Chris Isaak
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Friday, September 17, 2021, 7 pm
Chateau Ste. Michelle
Tourist District (Seattle)
This is an in-person event
Chris Isaak is not quite Roy Orbison, but he is now ten years older than Orbison ever was, which shocks me, anyway. Isaak's rockabilly growl resembles Orbison's more playful teddy-bear style—but again like Orbison, he sails high notes across shimmering backings, creating a virtual beachscape so smooth and so eerie, you have to get in your car and drive, just to give it some rubber-tire roughage. Easy to say Isaak's style never escapes stylization, but I disagree. Maybe it's because I spent so much time on those lamentations in my MTV days. And I never learned to drive.
by Andrew Hamlin
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