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Cetan Clawson Revolution
Have you ever witnessed a musical revolution? Not just a shitty local band you thought was amazing because of the adrenaline in your body, but a full-on breath-taking act that you knew would take on the world someday. I know I hadn’t up until the beginning of this year.
I unfortunately, like most folks around today, missed The Stooges and The MC5 in the late ‘60s. Then I missed revolution again in 1977 when The Clash came to fruition and released one of the best albums of all time. Then, when I was actually alive in 1994, I wasn’t old enough to understand the pent up angst and frustration of Nirvana and the Seattle sound. Again, I missed the boat in Detroit during The Gold Dollar days and didn’t get to see the early days of The Gories, The Hentchmen, The Paybacks and The White Stripes. But, finally, I had a date with destiny, as I was able to see an act of absolute genius and perfect quality musicianship. Meet the boy genius and remember his name: Cetan Clawson.
The site was The New Dodge Bar in Hamtramck. Onstage stood a gangly kid, strapped with a trusty Fender Strat, that looked like the long neglected offspring of Jimi Hendrix and Jack White. I had heard his songs online and was immediately intimidated to have my band open for him. Now, as he took the stage, he was set to tear the place apart. He immediately tears into a tune, an original that sounds like Count Five’s “Psychotic Reaction” sped up, and blows the entire room of 20 people away. His bass player didn’t even show up and he knocked it out of the park. “I’ve been playing since age three,” Clawson says of his amazing guitar prowess. “The main reason is due to listening to old blues records. The stuff has an inherent magic that no other style has.”
The sound of the Revolution, which features Clawson, bassist Marc Winter and Andrew Spaulding on drums, harkens back to the blues inspired riff fests of Hendrix, The Yardbirds and most recently The White Stripes. Clawson admits to being fans of this newer school of blues musicians, but he does have an affinity for searching for older blues artists.
With the release of a Cetan Clawson Revolution EP impending and a Trans-Atlantic tour on the way, the outlook looks extremely bright for Clawson and his band as he actually has his head screwed on right, unlike most rock stars. Look for him someday to go down as one of the greats. | RDW
The Cetan Clawson Revolution • July 8 • Comerica CityFest Park Stage, 6 p.m.
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