He was performing at Bogart's last night and my buddy Ben invited me. Really I was taking a risk with this one, cuz I heard of Van Hunt but was not familiar with his music. He was featured on MTV a few years ago when his song "Dust" came out. Really they need to give him more exposure, he can put on a great live show! It's hard for me to classify his style but its rock mixed with r&b, and soul. It just good live music. It's a good escape from the repeats on the radio, although they're infectiously catchy. infectiously, oooh a big word!
My groupie acting ass was hoopin and hollering the whole time and by buddy Ben couldn't stop dancing. But then again, he's a dancer. We had a good time and to top it off Van Hunt was signing autographs and taking pics after the set. That's how I got this one (thank you B!) and my buddy got his poster signed. Plus when I got my ticket signed, of course I had to spell out my name to him. And he pronounced it correctly on the first try! That made my night! I couldn't stop mentioning it to Ben the rest of the time afterwards. We were so hyped up for it to be a rainy night, it was practically wrong.
All I need to do now is go and cop his first album and catch up. His second one is out now too called "On the Jungle Floor". Go and take a listen to something new! Lil' Jon, T.I. and Bubba Sparxxx will be on the radio (again) tomorrow.
This shameless Van Hunt plug has been brought to you by yours truly at RT :)
Edit: Did I mention he's from Ohio??? It's true!
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