Last night at Joe Squared
I was drinking some delicious dark rum with friends at Joe Squared last night when local beat boxer Kenny the Bow-Legged Gorilla caught us by surprise.
All of the sudden crazy rhythms started coming out of the stage speakers.
Most of the people in the place paused for a second and sized him up.
Even though some people see beat boxing as a gimmick, a good beat boxer can win over a crowd instantly.
Kenny's darn good, too.
Ambidextrous doesn't even begin to describe him.
At one point, he was beat boxing, playing an acoustic guitar with an egg beater and squeezing a small accordion with his feet all at once.
(Photo by Kim Hairston/Sun Photographer)
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
Comments
how does this relate to anything remotely involving Fed Hill, Ropewalk, Max's or Fells Point. This is a hipster joint. And you're not a hipster.....right?
Posted by: jmgiordano | February 19, 2008 9:46 PM
JMG, I was there as a silent observer of hipsters, not a participant.
Posted by: Sam Sessa | February 20, 2008 11:26 AM
Maybe I'm wrong on this but I don't think Joe Squared is a hipster joint. Depending on the entertainment for the night you might get some hipsters but all and all it's just a decent bar with great food.
Posted by: Marc | February 20, 2008 1:38 PM
Hey Sam, I have a video of this guy on my phone. I was walking to lunch on the Towson campus last spring and he was doing his set on a bench so I had to just sit down and watch. The guy is incredible.
Posted by: Tyler | February 21, 2008 11:38 PM
thanks for writing about me man im defenintly not a hipster
Posted by: kenny | May 31, 2008 12:30 AM