#2 Scatalicious: So what if I just made that word up. For the first of two encore songs, Herington played a pick-a-dilly (did I just make that up, too?) guitar solo and scatted along with every note, emulating the sounds of his six-string with aplomb. Mori did the same in his solo, growling and baritone-humming along with his bass strings.
#3 Silvery: Speaking of guitars, the tone of Herington’s Gibson sounded so silvery. Every note resonated like a teardrop falling into the palm of a hand, and drifted through the air in the Musical Instrument Museum Theater like a feather. The acoustics in that venue are just jaw-droppingly pristine – perfectly suited for a superlative player like Herington, who by the way is also lead guitarist for this band you might have heard of called Steely Dan.
#4 Soulful: This is the right word for Peyroux’s vocals. She feels everything she sings. You can not only hear it in her voice when she performs live, but you can see it in her face. Her expressions run the gamut from wincing in pain to crossing her eyes and sticking her tongue out (again, there was a lot of levity to her set, and the audience loved it).
#5 Superb: Or super. Or splendid. Or spectacular. Pick any s-superlative, and it would suit Peyroux’s show. Except for smoky. It was certainly not smoky in there.
