August 02, 2006

Macy Gray at the Calgary Folk Festival

Or, actually, one of Macy Gray's back-up singers. Macy Gray was harder to draw. She is gigantic, and may have been very drunk. But then again, I can imagine that she's like that all the time. Her band was amazing and the show was a weird mixture of a super-tight choreographed extravanga and a sprawling, shambolic mess. Unfortunately, the only thing anyone is going to remember about her is the 10-minute fiesta of profanity she went on halfway through. Never before has the word 'fuck' be uttered so many times from the folk fest stage, in so many different and interesting ways.

Well, I'll also remember that she had a special glittery mic stand and a cool drummer, but that's just me.

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