Over the Rhine (w/Jim Bianco) @ The Bomhard Theatre (Louisville, KY), December 12, 2008

a beautiful show last night @ the bomhard theatre in the kentucky center for the performing arts. a theatre worthy of what happens on it's stage, great sightlines throughout and amazing acoustically, and juicy worked it to perfection., the sound was pristine.

the band was in great spirits and having a lot of fun, coming off a successful west coast swing and getting in a week's rest before yesterday's shows here. the wonderful and lighthearted "WFPK live lunch" got the day started off right and the followed it up with a full-throttled gig @ the bomhard last night. the show had a great feel from the start, when a couple of songs in, karin announced that they were dedicating the "whole show" to patrick and sara (some local fans). as she said "they know why" and that was good enough for her, so i'll leave it at that too.

also, since karin's birthday is today, and in an effort to surprise her...between "northpole man" and "don't wait for tom" on the setlist, linford snuck in a surprise happy birthday wish for karin, the band and audience sang happy birthday to her and i was privledged to take her cake out to her on stage to blow out the candles. (that stage, the lights, all the people, is a scary place)

the set was at times; quiet then rockin', spiritual and bluesy, funny followed by emotional. they hit all of the bases, and hit it out of the park. by far, the best show OtR show i've seen this year...and i've seen a few really (really) good ones.

jim bianco, who opened on the recent west coast leg opened and did a nice job. nice music and a very funny guy...seemed he was "enjoying" being in the heart of "bourbon" country. a lot.


"darlin' christmas is coming" on WFPK Live Lunch earlier in the day