The audience at the Great Northern Brewery was a bit noisy during Josh Ottum's first few numbers. Maybe they had been expecting a full band, but it was Josh and a guitar, and possibly some kind of keyboard. Any fears that connection between artist and audience would be difficult were soon put to rest. The crowd warmed up and quieted down, and Josh's talent shone through. Josh talked, they responded. Josh sang, they listened. Three quarters of the way through his set, he moved to the keyboard that the crowd had been eyeing all night. Josh explained that it was an old Yamaha bought at Costco to cue up generic pre-set beats to accompany his guitar playing. The audience chuckled a bit at first, but by the end of the song they responded as if they'd just seen and heard exactly what they came for. Check out tracks and videos from the show >

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