WOW ! What a blast Mute Witness Cd Release party was at Duffys friday night!
This was the first time I've ever seen Mute Witness live and what a great show. One of the best I've seen in Chico.

"Gorgeous Amarda Presents" brought this lovely evening to the happy energetic rockers of Chico who desperately needed something alive and kicking to see on a Friday night besides the boring Mother Hips ( ol timer reunion ) going @ Lasalles the same night. Well yes, I have seen Mother Hips many times and each time it got more boring that the last so I don't care how many ol school hippie friends I offend with my music opinion about Friday night's performances. MUTE WITNESS WAS WAY BETTER!

Mute Witness delivered a night of feirce talent, soul stirring vocals, instrumental tightness, crowd pleasing fun, dancing, and alot of inspiration to the local music scene present at their Friday night Cd release party.                   
Many local Chico vocalist jumped up on stage between each new Mute Witness song performed and performed "the cover song of their own choice" accompanied by Mute Witness as their back up band and this was a very cool   format to set this very rockin and energetic full house show. 
                          
Mute Witness was awesome. Every song was crisp, clean, and perfect. One of  the tightest bands I've ever seen live. And they enjoyed being the back up band for all the covers songs from the local celebrity vocalists guest starring in their show, which provided alot of diversity in music and style.                                  
It was like watching two shows in one.                                                                                                                  
"The Mute Witness show and the Local Rockers Variety show"

I must also say this, Mute Witness was the best dressed band I've seen in a long time. Those dudes were sporting some threads and looking good!                 
I've never seen men dress themselves so well.
I was very impressed with their look AND their sound.

Mute Witness is absolutely impeccable live and I was lucky enough to get one of the free Cd's signed by the band, the first time I ever saw them live.
I loved it ! What a great show so rich and luxurious with a ton of talent packed in a full room to the door at Duffys. The room was so full, at standing room only, I had to watch for a while from standing on a chair in the back it was so full. AWESOME VEIW and the sound was real good from that point actually.        It was so fun!
 
Mute Winess is the new hottest band in Chico that I can see. They most likely will be leaving Chico in the dust and probably going off to be big stars soon. Glad I was there when they were still in Chico with all the little people.
BRAVO !  Mute Witness  BRAVO !
The Guest Star Variety show in between Mute Witness songs, was alot of fun too and featured some very hot performances from Chico's finest vocalist as well. Here's how the night started.


Getting a VIP pass at the pre-party from Jpeg started the night out right and then he bought me a "Torpedo" beer while we chatted at the Banshee Pre-Party for just time enough to drink one beer then we scurried off to Duffys to see the show but we were still like an hour early so we sat in the "cool" corner of Duffys by the door and watched all the cool people come in and fill the house up for an hour.

I stepped outside to find a random cool person to give one free ticket to the show and when I got back Aubrey Debauchery was onstage just starting. She shredded the place wide open when she opend up the show at full room capacity with her version of a Prince song from his "Purple Rain" album/movie, "Nikki" . Aubrey rocked the house in a very passionate commanding performance. She was sizzling hot! Aubrey belted out that song better than Prince. It was a great song choice for her and it fit her very well with all her natural bold sexiness that sets the room on fire no matter where she goes.

I was thinking, if this was American Idol, all the dude "guest star" singers scheduled after her to go onstage certainly had a tough act to follow and they would be feeling it about now when she finished.  She brought the house down with just one song.! I'm not kidding. Aubrey is hot. She is a real rocker chick making it happen in a male dominated industry and she is an inspiration to everybody.

But when you got dudes like Handsome Gorgeous (Gorgeous Armada) and Cameron Ford (The Secret Stolen) stepping up to the plate as "guest stars" you will get your fill of outstanding performance from the men as well. Cameron Ford just blew me away in Febuary in the local production of The Who's 'TOMMY' as the best male vocal in that show (read my blog "Chico music scene storms Blue Room). I really would like to see him in more musical theater in the future. He's got some pipes and he's very cute. I would cast him in something like "The Phantom of the Opera" just on the merit of his vocals alone. He's that gifted as a male vocalist. He covered the classic "Good Lovin" from "The Rascals" and got everybody in a happy positive mood with that song.

Handsome broke out with a Hip Hop song from JAY-Z titled "99 Problems" and the house was hoppin hard! He's just as comfortable delivering Hip Hop vocals as he is with with Rock vocals and this is one of the coolest things about Handsome I really enjoy seeing when he performs. He is charismatic and very exuberant onstage and commands the audience and the band to eat right out of his hands in any of his crowd pleasing romps onstage. He's also the one who hosted the Mute Witness Cd Release Party show and is the creative genius behind "Georgous Armada Presents" who brought this show forth, as well as the creator of "Sleigh", the delightful christmas play we all fell in love with last Christmas.

Everybody who got onstage with Mute Witness rocked! I don't know everybodys name but everybody was awesome doing their favorite cover tunes in between Mute Witnesses new releases. It was great night with a great beginning, catching up with promotional talk with Jpeg, and a great ending; getting a ride home with Handsome at the last minute. We live in the same hood so it was nice getting home in one peice thanks to Handsome looking out for me. Thanks Handsome, You Rock! Great show Everybody!
Chico Rocks!                                                                                            Donna Love