Hey All.
My friend, Brian, asked for glimpse of what we experienced at the Newport Folk Festival yesterday. This is just me shining a tiny little light on it, but I thought I'd start with the best and the last and let you all share in a very beautiful memory...
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You mean besides the fact that we just played the freakin' Newport Folk Festival?!
Well for starters... Levon Helm- I asked Linford if it was ok that I still had a crush on Levon and thankfully he said yeah, it was ok. Levon sounded better than ever. Solid deep warm grooves. Swampy and soulfully southern. His voice slightly more grainy and weathered, even more endearing. His smile- a million dollar smile full of joy. Absolutely infectious. He surrounded himself with fellow musicians that complemented his style and sensibilities and shared the spotlight with his daughter among other vocalists, guitar, keys, violin, upright bass and horns. It seemed to be more about creating a space where others could share in the joy of music. There was no sense of Ego with Levon Helm. It was more about the music and the celebration of life - like a precious gift or a secret that he was now privy to.
I had a strange sad feeling come over me that this could be the last time I might see Levon Helm perform live. And then his smile lit up the stage and I was caught up again in the revelry that was exuding from him and could not help but to live in the moment. What a high.
They ended the set joined by David Rawlings & Gillian Welch and others as The Weight rang out over the lawn and across the bay.
More soon. I gotta get some sleep - we have a double header in NYC tomorrow. And I'm lovin' every minute of this.
Peace.
K
Monday, August 4, 2008
tour diary - over the rhine @ newport
i thought this was pretty cool and worth sharing. i got this note from karin bergquist (from over the rhine) about their playing newport yesterday...
Saturday, August 2, 2008
newport folk festival - free streaming from NPR
archived streams of the following shows are available @
Jim James At The Newport Folk Festival
August 2, 2008
The solo sets of Jim James have become somewhat of a hushed spectacle, the kind that leaves a person spellbound for days afterward. Performing with just an acoustic guitar and a little help from M. Ward, the bearded singer practically hypnotized his audience with his stunning voice.
She & Him At The Newport Folk Festival
August 2, 2008
Technical difficulties didn't deter M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel from plugging on ahead, even if that meant plugging in an electric guitar instead of an acoustic guitar. And then Newport's infamous rain came down... hard. But that didn't stop them either with special guest appearances from Jim James and Becky Stark.
Steve Earle At The Newport Folk Festival
August 2, 2008
Right from the beginning, Steve Earle called out the spirit of Woody Guthrie, realizing that we need him now more than ever. Out of all the artists at the Newport Folk Festival, Earle's invocation is the most appropriate — he would have fit in best at the festival's inception.
Jakob Dyan At The Newport Folk Festival
August 2, 2008
With a small backing band, Jakob Dylan came to the Newport Folk Festival not only with songs from his debut album, Seeing Things, but with music from the entire Wallflowers catalog.
On Sunday sets by: Gillian Welch, Trey Anastasio, Calexico & Brandi Carlisle will be streamed live and archived for later availability.
all streams are available @
Jim James At The Newport Folk Festival
August 2, 2008
The solo sets of Jim James have become somewhat of a hushed spectacle, the kind that leaves a person spellbound for days afterward. Performing with just an acoustic guitar and a little help from M. Ward, the bearded singer practically hypnotized his audience with his stunning voice.
She & Him At The Newport Folk Festival
August 2, 2008
Technical difficulties didn't deter M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel from plugging on ahead, even if that meant plugging in an electric guitar instead of an acoustic guitar. And then Newport's infamous rain came down... hard. But that didn't stop them either with special guest appearances from Jim James and Becky Stark.
Steve Earle At The Newport Folk Festival
August 2, 2008
Right from the beginning, Steve Earle called out the spirit of Woody Guthrie, realizing that we need him now more than ever. Out of all the artists at the Newport Folk Festival, Earle's invocation is the most appropriate — he would have fit in best at the festival's inception.
Jakob Dyan At The Newport Folk Festival
August 2, 2008
With a small backing band, Jakob Dylan came to the Newport Folk Festival not only with songs from his debut album, Seeing Things, but with music from the entire Wallflowers catalog.
On Sunday sets by: Gillian Welch, Trey Anastasio, Calexico & Brandi Carlisle will be streamed live and archived for later availability.
all streams are available @
what's on god's i-pod?
in concert, linford detweiler of over the rhine, while introducing the title song from their new record "the trumpet child" often brings up the rhetorical question that he wonders "what's on god's i-pod?" you would think, being god and all, that he's got a spiffy 160g that would hold a lot of music.
i think it's a fun and interting question...
i'd guess there would be some classical; bach, beethoven, schubert, and the likes, but i have little knowledge of classical so i'll move on.
i'm sure there would be some miles, coltrane, and mingus. the beatles would have to be there. along with the redemptive music of johnny cash and the carter family and the pain and lonliness of hank williams. there is little doubt to me that he would include the consciousness of woody guthrie & pete seeger and their more modern counterparts; dylan, marley and springsteen. the soul of marvin, aretha & ella and the blues of robert johnson, bb and muddy would also seem appropriate. i once heard the voice of tom waits described as "the sound of god clearing his throat" and can't imagine his words, passion and humor would be skipped. i would also like to think that every once and a while, he'd like to rock it a little with the likes of the clash and maybe jam a little with the grateful dead. and of course, the soundtracks for "woodstock" and "the last waltz" would have to be among the first things he downloaded.
i've not even started on "current" music, but i'd have to think if i created something as beautiful as the voices of karin bergquist (over the rhine), chan marshall (cat power), margo timmins (cowboy junkies), ryan adams, patty griffin i'd sure be listening to them on a regular basis with a smile on my face and the accomplishment of a job well done.
and i'm sure i missed some obvious choices...your thoughts? drop them in the comments. i'd love to hear...
