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February 27, 2006
Bryan Rivers at the Majestic
We were back at the Majestic Restaurant in Titusville last weekend to hear an artist we’d never heard before: Bryan Rivers.
Bryan hails from Lakeland, Florida, and is an English teacher as well as a singer / songwriter. His education shows up in his insightful, and often witty lyrics.
Since he often performs cover tunes as well as his original material, his left-handed guitar playing and singing skills are finely honed and he puts himself across with confidence.
On this evening he only did a few covers, including a touching version of “Golden Slumbers” by the Beatles. Most of his two sets consisted of originals, featuring songs from his two CDs.
There were many highlights, including a song with lyrics made up entirely of oxymorons (“he was eating jumbo shrimp…”), and a song that details the trials of a Florida based cover-tune singer who is often asked to “play some Buffett.”
“Now Jimmy and I have an arrangement
And up ‘till now it’s worked just fine
I don’t play any of his songs
And he don’t play any of mine.”
- from “Escape from Margaritaville”
(My apologies to Bryan if I got any of the words wrong.)
The concert was put on by FM Odyssey (http://www.fmodyssey.com) and Musical Kottage (http://www.musicalkottage.com) so in additional to Bryan, several members of the Musical Kottage performed, including Asli Walker, Spike and Sandy, Sheryl Paige, Mary and Sue Perry, Austin Church, and the newest Musical Kottage member, Chris Kahl.
All in all, it was another great evening of live music. To me it always beats sitting and home and watching TV.
The food at the Majestic is quite tasty, too!
Check out Bryan’s web site: http://www.bryanrivers.com
Bryan Rivers
Posted by leon at February 27, 2006 03:55 PM