Ryan Bingham, excellent, one to watch.
by GWPhoto on 10/13/09Mercury Lounge - New YorkRyan Bingham and his band were a true pleasure to watch and hear. I called both my sons, both musicians, in Philadelphia immediately after we left the show and impressed upon them how much I felt that they must not miss him there. In addition to really knowing their music all the musicians played extremely well together and when there was a problem with the keyboards no-one was put out in the least switching to other instruments and numbers given the crew time to deal with the problem, they did! The lyrics, in and of themselves pretty dashed good, were delivered with a little bit of cynicism, a lot of passion, and a voice that at times had a little of Tom Waits in it and a whole lot of Woodie Guthrie's passion. Great show.