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The Vince Esquire Band CD Release Party and National Record Store Day
Record-Related Bender - Friday (April 16), doors 8pm/show 9pm, $10 advance/$15 door, Mulligans on the Blue, Wailea

by Anuhea Yagi

April 15, 2010

Record-Related Bender

Friday (April 16), doors 8pm/show 9pm, $10 advance/$15 door, Mulligans on the Blue, Wailea

“To say that Vince Esquire is an awesome guitar player is a pitiful understatement. To say, ‘man, that guy is a f*cking machine!’ misses the point,” writes preceding Pick princess, Kate Bradshaw, in a 2008 MauiTime Music Scene feature. “His solos are wildly creative, going well beyond the pentatonic with the occasional flatted fifth thrown in.” (Uh... I took the liberty of looking up that last bit, and it means a dissonant tone created by playing notes six steps apart; which in the Middle Ages was deemed “the devil in music.” Cool...) “Yet while they are intricate and betray years spent scaling the scales,” Bradshaw continues, “unlike many young guitar players he allows his solos a little breathing room.” With so much honed talent, the draw to see Esquire and equally talented pals Josh Greenbaum (drums) and Shawn Michael (bass) for The Vince Esquire Band’s upcoming CD release party will likely leave little breathing room. The Back Where You Belong release will close with Kanekoa, Esquire’s other outfit—a sorely underrated, electric ukulele jam band who, word has it, have a new release of their own, due out sometime this summer. The morning after, recover from Mulligans’ expertly poured Guinness by heading from Wailea to Wailuku for Requests’ celebration of National Record Store Day (10am-6pm). The crew of Maui’s last legit record hub have secured exclusive items from national promoters, and will divvy up the booty by way of giveaways, drawings and specials. Naturally, only the hippest lineup of local performers will be on hand to keep it lively: Kanoa of Gomega, DJ Blast, One Inity, Jay.P, DJ Boomshot, I-nology, Joralien and more. Vince Esquire: vinceesquire.com/Mulligans: 874-1131, mulligansontheblue.com/Requests: 244-9315, Twitter @RequestsHI