Mystery man

I didn't know who was going to start the festivities at Babylon until a day before the show started ... honours went to Rory Lavelle, who used to be in Clark (now Clark the Band). I kept finding blurbs on Google comparing him to Beck. Beck?!? I'm hoping they mean singer-songwriter Howie Beck and not the Loser guy, in which case the comparison is apt. He did a great job all by his lonesome for the small crowd who turned up for The Willowz. Unfortunately I didn't do quite as good a job taking pictures ... here are the two that worked out.

Rory at the piano.



He joked that "It's always a relief when the accordion portion of the show is over." To humble for his own good, he is.



A brief set, which included a dedication to an art teacher who influenced him and who recently passed on, and a fine one.

• Show reminder: It's probably too late to point out that Ghosts of Modern Man, The Grey, Sleeping Pilot and This Is Rocket Science play Club SAW, since I was too busy to post until 4:30 p.m. PST, and Blogger was down for maintenance until 5:30, but what the heck ...