Texas was in the building when Carolyn Wonderland hit the Boulton Center stage last Saturday night. Playing her newest album “Truth Is,” she gave Bay Shore a close look into her musical world of blues, rock and roll, and country.
Albert Liu and the Wild Hearts warmed up the audience with his mix of indie rock and blues. Based out of New York City, he played a mix of original jams that he wrote in recent years. Bass and drumbeats reverberated alongside Liu’s guitar solos, ensuring even the back seats got a taste of their sound.
Entering next was the main act, whose career has taken her across the world. Appearing onstage with legends like Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson, her journey continues with her latest collection of songs.
Wonderland wears her influences on her sleeve, shouting out her home state of Texas before launching into her unmistakable signature vocal stylings. Backed up by a band of rockers, their layered wall of sound never stayed still, shaking up each song with riffs and melodies that sent her fingers across guitar frets and vocals across the room.
Some songs found origin in her own loss of the souls that guided her musical path in life. “Blues for Gene” is a track dedicated to boogie-woogie piano legend Gene Taylor’s impact on Wonderland today.
Fellow Texan repping the acoustic guitar, Shelley King, also shared a piece of her record “Madam Mystic” for the Boulton, featuring Wonderland’s own whistling. Country-rocking song “Fragile Piece and Certain War” then followed. Featuring the lap steel throughout, the song was a victory lap for Wonderland’s vast versatility in musical style.
Seeing Carolyn Wonderland’s blues vocals up close, audience members couldn’t help but nod along ‘til the closing number.
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