{"id":556,"date":"2013-05-02T19:00:29","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T19:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.71.127.204\/wordpress\/?p=556"},"modified":"2015-10-08T18:32:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T18:32:24","slug":"hadden-sayers-w-john-egan-discovery-green-houston-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/02\/hadden-sayers-w-john-egan-discovery-green-houston-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Hadden Sayers w\/ John Egan – Discovery Green – Houston, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Written by James Killen <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 02, 2013 at 07:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Image\"We made it out for the first Thursday night Discovery Green free concert of the year featuring the Hadden Sayers Band with John Egan opening the show. Attendance was a little sparse for such a great opportunity to see a couple of Houston\u2019s native sons that really rock the blues. The weather reports probably shunted off a lot of folks that had intended to attend, but the evening turned out to be a great place to show off your windbreaker jacket and dance like the music intended you to.<\/p>\n

John Egan started the show all by his lonesome with his amplified steel resonator and a stomp box. He kicked it off with John Lee Hooker Style vocals on a song about meeting Jesus on Sunset Blvd (which happens more often than you might think, Google it). Egan continued wooing the small audience with Houston bluesman Lightning Hopkins\u2019 song \u201cMojo Hand\u201d.<\/p>\n

The sound is amazing on the \u201cGreen\u201d to have music put out by one man reach every corner of the listening area with the stomp box beat. John continued his blues show with a signature performance of \u201cJohn the Revelator\u201d and Dylan\u2019s \u201cMaggie\u2019s Farm\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Image\"The last song of John\u2019s performance included the line \u201cLike a feather from an angel\u2019s wing, looking for a place to fall\u201d and if anyone knows more about that tune, please let me know, because it was drop-dead gorgeous. John Egan seems to be spending his Monday nights at the Big Easy for the next few weeks anyway and I\u2019ll be getting by there for a Monday show, soon, my own self.<\/p>\n

Hadden Sayers took the stage with his four piece band and raised the stakes from the impressive solo performance by Egan to a full on blues band sound. He started the set with the double entendre \u201cDon\u2019t Take Your Love (Out on Me)\u201d from his newest recording, \u201cRolling Soul\u201d. Sayers grew up in Texas and went to school here, but moved to Ohio a few years ago, when his wife got a lucrative position with a company there. His current band was formed in Ohio, but the Gulf Coast Blues sound still has a prominent position in his repertoire.<\/p>\n

Sayers reaffirmed his Texas citizenship with tunes like \u201cTake Me Back to Texas\u201d. He played \u201cDown and Out of my Mind\u201d from his live performance recording at the old Satellite Lounge. Sayers took us through a Winwood-like meandering jazz\/blues fusion journey on \u201cTripping Down to Mexico\u201d that featured a flute solo by bassist Mark Frye and an amazing piano solo by Dangerous Dave DeWitt.<\/p>\n

\"Image\"Hadden moved on through the philosophical \u201cWant What You Have\u201d to perform the Ruthie Foster standard, \u201cLay Down Your Worries\u201d. When Sayers is not touring or recording with his own band, he is the lead guitar player for Texas treasure, Ruthie Foster.<\/p>\n

The band went on, covering Sam Cooke\u2019s \u201cWonderful World\u201d and pushing a smooth blues progression out on \u201cI\u2019m going Back to the Blues\u201d. The evening ended with the band playing the folksy \u201cSweet Texas Girls\u201d leading into \u201cHippie Getaway\u201d.<\/p>\n

Hadden Sayers has put together an amazing blues performance band. He, himself, reminds me often of Peter Green and just as often of Lowell George. For the most part, though, he reminds me of Hadden Sayers. Get out and see some live music. Every night that you miss, is a little bit of history that has slipped away.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by James Killen May 02, 2013 at 07:00 PM We made it out for the first Thursday night Discovery Green free concert of the year featuring the Hadden Sayers Band with John Egan opening the show. Attendance was a little sparse for such a great opportunity to see a couple of Houston\u2019s native sons… <\/p>\n

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