Victor Andrada Infusions Coffeehouse McKinney, TX 11/10/01 by Scott Snidow

Any opportunity to watch Victor Andrada perform is time well spent, and Saturday night was no exception. At a time when many Texans were staking out tables in smoky honky tonks and bars to watch their evening's entertainment, I found myself sitting in an upscale coffee house in McKinney. Surrounded by overstuffed chairs and couches and fine wooden tables and art on the walls, I must admit that at first I felt just a bit out of place. However, Infusions is one of those places where the folks that run it go out of their way to make you feel welcome. And Andrada is one of those performers that completely erases all doubt as to why you came. Infusions and Andrada are good for each other. The atmosphere of Infusions is a perfect setting for Andrada's cool folk-jazz musical stylings. An added bonus was the fact that Infusions has some of the best acoustics that I have heard in some time. Andrada's guitar riffs and booming voice resonated through the coffee house in such a way, that had I closed my eyes it would have been easy to imagine myself in a concert hall. It is a great venue for live music, and Andrada was the perfect musician for such a venue. Through the course of the evening, Andrada covered most of the material on his two CD releases, Illuminaste and Walking on Eggshells. Andrada's compositions are in a league of their own. They are a fine blend of folk and jazz performed by an extremely gifted artist. One of the things that still surprises me is that we are able to have this caliber of entertainment in such a small venue as this. Count your blessings metroplex! My guess is that it will not be too long before we are paying premium dollar and being crowded into a theatre with standing room only to see the likes of Andrada. He is one of the hottest acts in this area today, having already won the acclaim of peers and critics alike. Andrada is not beyond throwing some cover songs into the mix, from such a wide array of artists as Willie Nelson, Fats Domino, Waylon Jennings and James Taylor. However, in Andrada's capable hands, the meld with the rest of his numbers so effortlessly that it becomes hard to imagine that they are covers. The ability of this man is such that at times throughout his performances, you would swear that you are hearing at least two guitar players when in fact you know better. How one person could be blessed with so much talent remains a mystery to a hack like myself. If you still haven't seen Andrada in person, then I strongly encourage you to do so. Andrada is the complete package. Well-written songs played by a master guitarist possessing one of the smoothest voices to come along since Max Stalling. That is Victor Andrada. Victor Andrada is scheduled to play Infusions again on January 5, 2002, and I strongly encourage you to make plans now to get out and see him in this venue, since it is perfect for his brand of music. If you would like to know where you could catch Andrada live in the meantime, keep your eyes glued to the Rockzillaworld Concert Calendar for upcoming dates. Or, you can email Andrada at Victorandrada1-at-aol.com and asked to be put on his newsletter list. Andrada is rumored to have a web site in the works at www.victorandrada.net. You can contact Scott Snidow at: scott-at-rockzilla.net

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