New Gig Thread
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I didn't know this was happening, but turns out Patti Smith is playing the pretty smallish (1,200 tops) Cambridge venue The Junction later this month and a friend has a ticket for me. Cool. Never seen her live. Never listened to enough of her stuff. Always admired her.
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Saw Ryan Adams Saturday night at the North Charleston Performing Arts Centers. Great show. Ryan was in great voice, the band was stellar, and the harmonizing to die for. Lots of stuff from Cold Roses, a few early chestnuts, and a few from the new album. No acoustic or mellow stuff, everything was full band and full on.
Im going on Friday, and was hoping for at least a few acoustic songs (ie Strawberry Wine), but nevermind, full on is fine by me!Saw Ryan Adams Saturday night at the North Charleston Performing Arts Centers. Great show. Ryan was in great voice, the band was stellar, and the harmonizing to die for. Lots of stuff from Cold Roses, a few early chestnuts, and a few from the new album. No acoustic or mellow stuff, everything was full band and full on.
echos myron like a siren
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
I'm seeing Springsteen tonight. I wonder if there will be a repeat of this "surprise" from last night's Ottawa show:
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/art ... 1003658294
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/art ... 1003658294
This morning you've got time for a hot, home-cooked breakfast! Delicious and piping hot in only 3 microwave minutes.
Unfortunately the Arcade Fire cameo proved to be a one-off for the Ottawa show. Thankfully (and not surprisingly), Bruce and the band managed to put on a stellar show. It's clear that he still feeds off the audience and loves every minute he spends up on stage. Highlights for me included the rocking electric version of "Reason To Believe," "Incident on 57th Street," and "American Land," but there was never a dull moment.
Here's the setlist, courtesy of Backstreets.com:
1. Radio Nowhere
2. Night
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. For You
6. Magic
7. Reason to Believe
8. Candy's Room
9. She's the One
10. Livin' in the Future
11. The Promised Land
12. Town Called Heartbreak (duet with Patti Scialfa)
13. Incident on 57th Street
14. Darlington County
15. Devil's Arcade
16. The Rising
17. Last to Die
18. Long Walk Home
19. Badlands
Encore:
20. Girls in Their Summer Clothes
21. Thundercrack
22. Born to Run
23. Dancing in the Dark
24. American Land
Here's the setlist, courtesy of Backstreets.com:
1. Radio Nowhere
2. Night
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. For You
6. Magic
7. Reason to Believe
8. Candy's Room
9. She's the One
10. Livin' in the Future
11. The Promised Land
12. Town Called Heartbreak (duet with Patti Scialfa)
13. Incident on 57th Street
14. Darlington County
15. Devil's Arcade
16. The Rising
17. Last to Die
18. Long Walk Home
19. Badlands
Encore:
20. Girls in Their Summer Clothes
21. Thundercrack
22. Born to Run
23. Dancing in the Dark
24. American Land
This morning you've got time for a hot, home-cooked breakfast! Delicious and piping hot in only 3 microwave minutes.
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Richard Thompson Band - Sage (Hall 1) 16th Dec 2007
Awesome!
2 hours of great songs, blistering guitar, and some wit.
Highlights were many but, oh the joy when, during a two song solo slot he followed 1952 Vincent Black Lightning with .... Who Knows where the Time Goes !!
The band features long time buddies Danny (no relation) Thompson on double bass, Pete Zorn (saxes, flute, guitars, vocals) and Michael Jerome (drums).
They had fun, and so did we.
Awesome!
2 hours of great songs, blistering guitar, and some wit.
Highlights were many but, oh the joy when, during a two song solo slot he followed 1952 Vincent Black Lightning with .... Who Knows where the Time Goes !!
The band features long time buddies Danny (no relation) Thompson on double bass, Pete Zorn (saxes, flute, guitars, vocals) and Michael Jerome (drums).
They had fun, and so did we.
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Can I tell you how great The Raspberries were in NYC this past weekend? Easily, one of the best rock and roll shows I have ever seen. I can't believe how great they sounded, vocals and music. They played an awesome set of Raspberries songs and also included "Ticket to Ride" and a blazing rendition of "Substitute". Eric Carmen has one of the most powerful voices I've ever heard live, I'm so glad I got to see him. I'm sure not everyone will appreciate this, but Eric and the band even did "All By Myself" which was absolutely incredible, complete with piano solo and all. They will perform in Cleveland again in Dec. I would go again if I could!
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Patti Smith at the fairly small Junction in Cambridge. Great to see a 60 year old legend still full of fire and brimstone, looking younger than her years, moving like she's a lot younger, in great voice. Opened with Redondo Beach. Lots of old classics, Gimme Shelter and Smells Like Teen Spirit from her recent covers (mostly pretty obvious choices) collection Twelve, Perfect Day, which isn't on it. Unsurprisingly the higlight was a beautiful, passionate Because The Night, which she dedicated to the monks of Myanmar (though they seem to have reverted to Burma here of late), 'becuase I love them'. Lots of chat, especially about having tea with the fellows at King's College (she brought a napkin to prove it). Was she getting an honorary degree?
