Squeeze booked a few SoCal shows as a prelude to their Coachella gigs. While waiting for the concert to begin, I met some brits that are following the band from England. Not just ex-pats, these people traveled to see the band.
Wow, what a great show. They had plenty of feel-good tunes taking the crowd back 2 decades.
Steve Poltz was the opening act. I hadn’t seen him until now. Steve is a local artist best known for working with Jewell, writing some of her biggest hits. Steve is quite the accomplished guitarist. One of his final numbers was done only with a sound record/synthesizer. Steve laid down several vocals, creating a background rhythm while working the voice synthesizer. Once the tracks were finished, he sang a hokey song (don't even remember what about!) while funky dancing and the background rhythms running. I wanna go to Steve’s house for a party!
And at the final song, Steve thanked the Belly Up for having him play. Only we were at the House of Blues. Ha-ha.
