A friend of Tac’s mentioned the band The Ours
to him last week, we checked out the website and they were coming to Boise so we got tickets. The show was last night and we had a good time. It was in a bar, so there were about 35 people attending, but The Ours performed like they were playing to a stadium full of people.  The singer in particular showed amazing emotion, he was totally immersed in his music; I must have watched his face the whole night because he was so intense.  He also played the tambourine in some of the songs and I have never seen anyone rock the tambourine like that before.  His voice is very high at times, the highlight for me was probably when he started one song with a beautiful version of “Ave Maria.” It wasn’t perfect, he had a hard time sustaining some of the high notes, but it was almost more beautiful because of that. At times he looked like he was crying, or his face would turn red and the veins were poking out, sometimes he conducted the music to the rest of the band with his whole body.  Then he would talk to the crowd in between shows in such a kind and gracious manner, and we noticed that he never used profanities, he was more articulate than that.  One of the guitar players was super cool, when he wasn’t on the guitar he was doing keyboard, and at one point he used a violin “wand” (I don’t know if that is the real name) to play the guitar.  They have a new album coming out, they put years of work into making it, and I wish them lots of success.  Check them out, if you can go see them live.
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