I'm not enough of a specialist to tell you the setlist, but this gives you an indication of what she's been playing of late:
http://www.pattismith.net/setlists.html
It was great to see her, and so happy on the stage.
I'm not enough of a specialist to tell you the setlist, but this gives you an indication of what she's been playing of late:
http://www.pattismith.net/setlists.html
It was great to see her, and so happy on the stage.
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Saw Josh Rouse and his band tonight here in Toronto. Great show, though the audience surprised me - I expected Rouse fans to be a lot more muted, but many of the people at the show were actually quite loudmouthed and rowdy. Go figure.
Here's the setlist, which I jot down on a piece of paper:
1. Saturday
2. Pilgrim
3. God, Please Let Me Go Back
4. Hollywood Bass Player
5. Comeback (Light Therapy)
6. Middle School Frown
7. Quiet Town
8. Love Vibration
9. Feelin' No Pain
10. Snowy
11. Isn't She Lovely (instrumental)
12. Carolina
13. My Love Has Gone
14. Sweetie
15. Why Won't You Tell Me What
16. 1972
17. It Looks Like Love
Encore:
18. Winter In The Hamptons
19. It's The Nighttime
20. Lay Lady Lay
21. Slaveship
22. Sad Eyes
Here's the setlist, which I jot down on a piece of paper:
1. Saturday
2. Pilgrim
3. God, Please Let Me Go Back
4. Hollywood Bass Player
5. Comeback (Light Therapy)
6. Middle School Frown
7. Quiet Town
8. Love Vibration
9. Feelin' No Pain
10. Snowy
11. Isn't She Lovely (instrumental)
12. Carolina
13. My Love Has Gone
14. Sweetie
15. Why Won't You Tell Me What
16. 1972
17. It Looks Like Love
Encore:
18. Winter In The Hamptons
19. It's The Nighttime
20. Lay Lady Lay
21. Slaveship
22. Sad Eyes
This morning you've got time for a hot, home-cooked breakfast! Delicious and piping hot in only 3 microwave minutes.
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John Hiatt - Sage Gateshead, 31/10/2007
2 hours of solo Hiatt, accompanying himself on various guitars, with two songs on piano. Played a couple of new songs, which seemed a little too twee and sentimental for this corresondent*, but the rest was grand stuff.
Maybe it was just me, but it seemed Mr Hiatt was playing Heart of Gold (including the harmonica breaks) whilst singing Perfectly Good Guitar. That's talent for ya.
What a voice! The man's got soul.
* I once tried to introduce 1st born to 'an underrated talent ... excellent songwriter ... you'll love him'. Unfortunately, the next song to play was My Dog & Me !! She's not trusted my judgement since.
2 hours of solo Hiatt, accompanying himself on various guitars, with two songs on piano. Played a couple of new songs, which seemed a little too twee and sentimental for this corresondent*, but the rest was grand stuff.
Maybe it was just me, but it seemed Mr Hiatt was playing Heart of Gold (including the harmonica breaks) whilst singing Perfectly Good Guitar. That's talent for ya.
What a voice! The man's got soul.
* I once tried to introduce 1st born to 'an underrated talent ... excellent songwriter ... you'll love him'. Unfortunately, the next song to play was My Dog & Me !! She's not trusted my judgement since.
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Saw Muse a few weeks ago and Arcade Fire last night.
Muse was ok but too mechanic while Arcade Fire delivered a dynamic performance all though there was no need for half the band cause the horns and strings drowned in a wall of sound. Didn't hear those horns once... Still Wake Up and Tunnels were fantastic.
Muse was ok but too mechanic while Arcade Fire delivered a dynamic performance all though there was no need for half the band cause the horns and strings drowned in a wall of sound. Didn't hear those horns once... Still Wake Up and Tunnels were fantastic.
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Bad acoustics, or just badly mixed? I've not heard this said of them before. Can't to see them Saturday week. High hopes of it being in my top 10 if not 5 of gigs ever...VonOfterdingen wrote:Arcade Fire delivered a dynamic performance all though there was no need for half the band cause the horns and strings drowned in a wall of sound. Didn't hear those horns once... Still Wake Up and Tunnels were fantastic.
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Wear your Green Gartside t-shirt.Otis Westinghouse wrote:Bad acoustics, or just badly mixed? I've not heard this said of them before. Can't to see them Saturday week. High hopes of it being in my top 10 if not 5 of gigs ever...VonOfterdingen wrote:Arcade Fire delivered a dynamic performance all though there was no need for half the band cause the horns and strings drowned in a wall of sound. Didn't hear those horns once... Still Wake Up and Tunnels were fantastic.
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