cbittersweet\u201d with the line \u201cSometimes you just grow bitter, reaching high for something sweet\u201d, bringing it all home.
\nThen it was back to Bruno with a rousing bluesy-folk song \u201cGo Down to the Delta Tonight\u201d. Tim Leatherwood cavalierly delivered Wendy a glass of wine, setting the Belgian contingent into an immediate call for beers, in the grandest Belgian tradition. Harp blower, Jeffery Theilens claimed that he could smell the beer in the vicinity even checking the mikes for tell-tale traces of hops and barley scent, revealing himself as the comedian in the house. With one more Wendy number, \u201cHurricane\u201d complete with spooky De Poorter lead, the band broke for intermission and the well-deserved beering of Bruno and the Bones.<\/p>\n

The second set continued with a mix of Wendy\u2019s old and new compositions, including several requests, and Bruno\u2019s \u201cnew-to-us\u201d musical musings. Wendy\u2019s \u201cMissed You For Coffee, Today\u201d featured De Poorter\u2019s jazzy leads sounding like rain drops in the background. \u201cYour Parade\u201d (dedicated by Wendy to all of the \u201cPeter Pans\u201d of the world) was supported by the enthusiastic harmonica of Jeffery Thielens.\u00a0 Her new composition \u201cCome on in the Water\u2019s Fine (?)\u201d featured her new electric ukulele. Wendy held on to the \u201cuke\u201d to back up Bruno\u2019s \u201cThe Real Thing\u201d (don\u2019t settle for less).<\/p>\n

Bruno\u2019s \u201cShe Gets Along With You\u201d was ending with an emotional harmonica exit that was punctuated by a mysterious (but appropriate) train whistle. It elicited that spooky feeling that makes you laugh. Bruno and Wendy collaborated on the Townes song, \u201cThrough Them Hills and Gone\u201d in a beautifully seductive performance that just pulled you beneath the waves. They continued with the Deneckre, county-folk \u201cCrescent of the Moon\u201d with butt-kicking harmonica and country rocking lead guitar riffs from the Lazybones.<\/p>\n

Wendy followed up with the requested \u201cLouisiana\u201d. Moving toward the end of the set, Bruno started off the lyrically rich \u201cWalking on Water\u201d again getting that acoustic chord symbiosis with Wendy, supported by the Lazybones\u2019 depth, that had gotten our attention on \u201cSomeday\u201d. They tried to exit the stage after Wendy\u2019 \u201cNothing Gonna Take My Love From Me\u201d featuring solos all around.<\/p>\n

As tired as the band must have been, they were guilted in to performing a three song encore, but the audience didn\u2019t get off scot free. We were asked to provide the finger snapping rhythm for \u201cForgive Me\u201d, trained to provide the \u201cnose horn\u201d solo for \u201cLazybones\u201d and were guilted ourselves into carrying the chorus on Bruno\u2019s \u201cI can\u2019t Keep Myself Satisfied\u201d.<\/p>\n

Friday night was the first night of a three week tour that Bruno Deneckere, Tom De Poorter and Jeffery Thielens will be accompanying Wendy Colonna on. If the tour shows up at a venue near you, do yourself a favor and check it out.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by James Killen Feb 08, 2013 at 08:00 PM Eddie Ferranti and I were talking back and forth the day before Wendy Colonna\u2019s Anderson Fair Show about how we had just covered one of her gigs back in September and how nice it would be just to kick back and listen to some great… <\/p>\n

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