WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA- Opening for Black Pistol Fire at The Troubadour was the singer/songwriter Cobi. Formerly of the indie pop group Gentlemen Hall, Cobi released a handful of soulful tracks this year- including his mini EP “Songs From The Ashes (Pt.1) below- and has been touring to give audiences a chance to get to know the rhythm and blues imbued side of his persona.

His mellifluous voice notwithstanding, I was immediately impressed with Cobi’s chops on the electric guitar. The dude definitely knows how to handle an axe, and for some reason that caught me off guard. I suppose I let my prejudgments get the better of me and just didn’t expect it coming from a singer who got his start in the industry with a pop … really pop … band. Even more impressive was the passion with which he shred. Even with his eyes closed, you could almost tell which direction he was going take the guitar’s melody with they way his brow furrowed. There was nothing pop about it. That was pure rhythm and blues right there.

Being a relatively new solo artist, Cobi doesn’t have that much to draw upon from his current repertoire, but what he’s put out has definitely made impressions in the City of Angels, as was evidenced by my witnessing members of the audience singing along, or mouthing the lyrics, to “Nobody Opened The Door”. Trust me … when you can get a concert crowd in Los Angeles- a city that isn’t known for fans being uninhibited-  to either dance or sing along with you, you’ve got a lead that 90% of the other acts in Los Angeles wish they had too.

With time … and some more good songs … Cobi can be headlining The Troubadour in due course.

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Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Cobi @ Troubadour 11/18/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq.(@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.

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