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AST Presents
Duo Quartet
with Chris Webster, Nina Gerber, Pam Delgado & Jeri Jones
Duo Quartet started with four longtime friends thinking, ‘hey, let’s do a couple of shows as a double-bill: Nina Gerber & Chris Webster in concert with Pam Delgado & Jeri Jones of Blame Sally. Given that all four women already had stellar reputations, full houses at high-profile venues soon followed.
At first, each performance stuck to the program – one duo followed by the other duo, with a grand finale of all four playing together. The duo part was great, but the quartet thing was downright exciting. Before long the shows featured the four of them playing together, with an occasional duo “breakout” section.
There is something richly satisfying in experiencing these four women onstage with a dynamic ranging from tender, ethereal songs to raucous barn-burners. Webster and Delgado sing most of the leads – Chris often expertly playing a washboard while Delgado drives the band with her percussion. But if this were a boxing ring you’d see coming in from opposite corners, the dueling energy of Jones and Gerber egging each other on – whipping the band and the audience into a veritable frenzy.
With a beautiful set of original music mixed with surprisingly original takes on a few choice covers,
Duo Quartet brings to the stage a band that is greater than the sum of its already impressive parts.