Photo by Blaine Schultz
Andrew Koenig and Derek Pritzl at Charles Allis Art Museum
Andrew Koenig and Derek Pritzl at Charles Allis Art Museum
The steel toes showing through the leather on songwriter Derek Pritzl’s worn workbooks come honestly. It’s likely he headed to his show at the Charles Allis Art Museum after working his day gig as a carpenter. Pritzl and guitarist Andrew Koenig closed out the Autumn at the Allis music series Thursday.
Tools of the trade? In the hands of Pritzl, his acoustic guitar--and likewise, Koenig’s homemade Telecaster—served to get the job done. Pritzl’s rough-hewn songs of Americana tell stories of places, people and the situations they find themselves in. One song as preface by the story of Pritzl’s computer being stolen days before a two-year project was due. Koenig’s atmospheric twang lent a second voice to many of the tunes, recalling the telepathic interplay of Bo Ramsey and Greg Brown. The handful of attendees were treated to songs from Pritzl’s forthcoming album.
