Saturday, October 23, 2004

I'm a little late in writing about the BQs, who I saw Thursday night at Kings. BQ is Brian Quast, a multi-instrumentalist who has been in several local bands, including The Cherry Valence and Regraped. The band also includes former Polvo guitarist Ash Bowie on bass and Erik Sugg, formerly of Dragstrip Syndicate, on guitar.

When I've seen them before, the band just didn't do that much for me, so I hadn't gone out of my way to see them in a while. They were just straighforward, but not particularly memorable, pop. I don't know what happened, but now they've got a really cool Humble Pie vibe. Erik is one of those naturally gifted guitarists who can come up with an awesome riff seemingly off the top of his head. Some of that musicianship must have rubbed off on Brian, who has gone from being pretty good to damn good. But I still think Ash -- one of the most inventive guitarists ever to emerge from this area -- is being underutilized.

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