Live Music 2012 - Track Your Shows Here

[sunvalleylaw]

Wilco show is tomorrow night. I am stoked. A kid I coach skiing (well, young man now) has been following them starting at Red Rocks, now SLC, and tomorrow night in Boise. He is getting there early and will get the good up front seats and save one for me. That is killer as I was not going to be able to take a whole day off and wait in line.

 

[R_of_G]

^^ Very excited for you Steve. Wish I was seeing them again. Seems like forever ago already that I went to that show.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Great show! We were on the front rail, right in front of Tweedy's mic!

After he warmed up, it was almost like having a conversation with Tweedy, being that close. He joked about the stoned guy next to us, and the freeloaders up on the hill behind the venue. I was very impressed with his playing as well. Seeing him work live was a treat.

Good range of tunes. The only album left off was the "Wilco" album. No tracks from that. I know some don't like that album, but I do. I bet they played the heck out of that last tour and want to give it a rest. But I got to hear a lot of the stuff I don't know as well. I can't think of a song played last night that I did not like musically.

Glenn was very energetic, big smiler, and clearly the sweatiest guy on stage. I loved his Zildjian kit. One note, though I enjoyed being center front, next time, I would pick still front, but a bit off to the side. They had a huge subwoofer directly front that on a couple songs wanted to blast you back off the fence.

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My favorite guitar on the stage. I would like to add a guitar like this to my collection one day.
Nels was certainly a favorite of mine during the night and really drew my attention as I watched what he was doing.

I love John and his work and think he would be a really fun bass player to play with. Pat Sansone was fun to watch, and someone I had overlooked in the band before. As the keyboarder, and a "third" guitarist, I was very impressed with his talent. He was pretty goofy with his Pete Townshend, Keef, and Boss moves onstage.

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Really liked this tele too!

Also, Tweedy got some nice SG tones.
They played quite a long time, and gave strong performances all night. Tweedy kept getting better and better as he warmed to the scene. Nels was just amazing, and the rest of the guys were not only solid, but clearly seeming to enjoy the show.

Blitzentrapper, who opened was also fun to watch. Kind of alt-country rock that rocks hard sometimes.

Clearly worth the $50 some bucks!

 

[R_of_G]

Nice pics Steve. Sounds like you had a great time.

Here's the setlist and poster for that show.

http://wilcoworld.net/#!/tour_date_type/26-june-2012-idaho-botanical-garden-boise-id/

 

[Pickngrin]

Very cool, Steve. Thanks for sharing the photos and your experience. I am a big Wilco fan. I last saw them in Hartford last year and they were great. Solid 3 hour show.

 

[R_of_G]

Seeing Fiona Apple tonight. Very excited.

 

[R_of_G]

Fiona Apple show was quite good.

The seats were awesome. Five rows deep, two seats to the right of dead center.

Rather than being subjected to a random opening act, the opener was Fiona's band minus Fiona. The guitar player came out alone at first, did a few songs by himself, then brought out the bass player for a few more, the drummer for a few more, and then the keyboardist for a final tune. I liked the opportunity to hear the backing musicians in this context prior to the main event.

Fiona's set reinforced what I love about her. As small a person as she is, she is one great big ball of energy on stage. Her voice was strong. Her piano playing was (as expected) excellent. She varied the setlist from across the span of her albums and ended the show with a beautiful cover of Conway Twitty's "It's Only Make Believe."

Overall a very positive experience.

 

[kidsmoke]

Saw Ben Harper last Thursday. I've seen him a few times before in full rock star mode....fantastic. Saw him once with The Blind Boys of Alabama in support of there joint Gospel/Roots album. Last night was solo acoustic. His early earliest success was in this vein....Burn One Down, Walk Away....but more recently he's been doing larger group projects.

The stage was prepared with, from left to right, an upright piano, +/- a dozen stringed instruments, and on the extreme right, a large xylophone. in the center, a tapestry covered chair and a mic.

the stringed instruments included, 6 string acoustic, 12 string acoustic, ukulele, Strat with a twin, National lap steel, resonator, Weissenborn, another custom build, similar front profile to a Weissenborn, but larger, and bowl backed, and a couple other random instruments.

He played for 3 hours solid, with one 3 minute break for applause. No other performer ever set foot on stage. And he played everything on stage at least once. No set list. He perused his collection of instruments in between each song, considering his mood and the requests being hurled at him. Wonderful evening. The guy is an honest artist, with a catalog, a love of his influences and a desire to connect with his fans. Really wonderful show.

obligatory lousy phone pics, self explanatory.

 

[kidsmoke]

Missed your report on Wilco Steve, that's great you caught them. sounds like a fantastic setting! Looking at the setlist it was a great night. They never disappoint.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Thanks TK! It was a great show. R, glad Fiona delivered.


Well, I am very tired after driving north through the mountains of Idaho to Montana on Sat. night, with deer all over the place trying to jump out and dent the front of my car, getting waylaid on some dirt back roads (rallying the subby Impressza!) then the Pearl Jam concert last night, then a long drive home (sans excess adventures) today.

