FAST, FUN AND LIVELY: ALLEGRO FUDGE

March 16, 2011

The night of tenth march saw softer music pouring out of Bangalore’s Hard Rock Café as contemporary band ’Allegro Fudge’ played a combination of rock classics, pop rock and blues.

They call themselves a ‘contemporary acoustic’ band and have won several awards since forming the band ‘Allegro Fudge’ over two years ago.
The 5-member band was performing at Hard Rock Café in Bangalore. They played a combination of their own compositions as well as classics, displaying their versatile range of musical experience. Singing old classics such as ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ by Bill Withers, followed by a more soothing rendition of ‘Rocking All over the World’ by John Fogerty; they also sung some of their own compositions like ‘Far Away’ and ‘Hear Them Say’, which had more of a blues touch than rock.
The music was definitely different from what rock fans were used to hearing at Hard Rock Café, but most were seen swaying to the music and in some cases, even dancing a jig to some of the livelier numbers.  The HRC staff also did an impromptu performance to the 80s classic “YMCA” to keep the audience entertained during the break.
The name ‘Allegro Fudge’ actually stands for what the band’s music really represents. Allegro meaning fast and lively, while Fudge stands for mixing it all up. And the name was gifted to them by Derek Sivers, the founder of CD Baby.  The young band comprising Saahas Patil on the vocals, Jason Zachariah on the keyboards, Joey on the acoustic guitar, Leslie Charles as the bassist and Deepak Raghu on drums; live up to every letter of the band’s name.
The band’s music reflects their enthusiasm and youth, while their lyrics talk about their experience. “Bangalore needs more bands like Allegro Fudge. It is good to have such music in a city that sees more of metal bands,” said Bharath, a member in the audience. Also seen at the event was Australian cricketer Brett Lee with some of his friends who were seen swaying to the music. An evening of fun, talented musicians was exactly what the city needed to wait out the last day before the weekend hit and parties began.

Amulya Nagaraj