THE Dubber

     I think I vaguely recall an issue of The Free Times with THE Dubber on the front.  This may have been ground breaking but then again Columbia's Free Weekly has never been my music guide.  This past spring I was indeed flipping through the publication to find something to do and came across a walking tour of  Main Street.  I had recently heard about Columbia Alternacirque but missed their performance at the Riverwalk Amphitheater in West Columbia, so as one can imagine I was stoked to see fire breathers, that I did not know existed here.

     My sweetness and I happened to wonder into The Free Times physical address and there sat THE Dubber.  At first I was thinking, yeah this is The Free Times so this is going to be some of that artsy fartsy stuff they refer to as ROCK music.  But then he started playing.    I'm not sure what to classify it as, other than it rocks.  It may not be ROCK music, but he does something that all of my favorite musicians would appreciate.  It has feeling, it has a beat.  It isn't something I envision hearing at a coffee shop.  It doesn't make me want to fall to sleep.  “Orginal Rockstar Baby!”, just has this little hop.  

            Friday night, THE Dubber, along with some special friends, played Conundrum Music Hall.  It is this cool little place that looks like it belongs in West Columbia, complete with a little side patio with odds and ends chairs and hanging flower plants (it used to be a flower shop).  The inside is like a clean concert hall with seating.  The crowd consisted of mostly middle aged adults, so I decided to sit in the front row.  To make me feel a little bit more uncomfortable, it occurred to me that I was probably sitting where the lady with the SC Philharmonic should have been so she could have easy access to the stage.  She was there to play violin on stage with THE Dubber, which in itself is a cool story, that I am glad I witnessed for the first time. 

            Since I was so close to the stage, I decided to think like Sharon Osbourne.  The first dude needs to become more comfortable with himself on stage and stop chewing gum while singing.  I am definitely a new fan of Brodie Porterfield.  Along with technical difficulties, which actually made the performance more entertaining, he pulls the bearded look off quite well.  He also should have been nervous because I was awkwardly sitting front and center across the way from THE Dubber.  Actually I felt like I was at a wedding, yeah, those are the same type of chairs in a small concert hall.  Following THE Dubber was a not full blown version of Alien Carnival, which I realized about halfway through that the opinionated Bentz Kirby (bocelts on Twitter) is a part of.  Since I am speaking as if I am Sharon Osbourne on America's Got Talent, I would have to say that I really did not get the Mrs. Clause outfit his bandmate was wearing.  It took more away from the performance than what it offered.  Or maybe it is because I am not a native southerner or old enough to get it.  THE Dubber is just THE Dubber.  As Bentz Kirby says, 'he's the real deal'. 

            He is also preparing to go on tour and then head overseas.

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     Prior to THE Dubber taking the stage, who I will not refer to by his real name since he insists on calling me MsBrandy and I know way too many artists by nicknames alone, there was somewhat of a history lesson.  I'm going to venture out on a limb and say this could only happen a stones throw away from Sherman's bridge burning.  It dated back to the time period of the Civil War.  The song 'Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore' actually was written by slaves in Charleston. 

            THE Dubber, himself, is somewhat political.  He summarized the 3 page article in Sunday's The State entitled “The Civil War 150 Years Later: Old Battles Still Echo in S.C. Politics” in two or three sentences between songs.  I stopped reading this article about a third of the way through because it is the 'Same Ol' Situation'.  So on this 22^nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, I, MsBrandyRock, have this idea that has been brewing.  And that would be a special edition of Pub Politics.  Guests would include THE Dubber, Bentz Kirby, Doug Kendall, Eric Flemming, and any other worthy local musicians with political flair.  I just have no idea how to make this happen, but if it does, I would like to request that Otis Taylor (The State) be present and write about it.  Then of course a music collaboration would follow.

            In other words, THE Dubber should have never told me to pull up a chair and told me we were going to make something happen.  I tried explaining, while wearing some pink feather earrings that one of my customers went and bought for me at a hair store on North Main, that I have ADD when it comes to music so I'm not exactly sure what something is.  He also made me feel better about my job and life in general so, that's what's up!

~Positive Mental Attitude ~MsBrandyRock

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