Suffice it to say that it was THE best rock show I have can ever remember attending. Wilco's show was great in its own right, but for a rock show, this was tops. They were tight, energized, and on it! Played a good, long time! I plan on doing a full report and review tomorrow sometime. Meanwhile, here are a couple cell vids (not mine) to give you an idea.


Corduroy:




Better Man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9toSAGCUHWM

Alive McCready solo: (new goal, develop McCready rock shredding skills).



Setlist:

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/pearl-jam/2012/adams-center-missoula-mt-13ddd18d.html

 

[R_of_G]

@SVL - Very jealous you got to see Pearl Jam. Looking forward to hearing your full review once you've gotten some rest.

 

[Tig]

OK, this isn't for 2012, but I just got a pair of tickets to see BB King in early January at the local House of Blues.

Mrs. T is ecstatic!

 

[R_of_G]

OK, this isn't for 2012, but I just got a pair of tickets to see BB King in early January at the local House of Blues.

Mrs. T is ecstatic!

Looks like you'll get to start the Live Music 2013 thread off with a great one. :AOK

 

[Tig]

While BB has lost some of his vocal power, he's still BB and this might be our last chance to see him in person. (I hope not!)
To still be touring at 87 means he loves it. Music has probably kept him healthy and motivated. There are not too many diabetics in their 80's.

 

[R_of_G]

My parents saw BB a few years ago and my dad said "it's sad that he can't sing like he used to but he sure can still play his guitar."

 

[piebaldpython]

We saw BB 3-4 years ago. He sat the entire show but his vocals and git playing were spot on. At 87, he takes breaks during the show where he isn't active or he launches into a story/monologue. Still, it was good fun and he delivered some sterling blues.

 

[kidsmoke]

Man, I am remiss in my duties. Been that kind of a month I guess.

I was fortunate to score tickets to this....

It was billed as the "Gov't Mule Halloween Experience", so named because after a typical "Mule" opening set, they rearranged the stage and played the entire second set as "the Jimi Hendrix Experience". Odd to see Haynes exclusively using Strats. If you know Mule at all, you know they do extensive covers, extensively. but they don't just roll out a classic, they do it with obvious love and respect of the original material.

Well this was no exception. Haynes did not try to channel Hendrix' licks, but he played searing guitar, and the songs were huge, heavy aural onslaughts, which is signature Mule. The Riv is a cool old theater, but the acoustics suck. Certain parts of the theater are tolerable, but sadly I was unable to be in one of them this time around. It was a GA show, and I had a friend who's ticket I held, who arrived too late to get in and grab choice real estate. Long story short, we were in a spot with a great view, but essentially with a plaster swimming pool in the cieling overhead. This cavern creates terrible reverberations of the lows, and they overwhelm the soundscape. This is a known fact at this place, and as such that's where the late arrivals always end up. It's also where the bar is located. go figure.

Regardless, it was a great show...and hearing "are you experienced" done that well live, with an appreciative engaged crowd in a small theater was still a wonderful ...um...experience.

Insert obilgatory crappy cell phone pic here.

They had no opener and only one guest, a Baritone Sax player, so it was unique in that regard as well. Everytime I've seen Mule they've had a notable guest open and usually encore with them. Not so on this night.

 

[kidsmoke]

Saw PJ a couple years back at the United Center, where the Bulls play. They were excellent...but I'm pretty over the large concrete and steel stadium experience. What it made me long for was to see them in a club....can you imagine? Those guys still have an attitude, and I would LOVE to see them in an overheated bar dripping with sweat and shaking the rafters.

Still envy you the experience, though. Short of a football stadium, I'd still pony up for the show.

 

[R_of_G]

What it made me long for was to see them in a club....can you imagine? Those guys still have an attitude, and I would LOVE to see them in an overheated bar dripping with sweat and shaking the rafters.

Still envy you the experience, though. Short of a football stadium, I'd still pony up for the show.

When I saw them in 1991, it was at Roseland Ballroom in NYC. Not exactly a packed dive bar, but far more intimate than the stadiums and sheds they play now. So glad I got to see them then.

 

[poodlesrule]

My good fortune allowed me to attend Tedeschi Trucks Band, last night in Boston...
It was standing room, which means you could sneak up to three rows in front of stage <grin>

A bunch of stuff:
Amazing player... picking and fretting very usual (to me anyway). ST is quite a player as well
I will never look at an SG the same way again
Real band, not just ST + DT + sidemen
Everybody is having a grand time on stage
A mix of straight rock, funk, gospel, sitar-sounds (for lack of better terms), gospel, jazzy covers.

I danced, howled, jumped up and down for two+ hours straight...! There is something in that big, big groove that keeps going on.. I was thinking "Please don't let it stop!"

As a gift to my fellow Fretters, I can point out that the full lossless audio is already available as a legit torrent on the bt dot etree dot org site. And so are the earlier Philly gigs. I discovered that by inquiring with the two fellows doing the audio recording! The TT Band is one of few bands allowing that kind of distribution.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Sounds like a great show!