Mar
22
Victor Wooten and J.D. Blair at the Birchmere
There hasn’t been much written about the Birchmere on here lately, but that is changing today. Victor Wooten and JD Blair are playing together at the Birchmere on Monday, March 23 (playing together again Tuesday the 24th at Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis, MD). Victor Wooten is a bass playing monster and JD Blair has one of the solidest drum grooves on the planet. A couple years ago, I was fortunate enough to catch these guys at rehearsal before they went on tour as the Victor Wooten Band; these guys are solid. If I wasn’t busy both night, I’d be there front and center. Not sure if they are on tour as a duet or just billing it as their band together.
For those of you unfamiliar with JD Blair, he is a session drummer best known as the touring drummer with Shania Twain. This guy’s groove is so solid, I watched him play a slow groove, without a metronome, only playing a couple notes per measure and he sounded like a machine on it. Not a machine in a bad way, but a machine with feeling. Anyway, him and Victor Wooten playing together should be incredible. The March 23rd Birchmere show starts at 7:30pm, tickets are $35. The March 24th Rams Head Tavern show starts at 7:00pm, tickets are $49.50.