VINTAGE TROUBLE AT CAMDEN BARFLY
London - 12th February 2011
After already interviewing the band earlier in the day,
Sonic Shocks are stoked to see Vintage Trouble live tonight at the Camden Barfly, and
boy, did they not disappoint!
Their energy, passion, and relationship with the audience is
special: something I personally don’t think I’ve ever seen before. Flying about
the stage, frontman Ty Taylor dances and shakes his hips, driving the crowd wild
in a way we haven’t seen since the likes of Elvis Presley. The atmosphere is electric.
People of all ages are having the night of their lives, and certainly won’t
forget it anytime soon.
As I look to the other photographers working this evening,
we look at each other as only one word is needed to describe what is unfolding
in front of us - “wow”. Rick Barrio Dill owns the room with his skills on the
bass as we are taken on a musical rollercoaster (although there are certainly
no dips in this ride!) back to a sound which I truly believe is one of the
greatest musical eras in history. We hear the stories behind the songs; Nancy
Lee – a song dedicated to Ty’s mother, and witness the unconditional love
this quartet have for their music and the emotion they put into every note they
play (Gracefully). Nalle Colt is a force to be reckoned with as the talented
axe man of the group. With such style, Colt can easily be ranked alongside the
greats guitarists of the rock n roll world: Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Bo
Diddley…
Watching the show through my camera lens, I feel out of
breath at the end of each song as I witness this tour-de-force on stage and the
way they bewitch their audience. The gifted Richard Danielson plays the drums
as if he was born with drumsticks already in his hands. Such style, straight
from his soul that the beat flows straight from the drums to our hearts, which
is exactly where Vintage Trouble will forever remain.
Despite only being together for an incredible 10 months,
Vintage Trouble have not only brought real music back into the 21st
century, but they’ve also brought back the carefree attitude audiences had
towards music. Not one person stood still in the venue that night. People
danced the night away with strangers standing next to them, united as a whole
for a love of this great sound.
In the space of one week, VT have caused their own version
of Beatles Mania in the UK. Will they become as colossal as the famous four? I
hope so. It’s about time the world was woken up from its over-produced music
induced coma that bombards the airwaves today, and if there’s any band that has
the power to do that, it’s these guys. Nevermind the sky: the universe’s the
limit for Vintage Trouble.
Review and photos by Cayleigh Shepherd
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