Zubot & Dawson

For Steve Dawson and Jesse Zubot, this is just the starting point for the amazing musical journey that is Strang. While they were listening to all of the above, they were also listening to classical, country, folk, funk, rock, Hawaiian and bluegrass - all of which are now part of their musical DNA. You also have to add in 2 or 3 kinds of jazz, blues and electronica… all brought to you by 2 seriously accomplished musicians - Jesse on violin and mandolin and Steve on acoustic, National steel-bodied and Weissenborn Hawaiian guitars (a hollow-necked lap steel instrument). There’s a danger when musicians get a few too many chops, especially when they get them too young. One of the uncanniest things about Steve and Jesse is that they seem to be about 20 years ahead of their own time. There’s a mental telepathy between these two musical minds rarely heard in those who are not blood kin or have not been playing beside each other for a generation. There’s no question that they can turn it on and burn, but they can also hang back and listen to the spaces between the notes and, just as important, to each other. They can drag a beat so far back you think it’s going to break and then take of... more...