Lewis Floyd Henry and his one-man-band

I had my first excellent musical experience of 2012 on Friday seeing Lewis Floyd Henry at the Vanguard in Sydney as part of a one-man-band festival.  I didn’t feel 2011 was a particularly inspiring year for me musically, but 2012 has started on a good note.  While LFH is not a reggae artist, there are multiple connections to Jamaican music – he even commissioned his latest hat in the style of the great Jamaican 70s deejays and producers and has recently supported Little Roy.

We first saw LFH and his one-man-band in London during 2008, the last time at the community-run Hackney-Chats Palace.  He has since gone on to much bigger things and we were excited to see him out in Australia playing some shows and busking.  The man will always be compared to Hendrix in his guitar playing, but with drums at his feet, guitar amp in a pram as a sidekick and a most witty sense of humour, one stops making comparisons and is drawn into the LFH experience.

On this occasion he blended soul, psych, folk and hip-hop to chaotic success, feeding red wine to himself and his guitar amp pram between songs.  The tiredness from a days work drifted away from me  – the second-wind one hopes for came thanks to the energy from LFH and I can’t help but think 2012 might continue in the direction he has set.  He is in the country for at least another week and I suggest you seek him out and enjoy his talents.