About Last Night...

An exercise in risk taking really. Despite starting with the position that Rockabye might just be the most annoying song ever written in a pansy-ass sensitive singer-songwriter/tortured soul kind of way, I embraced the gods of chance and went to see Shawn Mullins at Johnny D's in Somerville last night. All I had to lose was the minimal cover. Hedged my bets slightly, afterall I have tremendous faith in Johnny D's booking staff, I love how intimate the venue is, and I had a feeling that he might be a great live act.

A risk that paid off in spades~

It was a thoroughly enjoyable show. He puts his heart out there and is very down-to-earth. A very talented musician and consummate performer. Somewhere between the first time he opened his mouth and hearing his amusing interludes giving us insight behind his songwriting process and adventures on the road, I was enraptured. The highlight of the show, besides simply hearing him talk, was an inspired cover of House of the Rising Sun. From last night on when I hear Rockabye I will no longer hear a narcissitic and masochisitic artist who thinks too much, but the heartbroken musings of a southern man who knows what he's talking about.

Don't just take my word for it, check it out yourself here.