Mladen Kekic

So I finally got some time to comment on the Ben Folds concert this past Sunday. It was so worth every single snowflake, every minute I lost sleeping, the crazy and insane ride back home and definitely worth the $40 ticket. Not only did Ben Folds absolutely rock the show but before he even came out, a new band called Miniature Tigers and this UNCG acapella Band kept things extremely entertaining. A total of 3 1/2 hours of non stop music. The music was great, especially Ben Folds banging away on the piano, but what really stole the show was the non stop hilarity. I felt like I was at a comedy show. Miniature Tigers kept saying: “We are the Jonas Brothers”. They just kept picking about it. Ben Folds would talk in between songs and sometimes I was looking forward to that more then the music. The acapella band was awesome. Ben Folds actually did an audition to pick the best acapella band in the US and ended up picking the UNCG guys. He is making an acapella album this year and it will include them. They were amazing I’m telling you.

So anyone I invited to go should feel pretty bummed out about not going, because you missed out on one of the best shows ever. Sorry, maybe next time. I almost wish that he was having another show around here somewhere. I would go again in a heartbeat.

I added a video of him performing the song Free Coffee in which he uses an Altoids can that he places on the piano strings and then ads distortion to it all. It is pretty original I though and gives the piano a whole new meaning to sound. He did this at the show this past Sunday and everybody went nuts. Enjoy…