In response to Gregarious' post about meeting Eric Hutchinson, I needed to post my own thoughts on the Hutch. If you have a chance to see this man then buy tickets and see him as you won't be dissapointed. He makes great music, he's incredibly entertaining to watch, he's witty, he's very interactive with the crowd and he's got a great band playing with him. His drummer is just plain cool and I would put his bass player's technical skills up there with Juan Nelson (hard to beat Juan's artistic creativity nature though), Ben Harpers bass player. Truly a great band to see live. There were only about 60 people there, 30 of them up front, which allowed us to be free to explore the space, but their showmanship didn't decline at all...they basically played as if there were 1000 people there.
A note on Hutch's liveness. I first heard Hutch, thanks to Greg, on his cd: "Before I Sold Out" which is a live album. It's a great place to start because I think his live stuff is better than his studio stuff. His studio albums have incorporated some good rhythms, give it an extra "umph" and "Sounds Like This" is great, but there is nothing that beats the Hutch's live voice and live quips. It was kind of like Dave Matthews back in the day of "Remember Two Things" when they couldn't match their live greatness with a studio album like "Under the Table and Dreaming". Don't get me wrong, his studio albums are very very good, but it's hard to top someone who has such raw talent that is not tweaked by a sound engineer. The soul of his voice just comes across more when heard live or heard on a live album.
Anyways, the Hutch is great to see live because he's a natural talent and very entertaining. I would suggest first starting at "Before I Sold Out" and then moving onto "Sounds Like This". If you missed the videos about the Hutch performing Justin Timberlake or George Michael, give them a watch and that'll give you a good idea of his liveness. By the way, he performed "It Hasn't Been Long Enough" as Cher would have done it in the early 90's. Go see his show.
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