{"id":906,"date":"2011-10-28T20:00:25","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T20:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.71.127.204\/wordpress\/?p=906"},"modified":"2015-10-13T19:00:45","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T19:00:45","slug":"ginger-leighwendy-colonna-momos-austintx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/28\/ginger-leighwendy-colonna-momos-austintx\/","title":{"rendered":"Ginger Leigh\/Wendy Colonna – Momo’s – Austin,TX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Written by Eddie Ferantti <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 28, 2011 at 08:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Image\"It was billed as “A Night You Cannot Refuse” so Rose and I along with buds Ellen and James made the trek to Austin to catch Ginger Leigh and Wendy Colonna at Momo’s.\u00a0 What an excellent move that was!\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Mixing in GL’s birthday with Halloween weekend had the makings of a killer event and it delivered.\u00a0\u00a0 We’ve had the pleasure of following these two young ladies since we caught them in a song swap at ‘Almost Austin’ house concerts in Pasadena, Tx. 3+years ago.\u00a0\u00a0 However, NEVER had we seen these women do their thing with a full band behind them and we\u00a0were really anxious to see how different it was.<\/p>\n

First up was Ginger and she had a packed house right at 8pm.\u00a0 Sporting a Mafia themed steamy hot outfit including a kinky lookin’ hat\u00a0and a gold revolver in her belt, GL stormed the stage and never let up.<\/p>\n

She’s a stickler for perfection and after much ta due, the band kicked off the night with a super “Better Than Well”.\u00a0 Ginger jumped into the ‘Hit Woman’ take charge lady she is droppin’ F-bombs and grabbin’ the crowd by the throat and pullin’ them in.\u00a0 Next up a cat named Bling Johnson grabbed the mike and said he’s going to\u00a0tape “Time to Move On” for his “Let’s Get Famous” show on My Austin TV !\u00a0\u00a0 Leigh & Company smoked the song, but dude flubbed the recording and had them do it AGAIN.\u00a0 Second time was good, but not like the first version and I know we-and GL-would have preferred to do another tune, but oh well.<\/p>\n

“Come On Funny Feelin'” got the motor running again and Ginger stoked the crowd the way she can to sing along.\u00a0 \u00a0The killer seven piece band did a new one,”Turn Your Eyes On Me”, which made Ginger gush to the crowd “Y’all are amazing, just amazing.”<\/p>\n

\"Image\"Leigh claims to be on her website a world traveler, recording artist, song writer, and\u00a0musician.\u00a0 Toss in a stiff shot of Jameson and\u00a0what she does best on a\u00a0cover of Madonna’s “Hanky Panky” IS\u00a0professional entertainer!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The way she played the crowd with the kinky line’Hanky Panky-nuthin’ like a good spanky’ was awesome.\u00a0 Speaking of covers, the Italian diddy she pulled off “Un ‘Anno D’ Amore” (“A Year of Love”) was sultry and alluring.\u00a0 The tune was done in the 60’s by Italian pop star Mina, but I cannot beleive she did it any better than GL did it.<\/p>\n

Leigh exudes a raw sexiness along with a playful\u00a0cartoonish exterior all at the same time as a front woman to a solid band!\u00a0 Her confidence and swagger out front\u00a0oozes into you and makes you feel part of the gig.<\/p>\n

“Guilty’ was bad ass and the elongated “In These Shoes” was a theatrical bonanza featuring the bongo prowess of Marie Leal, the all night killer sax from Scott Solkofske, Stewart Cochran on keys, full bottom bass provided by Mark Williams, and drum work by Frank Favacho.<\/p>\n

My only nitpick of the night was the always\u00a0solid John Pointer on vocals and acoustic guitar seemed out of sorts a bit all night.\u00a0 Dude had monitor problems and never could be fully appreciated especially on guitar.\u00a0 Would of loved to see him stretch out on some electric, but ya can’t have it all.\u00a0 No complaints EVER when Ginger cranks out her standard good night song of “Charge Laughing”!\u00a0 Plus, she tossed in “I Got the Music In Me” which is a perfect fit for this woman.\u00a0 She has way more than the music in her and if you have not seen her, GO!<\/p>\n

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Following a super show like Leigh’s was a tall order, but Wendy “Super Bee” Colonna pulled it of wonderfully.\u00a0 As I approached the stage during her set up and barked “What it Bee??” Wendy’s face lit up!\u00a0\u00a0 Her bee costume fit her to a tee especially with the big bug eye glasses\u00a0and cracked me up\u00a0throughout her gig.<\/p>\n

\"Image\"Again it was fantastic to see this talented woman front a full 8 piece band for the first time.\u00a0 She was in a complete comfort zone prowling the stage and controlling the tight ensemble from the get go. “We Are One” cranked out and even in costme the sexiness of this smoky voiced lady shined thru.\u00a0 Wow and yikes were good expletives to describe the kick off and it rolled thru “The One That You’ve Been Waiting For”, “Is It True”, and “Shine”.<\/p>\n

Her bass player Michael Stevens was as animated as they come as he boogie woogied about behind the killer bee!\u00a0\u00a0 Chad “Charlie Manson” Pope shredded on guitar all night, Dave Madden (who followed this night with his own CD release) \u00a0kicked it on keys, Chris Trafton handled the drums, with Greg Williams sax, Paul Deemer trombone, and Mike Sailors on trumpet rounding out the super ensemble.<\/p>\n

I hate to\u00a0overuse the term swagger , but the raw emotion and huge lungs if you will were on display big time with Miss Colonna and the crowd dug it. “Pelican Waltz”, “Louisiana”, and “Forgive Me” were smooth as silk and I actually really liked it when WC had the horns step back and she got soulful and sexy tearing it loose!\u00a0 Wendy let it go on “Nothing Gonna Take My Love” where she stated not fear, not greed, not jealousy gonna deter her from her love!\u00a0 Cool.\u00a0 Ginger Leigh hopped on stage and I know they did a Beatles tune together , but the title escapes me due to havin’ too much fun!\u00a0\u00a0 It was neato to see these two buds sharin’ a mike the old fashioned way.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Image\"These two killer women have toured the world a lot and garnered many awards in the hotbed of music called Austin, Texas.\u00a0 To survive and make it there is no easy job to say the least.\u00a0 That being said there is a modern way to help these 2 keep on keepin’ on\u00a0. www.patronism.com\/gingerleigh<\/span><\/u><\/a> & www.patronism.com\/wendycolonna<\/span><\/u><\/a> is a way to get ALL the music these musicians generate and then some for a monthly donation.\u00a0 Please take the time to see if you can jump on board and help people who make our lives more fun by letting them receive a check in the mail and you get tons of music, both studio and live cuts!<\/p>\n

Austin is an escape from the rat race of Houston\u00a0for yours truly to go and be entertained for a weekend at a time.\u00a0\u00a0 I thank my lucky stars that I’m connected to music promotion in some fashion and if I can serve as a conduit to help somebody do better so be it.\u00a0\u00a0 Times are tough.\u00a0\u00a0 Please do what you can because I know I’d be lost without LIVE music in my life………..Off the soapbox and headin’ back out to see more of what I crave and that’s the “next” band!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Eddie Ferantti Oct 28, 2011 at 08:00 PM It was billed as “A Night You Cannot Refuse” so Rose and I along with buds Ellen and James made the trek to Austin to catch Ginger Leigh and Wendy Colonna at Momo’s.\u00a0 What an excellent move that was!\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Mixing in GL’s birthday with Halloween… <\/p>\n

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