10.17.17 - Tiny Library Concert ft. Taarka - History Colorado Center - Denver, CO
The Tiny Library Concert Series kicked off it’s third season by being completely sold out! And it was a great way to start of the season.
Taarka was the only act of the evening to our benefit as we got to spend the full 2+ hours listening to their folky gypsy jazz. I mentioned it last season that the artists didn’t really need mics/speakers... and tonight they didn’t, and you could still hear them clear as day. To that point and something else I’ve said before about Tiny Library and the SOFAR shows, David Tiller made a comment about how nice it was to play completely unplugged and not have to compete with clanking bottle and people talking. Yup!
As it typically goes, they were able to interact with us a lot (as we know I LOVE) David Tiller was playing the octave mandolin which apparently plays an octave lower than a normal mandolin and is also, I guess, difficult to keep in tune. He made a joke that someone that’s been playing it for 30 years has been tuning it for 10. Throughout the night he would be tuning it and talking about the next song that they were going to play. At one point in the night they were about to jump into a song and he had to stop it a few notes in so he could tune.
Watching David Tiller and his wife Enion Pelta-Tiller interact was a treat. Speaking as a couple clearly that’s been together for a while and speaking through riddle and side-mouthed as they discussed which song to play next was really endearing.
Rounding out the band was Troy Roby on upright bass and Kevin Matthews on drums (to which Mr. Tiller paid a pretty good compliment too, saying that he couldn’t imagine a better person to accompany them on this acoustic set since he would need to play quieter and did it effortlessly)
A great way to kick off the season.
It was awesome.
