Otis is back in Edinburgh,
with his own distinctive take on Country and Western music, mixed
in with jokes, the odd political comment, and some improvised
lyrics and banter.
For the uninitiated, Rich
Hall’s “uncle” (actually, it’s Rich in a bandana) is a
habitual criminal, as well as a trailer-trash C&W singer,
constantly in jail, but regularly managing to avoid arrest around
August.
He sings songs about love,
and the dilemma of meeting a mugger on a date (You can do what you
want with the girl, but don’t hurt me…), about the unfortunate
boy who disturbed him robbing his trailer home (Are you my new
daddy, now?), as well as one or two improvised numbers based
loosely on the life and work of a handy member of the audience.
Rich is guaranteed to make
you laugh, unless you don’t like swearing, or you are a
Republican.
My two gripes are that
whilst the songs are gems and the ones I had heard before I was
happy to hear again, there was a little bit of the same old, same
ole about this performance. Not a problem if you haven’t seen
much, if anything, of Mr Crenshaw or Mr Hall, but I had.
It was also half an hour
late in starting.
I give Otis Lee Crenshaw
and Bourbonitis 8/10.
Otis Lee Crenshaw is
performing at The Pleasance Courtyard, most nights.
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