{"id":2551,"date":"2015-12-10T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/?p=2551"},"modified":"2016-01-05T22:09:21","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T22:09:21","slug":"the-mastersons-mucky-duck-houston-tx-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2015\/12\/10\/the-mastersons-mucky-duck-houston-tx-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mastersons – Mucky Duck – Houston, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"121015-mastersons1\"<\/a>Written by Eddie Ferranti<\/p>\n

Husband and wife duos can be a tricky proposition sometimes in the competitive world of singer\/songwriters. One such pair, Chris Masterson and his wife, Eleanor Whitmore, who make up The Mastersons, are definitely a major winner. Steve Earle sure thinks so. He just had them tour with him for eight months giving them opening act rights to boot!<\/p>\n

The two of them are so in sync belting out their brand of alt-country that it is a pleasure to see. CM ditched his jet black hair and looked striking with white hair opposite the sexy presence of his red haired mate. \u201cNobody Knows\u201d kicked the gig off from their latest album \u201cGood Luck Charm\u201d and featured good harp play.<\/p>\n

\u201cUniform\u201d followed and the harmonies were just stunning and this tune stayed with me all the next day! \u201cCloser to You\u201d showed a bonding gaze into each other\u2019s eyes as they faced off to jam effectively and proceeded to all night. EW has a quirky trait of chewing gum the whole time she performs to lubricate her vocal cords. She apologized saying that she hoped she did not look like she was \u201cchewing her cud\u201d throughout the evening.\u00a0 Classic.<\/p>\n

Whatever she needed to keep that angelic voice of hers raging as she tore it up on fiddle with the likes of \u201cSo Long Sidewalk\u201d about touring while a winter storm hit in the northeast and a beauty about today\u2019s idiotic society keeping their mugs buried in their cell phones fooling themselves called \u201cCautionary Tale\u201d.\u00a0 A handful of songs in and this pair sounded like a lot more than two performers on stage gaining momentum like a snowball down a ski slope.<\/p>\n

Masterson and Whitmore, both Texan born calling Austin home, enjoyed successful careers as supporting musicians\u00a0 before marrying each other in 2009.\u00a0 On stage EW is the serious one and CM is the jokester if you will firing off one liners from all over the board like \u201cNever piss off a redhead\u201d. But the proof in the pudding is their vocal talents that showed outstanding strength on \u201cHighway One\u201d! Bonus tracks for the evening\u2019s gig were new ones with to be named titles \u201cDon\u2019t Want to Fight With Anybody But You\u201d, \u201cCome Sit With Me on the Fire Escape\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t Tell Me to Smile\u201d all pinpointing real life going\u2019s on in a relationship.<\/p>\n

Both of them can flat out shred on acoustic guitar and it made this reviewer long to see Masterson on electric in the future. EW\u2019s easy motion on fiddle action was priceless indeed. The responsive crowd beckoned for\u00a0 requests and got them with killer \u201cAnywhere But Here\u201d, stellar jammin\u2019 on \u201cGood Luck Charm\u201d and fitting closer of \u201cHold My Hand\u201d.\u00a0 This act has garnered critical acclaim and can really put on a professional show that deserves way more attention and attendance. This was our third time to witness them and for sure there will be multiple more whenever they are in striking distance for HMR\u2026Make an effort to see LIVE music please!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Eddie Ferranti Husband and wife duos can be a tricky proposition sometimes in the competitive world of singer\/songwriters. One such pair, Chris Masterson and his wife, Eleanor Whitmore, who make up The Mastersons, are definitely a major winner. Steve Earle sure thinks so. He just had them tour with him for eight months… <\/p>\n

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