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Clark and Ellis at the Wine Sellar
One-time American Idol-hopeful James Ethan Clark and Jeremy Ellis did a gig at The City Wine Sellar to a sold-out crowd on Friday, May 15. It was easy to see why it was packed after hearing them play - they were tight and knew how to work the crowd. Of course, Ricky Braddy being in the crowd might have been somewhat responsible for the packed house, but not completely. Clark played keyboards AND guitar and sang with an amazingly smooth and well-controlled voice. Ellis played drums and not only had impeccable timekeeping but also had a lot of good chops. They did some covers by Jason Mraz, The Beatles and even Alicia Keye’s version of the Stone’s Wild Horses. Clark also sang some amazingly versatile originals, as well. Very radio friendly, poppy rock tunes. The highlight of the evening was the guys’ rendition of John Mayer’s “Why, Georgia,” getting the crowd to interact by clapping along, doing an extended version of the song complete with drum solo courtesy of Ellis. I didn’t even miss the fact that there was no bass player - they kept me entertained the whole time. I look forward to seeing Clark, hopefully with Ellis and maybe some other band members, playing around the Albemarle area. I know they’ll be at the Potato Festival on the 16th. Check out Clark on MySpace and hear some of his original tunes.
http://www.myspace.com/jamesethan
Comments
By loving it
May 20, 2009 7:39 PM | Link to this
those two young men are excellent musicians. E City should be proud of them.
By Wes
May 20, 2009 11:12 PM | Link to this
It was the first time I had seen the duo. Those guys really showed up. I really wouldn’t be surprised if either one of them ended up famous! Five stars!!!!