The Slice was packed, Thursday, Nov. 10 for Skinny Dyck’s Cd release party for his new album “Palace Waiting.”
But first the audience got a strong dose of soul and R and B with a touch of funk from Aladean Kheroufi.
I caught most of his set. Backed by a tight band, Kheroufi bared his soul with velvety vocals and a whole lot of groove.
Skinny Dyck stepped up from behind his steel guitar to take centre stage for the beginning of his set. He’s usually found in the background playing with a lot of local country acts, but got to show his own, original country music style.
He had his steel guitar set up but plucked his Telecaster and concentrated on singing lead vocals for first the part of the set that I saw.
It was pretty much the new EP “Palace Waiting” in order, beginning with “Hey Who’s Counting,” followed by “Jackson Hole” and the highlight “TV Blue.”
Skinny Dyck, backed by a crack band including drummer Clayton Smith, sang heartfelt, laid back vocals with plenty of twang.
“Jackson Hole” and “TV Blue” were immediate highlights of what he was setting up to be a pretty mellow evening of country music.
—By Richard Amery, L.A. beat Editor
