Photo Credit: Jalopy
01.12.10 -- Luke Sundquist, co-guitarist and singer of the acoustic rock-Americana band Jalopy, put on a very solid solo concert for a Tuesday night at Room 5 Lounge. The audience sat with what seemed like a room of unblinking spectators holding domestic brew, sipping merlot, downing Jack N’ Cokes, listening to the sounds of “Breakin Down My Mind” and a tasty new jam, “All I Need Now”.
The songs “When You Can’t Find Love” and “Days That Disappear” sent me reminiscing about a familiar sadness while being in love or finding it. “Right Where You Begin” lured the audience into a vulnerable and honest outlook on love, giving the audience some ear cuddling hope “where even losers win”. Luke dedicated the song “My Love” to a friend in the audience who had Luke sing it at his wedding. The glow radiating from each of the glass kaleidoscope candles was helping everyone get a little gushy and sentimental. Like if someone was to take a picture and blurred its edges with Room 5’s familiar warm wood feel and rich red furnishings.
To balance all this sentiment we were led into the more laid back and catchy tone of my favorite song, “Calihustle”. The feel of the song sent me into a memory of Jack Kerouac’s novel “On The Road” and uplifted the room into a more playful turn of events. Three cover songs were played – Lyle Lovett’s “If I Had A Boat”, Jamey Johnson’s “In Color”, and Ray LaMontagne’s “Jolene”. Luke introduced Lovett’s “If I Had A Boat” as a “cowboy song” and dedicated “Jolene” to “the sound man and the bartenders”. How graciously Ryan Adams (circa Whiskeytown) of him.
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