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That's the first saying that came to mind after seeing John Paul Keith & The One Four Fives live.  Looking around the venue there was an obviously electric buzz flowing through the audience and it was only a matter of time before it traveled to every person at White Water Tavern.  It merely took a couple of songs to get the audience crowding the stage and tapping their feet to the beat of the band.  Self proclaimed indie/rock/country music; the songs for the most part are a relatively balanced mix of all three.  That being said, they have seemingly effortlessly blended their sounds to create a feel to the music that no band I’ve seen recently has done.  The set was relatively long, but it never lacked in energy and one could tell by watching and listening to the audience.  After almost every song, one enthusiastic fan kept yelling JPK.  Each time he did so I chuckled and agreed with him because he deserved to be cheered for.  People were smiling and dancing up until the last song of the night and that’s always a tell tale sign that a band is great.   

I spent a little time after the show talking with some of the members of the band and they were ridiculously nice.  They took the time to sign posters and chat with their fans, which in this day and age, is sometimes hard to find.  They were humble and just all around good guys that people are excited to see back in Little Rock in the future.  I hopefully expect them to be back by either the end of the year or early on next year.  Memphis is just a hop, skip, and a jump away and as time goes on I find that it turns out so many great and talented acts.  I look forward to hearing more from them and for them to release a CD because I currently do not have a way to play a 7” record, which frankly makes me a little blue, but it’s something to work towards in the future. 

To sum all of that up, they put on one hell of a good live show.  They do a killer job at covering Brian Setzer.  They get people to dance, which is a great thing because a lot of bands I have seen in the last year or so have had problems getting the crowd to loosen up.  Finally, their Myspace band page does not do them justice because they are a band that should definitely be seen live, and last but not least they leave their fans happy and wanting more music which is never a bad thing.


--L

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