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Friday, August 10, 2001
Ian Moore enjoys less
Bluesman with psychodelia and East-Indian influnces says he'd rather play for small audiences
By Dan Parker
Caller-Times

Ian Moore celebrates the release of his newest album ‘Via Satellite’ Thursday at the Executive Surf Club. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Rocker Ian Moore has played for thousands of fans at a time. But Moore said some of his best shows have been at small venues.
   "The energy that's being created between the band and the fans is more focused," Moore said in a phone interview from his home in Washington. "As you get more and more people, it makes it harder to connect with the crowd."
   Moore, who brings his band to the Executive Surf Club Thursday, is a guitar virtuoso whose blues-driven rock includes flourishes of soul, psychodelia and East-Indian exotica.
   "Man, he's just a rocking blues guitarist," said Casey Lain, music promoter with the Surf Club. "He uses a lot of effects when he plays. And he has an awesome band backing him up."
   Moore, who lived in Austin before moving to Washington three years ago, said he was elated to play for a crowd of thousands at a recent Austin event celebrating bicyclist Lance Armstrong's victory at the Tour de France. But Moore said he also is looking forward to the smaller show at the Surf Club.
   Two of the most intense shows he ever played were acoustic performances at small clubs in Austin and Los Angeles, he said.
   "Both of them were sold out, so they were packed, but packed meant 75 people," Moore said. "But those 75 people were so tuned into every song that they would react to every line I sang. It created this sensual, strong energy."
   Moore is touring in support of his latest CD, "Via Satellite," a live set recorded at the Fabulous Satellite Lounge in Houston.
   "It captures the sound we've been working on a few years, but it's a good balance," Moore said. "We're an experimental band. ... We don't stick to a formula."

  What: Ian Moore CD release party
   Where: Executive Surf Club, 309 N. Water St.
   When: Thursday; doors open at 7 p.m.
   Tickets: $12 in advance, $15 at door
   Info: 884-SURF (884-7873)



Contact Dan Parker at 886-3753 or parkerd@caller.com

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