I Have Seen The Future of Indie Lap Steel Guitar...

...and its name is The Last Town Chorus. Had my indoctrination into the church of TLTC last night when the group - i.e. singer/lap steel player Megan Hickey and friends - kicked off a weekly residency at Mo Pitkins.


Yowza! Though she admitted at the top of the set that her 65 year-old lap steel can be a bit finicky, you wouldn’t know by the incredible sounds she coaxed from it. At times her playing recalled Syd Barret’s slicing, zippo lighter guitar excursions on ‘Piper at the Gates of Dawn’; at others it sounded as expansive as a Sonic Youth sound collage. And it all served as a brilliant foil to Megan’s delicate, yearning voice.

We ran into Shore Fire client Libby Johnson (that's her below) just before Megan's set, and shared selections from Mo's food-coma-inducing menu (try the deep fried mac & cheese!) with Paste Magazine's, Reid Davis and Nate Douglas, and freelance friends Meredith Ochs, Steve Dollar and Kristina Feliciano.


The Last Town Chorus plays Mo Pitkins every Wednesday this month: Nov 15, 22 and 29. Come on down and be transported.