Trick Pony at Minnesota Harvest
October 31, 2004
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Trick Pony - Concert Review of Sunday, October 31, 2004 ~ MinnesotaHarvet.net "Maybe it’s the tent...Maybe it’s the air...Maybe it’s the apples.." says Ira Dean, Trick Pony’s dynamic bass player and St. Paul, Minnesota native. Whatever it was, it sure was somethin’. Trick Pony rode into town at a gallop, never slowed down, [These guys came in overnight with little or no sleep, spent a lot of time getting their sound just right, then put on a terrific, high-energy show. They actually did slow down on their way out of town, taking time in the Apple Lodge after the show to talk to fans, autograph hats, shirts, CD’s, etc., and be photographed a whole bunch. We appreciate it immensely (thank you very much, you guys!), knowing they were ‘way overdue for some peace and quiet.] and left the trail smokin’ behind ‘em. They came in "On a Mission" (2002), "On a Night Like This" (2001), rockin’, and we were on our feet the rest of the night. As if we were short on horses (we have more than fifty at the orchard), Keith Burns rode a crewmember’s shoulders out into the crowd with a wireless pickup, playing a sizzlin’ lead the whole time, then hoisting his still-screamin’ guitar top-of-tentward on Waylon Jennings’ "Lonesome, Ornery, and Mean." |
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Ira, after bringing out a stand-up bass for "Pour Me" and explaining that he wondered whose it was, [Turns out the bass was borrowed locally from the popular Lamont Cranston Band. Thanks! Or...Sorry!] that it was rented, and that he hoped he wouldn’t break it, laid that stand-up down on edge, grabbed the neck, and rode the rodeo on it, not to mention spinning it like a top and dipping it round and about like a defenseless dance partner, eventually suffering a Janet Jackson moment when he accidentally ripped his shirt off on purpose. He is a Trick Pony, all right. [And we’re guessing he was on his best behavior, what with his mom, family, and relatives in attendance and right up front.]
But those guys are nothin’ but a sideshow for Heidi Newfield. I mean, where else can you be lookin’ when Heidi delivers the mail? She gives you intensity and direct eye contact, and she demands it back. She gets around the stage some, to be sure, but the postmark on her Pony Express is head-on with both feet planted, and she just rears back and belts you with it. |
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| In addition to singing and playing guitar, the recently hitched [Heidi and pro sport agent Bill Johnson were married June 6, 2004.] Heidi is superb with a harmonica. My brother, Ritchay, is very likely the finest harmonica player in the world, so I know great harmonica. And what Heidi does with hers is less of the bells-and-whistles approach and more of a solid, "this-ain’t-a-harmonica-solo, this-is-what-the-song-is-all-about" delivery. The girl is real straight-forward. She doesn’t put out a lot of nonsense. I’ve seldom heard harmonica fit so righteous into a band. Plus I like her because she said, "Ya’ll have some real nice country here in Minnesota." |
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