Sunday, December 21, 2014

One-Eyed Doll at the Boardwalk, Orangevale. A summary. A horror show. Sheer musical genius!

Kimberly Freeman, guitar and vocals, One-Eyed Doll, Orangevale, CA
Kimberly Freeman,  One-Eyed Doll, Orangevale
A One-Eyed Doll show. Brilliant! (And at the Boardwalk in Orangevale: nice and intimate.)

Let me try to paint the picture... Pippi Longstocking meets Marilyn Manson for a cup of tea with Edgar Allen Poe in a house designed by Tim Burton. Then there's a pope, the devil, a royal queen, a telephone call on a dismembered leg; a little-girl-lost, a big heavy metal guitar, a voice that sends shivers up your spine (and that has nothing to do with the lyrics, but they'll have the same effect, though it might be laughter too); darn good drums played by sorta-Father-Christmas, smoke, lasers, a mushroom head-hat, a Scorpion,.. did I miss anyone? Probably...

Kimberly Freeman, guitar and vocals, One-Eyed Doll, Orangevale, CA
Kimberly Freeman,  One-Eyed Doll, Orangevale
Don't go to a One-Eyed Doll show expecting to be an audience. You're part of the show, whether it's voting for your religion (Twinkies? Yoyos?), affirming the humanity of serial killers, turning your back while Kimberly changes clothes, getting up on stage because you're wearing a One-Eyed Doll t-shirt, or helping to kill that damn scorpion... And it is so much fun. And such good, very good, music.

Junior, drums, One-Eyed Doll, Orangevale, CA
Junior, One-Eyed Doll, Orangevale
On the road for more than 300 days a year, these guys truly work at their art and their music--and it shows. This is entertainment, this is professional, this is dark-and-heavy-and-fun music, and I don't want to miss another show.

Kimberly Freeman, guitar and vocals, One-Eyed Doll, Orangevale, CA
Kimberly Freeman,  One-Eyed Doll, Orangevale
Kimberly plays a signature Tregan guitar. In case you want to treat yourself. Still time before Christmas, right?

Kimberly Freeman, guitar and vocals, One-Eyed Doll, Orangevale, CA
Kimberly Freeman,  One-Eyed Doll, Orangevale
Watch out for One-Eyed Doll back on the road soon, and with a new album too: keep an eye here and here.

Full set of photos from the show in the Toon's Tunes One-Eyed Doll photo gallery. Or just click on one of the photos above.

For a review of the show at the Ace of Spades last year, click here.

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