Fly My Pretties
24 July 2006I just got home from seeing Fly My Pretties at The Opera House in Wellington. I have never heard of them, nor any of the people in the collaboration, as apparently they’ve all popped up on the scene over the past years I’ve been overseas. I was offered a ticket with a friend but almost didn’t go. I’m glad I did.
What can I say aside from wow? It was one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to.
I had no expectations before going, and it just happened that it was a collaboration of my favourites types of music: dub/reggae, folk, a bit of rock, some classical-esque piano, and a bit of jazz/R&B. It sounds like a complete mix-up, and it was. From NZmusic.com:
Fly My Pretties first entered our hearts and minds in 2004, with the idea from The Black Seeds front-man Barnaby Weir and co-conspirator Mikee Tucker, to assemble a talented and exciting group of Wellington-based musicians for a one-off project. The objective: To meet, exchange ideas, and then perform and record the results in front of a live audience.
There were a few stand out characters for me: Age Pryor, who is one of the most amazing folk songwriters I have ever heard; Ryan Prebble, who made me feel like I was having some sort of sordid religious experience and also played a saw; Adi Dick, who plays super funky dub; and Hollie Smith, who in my opinion is simply a brilliant singer and musician.
Sadly this was their last collaborations for at least the next year. I look forward being at the next one. In the meantime, I will happy myself with the multiple CDs I bought after the concert.
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I really enjoyed the black seeds when I stayed in Wellington in 2001/2 they are obviously talented and it’s good to hear that some of their members are continuing to branch out and work with other musicians coming up with good stuff. I saw Lily Allen on monday and she was really good. Good pop
You were one of my weekly neighbors on last.fm and I had to click through when I saw you were listening to Age Pryor. Then I saw you had been listening to Ryan Prebble, as well. I wondered if you were one of the lucky ones to go see FMP recently, and when I clicked through to your blog, I saw I was right. Then I was overcome with envy. :)