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...Trapper, the lead singer of the Boston-based Push Stars, brought his month-long solo acoustic tour to Club Passim in Harvard Square for two sold-out shows last Sunday. While bandmates Dan McLoughlin and Ryan MacMillan listened from the audience, Trapper wowed his audience of Push Stars-devotees with both new songs and old standards...
Despite a slight technical difficulty with his “circa 1982...Depeche Mode” keyboard (it died) during “Last Night’s Dream,” Trapper managed a near-perfect set. The keyboard he found in his attic was not the only surprise instrument that Trapper pulled out during his Passim stint—warning the audience that he was “about to prove how much of a white-trash hick I am,” Trapper risked “be[ing] kicked out of the band?...
Without the band backing Trapper, many other Push Stars songs sounded different—but fantastic. “Drunk is Better Than Dead,” one of the Push Stars’ more raucous tracks, usually finds a guest trombonist on stage with the band. Instead, at Passim, Trapper introduced the song saying, “Nobody believes you could write a fratboy anthem on an acoustic guitar.” It worked well. Still, witnessing Trapper attempting to perform all parts of “Any Little Town”—including backup vocals?...
McLoughlin and MacMillan joined Trapper on stage (much to their surprise) for the fourth of his six(!) encore songs, “Miracle.” Their playing was a treat that reminded the audience that despite Trapper’s phenomenal performance as a solo artist, he is even better when joined by his fellow Push Stars. In the Push Stars’ “Who We Are,” Trapper sings, “The singer thinks he’s a superstar.” Indeed...
...Chris trapper...