Three of my favorite musicians will be getting together Thursday night at the Maple Leaf Bar to create “a night of psychedelic craziness” that is danceable as well. Those words come from guitarist Cliff Hines. He will be appearing with keyboardist Brian Coogan and drummer Terence Higgins.
This music is edgy in the best sense of the word. Higgins, who many know from his many years in the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, with Ani DiFranco, Warren Haynes, and others keeps the band grounded and keeps the dance floor hopping.
Coogan, who is a musical chameleon and plays with Pretty Lights on the international touring circuit and Hines, of Hildegard and numerous other projects, have developed into intuitive players who can play “very loose and improvisational in the best way.” Again those are the words of Hines.
The idea he says is to, “have lots of freedom to let the music go where it wants to go. (We’ll be) taking off to outer space and Terence’s funky self will keep us grounded in reality.”
Regular readers of this space know Higgins is one of the funkiest drummers in town. Hines continues, “But T’s definitely gonna be playing some freaky electronics as well. He has an electronic drum pad loaded up with samples and he’ll be rocking vocal effects.”
