This was a sort of "Storytellers" performance where Tramp would tell stories related to the songs he was about to play. Unsurprisingly, given the stripped down nature of his night of acoustic music, there was nothing on stage to detract from Tramp, his guitar and the microphone. It was a fantastically well done song and those last three songs made me want to go out and investigate the rest of his music. Before launching into the song, Dunbar talked about the Station nightclub fire and friends that he lost from it. But the standout for me was the song "Memories Never Fade". The songs "Good Times" and set closing "Let It Play" were darn good numbers. However, happily enough, the last half of the set went about converting my opinion. Even his cover of the GUNS 'N ROSES song "Used To Love Her" didn't strike an emotional chord with me. In his brief six song set, the first half just left me a little cold in all honesty. The singer was accompanied by two guitarists and initially I wasn't all that taken with the music. Next up was Boston based musician Scotty Dunbar. "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" (Journey).And I really enjoyed the guitar playing from Maher. It was really interesting to watch both performers in a calmer setting than I've seen them previously. However, that didn't take away from DOKKEN's "Breaking The Chains" and the KISS song "Strutter" being incredible bright spots of a well received set. Golarz's voice was a little rough in spots, due in part I was told to having sung a lot of shows in short order. On this night it was just them and they ran through a set of covers that had the audience singing along at various points. I knew them from the local cover band SAN DIMAS that my friend Roger plays drums in. Opening the show was the duo of singer Mike Golarz and guitarist Roy Maher. Once Tramp had left the store, I made my own purchases, grabbed dinner and then settled in to get ready for a night of acoustic rock and roll. I thought about saying hi, but another customer told me Tramp had said he was doing a meet and greet after his concert, so I just stayed out of the way and listened to the conversation. He was talking to my friend Roger about Billy Squier and other musical topics. I was going there to pick up some music I wanted to get my hands on, but when I walked in there was Mike Tramp as he was wrapping up his own purchase. As it turned out, that was a good decision on my part. Striking out solo to see Mike Tramp perform, I planned to make a night of it with dinner and stop by my friend's record shop, Purchase Street Records, before the show started. Welcome to the LOUDEST DOT COM ON THE PLANET!Īt The Vault Music Hall & Pub March 19th, 2019 KNAC.COM - Reviews - MIKE TRAMP In New Bedford, MA
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