Charlie Hunter

photo by person_64

Charlie was hanging out on the front porch of the venue when we arrived. The show turned out to be rather empty. They had seats out unlike last time and we were able to sit in the front row. It was just Charlie and the drummer as it has been lately. It might have been different drummer than last time but they obviously were familiar with each other's playing. They played some of the good tunes from his last album. He would ask for recommendations from the crowd but would ask which key we'd like to hear... "D Major or D minor?" he asked, "Augmented!" I replied and Charlie chuckled. He said we were requesting old songs and he doesn't remember anything more than three years old. Someone requested Pursuit Package and since he couldn't remember how to play it he told the story of how it got its name. He explained that he bought some Pontiac or Plymouth or something for $1000 and the selling point was that it had the pursuit package. During the set break he hung out with folks outside again. During the encore he played some crazy song that was almost exclusively harmonics. It appeared as if it was something he has been messing with recently. It was pretty interesting.