"Overnight YouTube phenom" may be the most common description of Topeka-based guitar wiz Andy McKee, but the more telling summation would be "freak of nature who makes Eric Clapton look like Gavin Rossdale." McKee's percussive tapping technique has drawn ballpark comparisons to Michael Hedges and John Fahey, but his flailing-arms presentation looks completely different (perhaps the reason YouTube was so valuable to his burgeoning career). Beneath the virtuoso veneer, McKee is a reformed metalhead who isn't immune to a goofy-yet lovely-cover of Toto's "Africa." He joins his idol Don Ross tonight at the Lawrence Community Theater to perform selections from the duo's recent collaboration "The Thing That Came from Somewhere."Tickets are $20 and are available at Mass. Street Music, online at www.massstreetmusic.com, by phone (800-747-9980), and at the store. Credit card and web orders - add $1.50/ticket service fee.
Comments
Lawrence.com does not necessarily agree with comments posted below - responsibility lies with the relevant user alone. Read our full policy.