Dave Lang and the Twin Otters put on a happy sounding show of jazz music at the Owl Acoustic Lounge, June 13
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The Victoria trio including Dave Lang on guitar and lead vocals was backed by a clarinet player Jeff Poynter and stand up bassist Alex Rempel.
While not officially a jazz festival show, they definitely had the spirit. There is just something about that clarinet that makes you smile. And Rempel’s bass was in the toe-tapping pocket.
While they were trying to play over a loudly chattering crowd of about 25 people, there was a lot of applause after each song.
He looked like Dan Frechette, but their music sounded a trimmed down Plaid Tongued Devils mixed with Geoff Berner and the cantina scene from Star Wars.
They were a lot of fun and their songs had a wicked sense of humour.They even played a couple of Geoff Berner songs including Maginot Line,” and another slower song.
They played a song they wrote in Swift Current, which was a catchy highlight with the chorus “ I’m Just Hanging Around With You.”
They played a Hoagy Carmichael song with a long instrumental intro then played another cool on about trying to sell property in Prince Edward Island.
— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
