Cameraless and less than 20 feet from the lead signer of Citizen Cope, how embarrassing. Once I got over not having my tourist appendage and the fact that a sweaty middle age drunk woman kept touching me with her gross sweaty skin, I thoroughly enjoyed a fantastic concert performance.
This past Friday we were lucky enough to catch Citizen Cope playing at the rather "intimate", seat-less, Marquee in Tempe. Sure the lead singer came out looking as high as a kite, but hell, why not? Pretty sure if I could perform as well as they could, and have a hell of a time doing it, I would too. Cope and his band were just as talented at the pinnacle of their high as they were at the close of their concert, about an hour and a half later.
After the group performance Cope followed up with a multi-song encore with just an acoustic guitar and his soulful voice. After about 3 solo songs he was again joined by the remainder of his group for an additional 3 songs, finishing the night with a fantastic, slightly rasta, performance of Radio Head's Karma Police. Damn fine show by a damn fine group.
Never heard of Citizen Cope... for shame. Do yourself a favor and check them out, their music is awesome. We first saw them perform as an opening act at BB King's Blues club as a warm up for BB King and shockingly talented blues guitarist, John Mayer.
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