Jana Horn let fate decide the outcome of her set at Zebulon. But the question should be: did fate push back and argue for free will? Before that answer, if there is one, she grew up in Glen Rose, Texas but has since moved to New York. I decided to see where Glen Rose is located and just went down a small rabbit hole. As of the 2020 census, the population was only 2,659. It doesn't seem to be a boom to bust type of city. Since 1880, it has always been a small town. Yet, I was thinking this has to be a deserted town in the middle of nowhere like Niland, California (last year, I wrote about that city, which is where Katie Ward's parents grew up). Glen Rose is sort of away from it all, about 44 miles from Fort Worth, but then I checked out Zillow and got a shock. There are multiple million dollar listings. A number of other homes were in the $300,000 to $400,000 range. Small town living can be more expensive than you think.
 |
| Jana Horn at Zebulon |
That small town childhood perhaps influences her musical style. She sang with a relaxed and calm style. She was on guitar and her backing band that included a bassist and drummer played a minimalist style. The trio played with methodical care. She played in front of an appreciative audience who clapped after each song. Her understated humor also connected her to the crowd.
Comment of the night: We arrived from New York at 4 in the morning. A very tragic experience.
Story of the night about her flight as the plane was landing: I was having a minor allergy attack. Don't worry, I was okay, if you were concerned. I just really needed to blow my nose really badly. I couldn't get up. There were no napkins anywhere in site. The only thing that was remotely close to a napkin was a piece of paper in my bag, which had a list of recommendations of what to do in LA. That page has been compromised.
 |
| Jana Horn at Zebulon |
Did anyone provide her any recommendations of what to do in Los Angeles? Unfortunately, the band's arrival in Los Angeles was ill-timed, because the next morning large parts of Los Angeles was covered by smoke due to a warehouse fire in Boyle Heights. I walked out my door in the morning and immediately went to Google to see if there was a brush fire in the area, not even thinking that warehouse fire would send smoke into my neighborhood.
The song spotlight goes to "Without." She let fate decide how the song was going to be played by flipping a coin. She was temporary forgetful about what heads and tails would mean. Was heads meant to be fast or slow? Fate pushed back, but perhaps due to the confusion. Her coin flipping failed twice while she attempted to catch the coin. Each of those times falling onto the stage floor. The third time was the charm as she caught it with her right hand and flipped it atop her left. It came up tails. With her low key humor she told us all, "Regular way, not the interesting way. Sorry guys. Things don't always have to be interesting."
 |
| Jana Horn at Zebulon |
The song is have her third album, the self titled Jana Horn. A poem about understanding that the future may require an unwanted change.
I will try to
Setlist: Old Friend, All in bet, It's alright, Energy Go, After All This Time, Unused, Without, optimism, Designer, Come on.
No comments:
Post a Comment