Back again at the wonderful Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, fellow B3SCI contributor Bruce Rave and I caught an intimate showcase featuring contemporary throwback, singer and producer, Willy Moon. The well traveled Moon has been all over the internet as of late and the buzz had grown leading up to the show.
Willy Moon’s band hit the stage and started playing “I’m Shakin by Jack White, which beckoned an enthused Willy to run onto the stage screaming. After nailing the opening set cover song, Willy immediately faced the audience, took a bow and said thank you, getting back in character was this polite gentlemen from overseas. However, the show itself was anything but polite. Ripping through his EP and single (oddly enough off of Jack White’s Third Man Records) “Railroad Track”, Willy was all over the stage, screaming and giving the audience a glimpse of what a rock show might have looked and felt like in the 50’s.
With a quick exit and re-entrance for a small encore, again the band cued Willy, this time playing “Yeah Yeah” as Willy ran onto the stage screaming. The single, most known for being in the Apple iPod Touch, Nano and Shuffle commercials, had the most room lit. That night, Willy Moon’s sound was as clean as the way he dressed, and Moon’s fusion of old school blues rock and modern backing tracks is something certainly worth taking note. In a large landscape of overproduced, chorus driven mediocrity, Willy Moon has found a way breath new life into something of the past.
Review by Brian Litwin
Photography by Russ Ramos
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