Doja Cat brought Kenny G to the VMAs — now pop music needs to bring back the sax
This was incendiary stuff for a professional rock musician so he said it discreetly, as Paul Von Mertens from the Pet Sounds Band expertly rearranged the oxygen in the hall.The sight of a saxophone hero at the lip of the pop stage is a rare thing these days. It’s why Doja Cat exhuming Kenny G caused such a splash at last year’s VMA Awards. It’s how Bernard Fanning and Paul Dempsey sealed their bold departure from alt-rock expectations on their super album, The Deluge.Somewhere around grunge o’clock, the saxophone roared off a cliff in a cream linen suit.
- ▪This was incendiary stuff for a professional rock musician so he said it discreetly, as Paul Von Mertens from the Pet Sounds Band expertly rearranged the oxygen in the hall.The sight of a saxophone hero at the lip of the pop stage is a rare
- ▪It’s why Doja Cat exhuming Kenny G caused such a splash at last year’s VMA Awards.
- ▪It’s how Bernard Fanning and Paul Dempsey sealed their bold departure from alt-rock expectations on their super album, The Deluge.Somewhere around grunge o’clock, the saxophone roared off a cliff in a cream linen suit.
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