*also, this is meant to be a lighthearted music discussion, not a religious debate. so depending on your religious beliefs, feel free to answer the question as "if there is a god, what would be on his/her i-pod?"
i think it's a fun and interting question...
i'd guess there would be some classical; bach, beethoven, schubert, and the likes, but i have little knowledge of classical so i'll move on.
i'm sure there would be some miles, coltrane, and mingus. the beatles would have to be there. along with the redemptive music of johnny cash and the carter family and the pain and lonliness of hank williams. there is little doubt to me that he would include the consciousness of woody guthrie & pete seeger and their more modern counterparts; dylan, marley and springsteen. the soul of marvin, aretha & ella and the blues of robert johnson, bb and muddy would also seem appropriate. i once heard the voice of tom waits described as "the sound of god clearing his throat" and can't imagine his words, passion and humor would be skipped. i would also like to think that every once and a while, he'd like to rock it a little with the likes of the clash and maybe jam a little with the grateful dead. and of course, the soundtracks for "woodstock" and "the last waltz" would have to be among the first things he downloaded.
i've not even started on "current" music, but i'd have to think if i created something as beautiful as the voices of karin bergquist (over the rhine), chan marshall (cat power), margo timmins (cowboy junkies), ryan adams, patty griffin i'd sure be listening to them on a regular basis with a smile on my face and the accomplishment of a job well done.
and i'm sure i missed some obvious choices...your thoughts? drop them in the comments. i'd love to hear...
*also, this is meant to be a lighthearted music discussion, not a religious debate. so depending on your religious beliefs, feel free to answer the question as "if there is a god, what would be on his/her i-pod?"
Friday, August 1, 2008
New Music/CD Releases (August 5th, 2008)
August 5
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event
Amy Ray - Didn't It Feel Kinder
Black Light Burns - Cover Your Heart & the Anvil Pants Ody
Brazilian Girls - New York City
Carrie Rodriguez - She Ain't Me
Carla Bruni - Comme Si de Rien N'Etait
Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
Darker My Love - 2
Ernie Halter - Starting Over
Heidi Newfield - What Am I Waiting For
Hawthorne Heights - Fragile Future
Jamey Johnson - That Lonesome Song
Keanthony - A Hustlaz Story
Keith Anderson - C'mon
Kid Sister - Koko B. Ware
Lewis Black - Anticipation
Lloyd - Lessons In Love
Mike Gordon - The Green Sparrow
Nappy Roots - The Humdinger
Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
Pater Bradley Adams - Leavetaking
Randy Newman - Harps and Angels
Santana - Multi-Dimensional Warrior
Trapt - Only Through The Pain
Soundtrack - Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2
dvd
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
w/Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Paxton, Natalie Maines, Arlo Guthrie
Pete Seeger reads The Wall Street Journal! That's perhaps the most startling revelation in Jim Brown's (The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time) wonderful documentary that etches an indelible portrait of an American icon and a global treasure. As a solo performer and as a member of the Weavers, Seeger introduced America to its musical heritage and was instrumental in ushering in the folk music revival in the 1960s. Branded as an "evil Commie" for his leftist beliefs, he is hailed here as an "absolute patriot" and "a living testament to the First Amendment." Seeger didn't call out politicians or presidents. He called out backward policies, unjust laws, and divisive attitudes. Songs that he popularized, or were covered by others, such as "We Shall Overcome," "The Hammer Song," "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," and "Turn, Turn, Turn," became Civil Rights and anti-war anthems. Music, he eloquently states in The Power of Song, should not be used just to forget one's troubles, but to also help to understand and to do something about your troubles. Whether singing work songs at union rallies or Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" to schoolchildren, Seeger used folk music as a uniter. The Power of Song is a profile in courage. In dramatic archival footage, he is seen defying the House Un-American Activities Committee. Seeger, never in it for the money, recalls how he quit the phenomenally popular Weavers when the other members agreed to do a cigarette commercial. Seeger was green before green was cool. At 88, he lives in the log cabin that he built and continues to work the land; chopping wood and hauling water. This film also chronicles his successful campaign to clean up the polluted Hudson River.
The Power of Song" is more than a great life story. It's also a great love story. Toshi, his wife of more than 60 years, emerges as an extraordinary woman who has greatly sacrificed to allow Seeger to take his music and message around the world (at one point she jokes that she wished her husband chased women instead of causes so she could leave him). Seeger says his singing voice is gone, but his spirit is undimmed (one clip captures him standing on the roadside with a handful of war protesters). Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks, Mary Travers, and family members are among those who pay tribute, but Seeger's own plain-spoken words and the concert footage and performance clips--by turns joyous and profoundly moving--take full measure of the man as a musicologist, iconoclast, and "social artist." One admirer says of Seeger that he stood for justice and had powerful enemies. That makes him sound like a superhero. In his own gentle way, perhaps he was.
and remember, whenever possible buy your music directly from the artist(s) or your local independent record store. both could become endangered without your support.
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event
Amy Ray - Didn't It Feel Kinder
Black Light Burns - Cover Your Heart & the Anvil Pants Ody
Brazilian Girls - New York City
Carrie Rodriguez - She Ain't Me
Carla Bruni - Comme Si de Rien N'Etait
Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
Darker My Love - 2
Ernie Halter - Starting Over
Heidi Newfield - What Am I Waiting For
Hawthorne Heights - Fragile Future
Jamey Johnson - That Lonesome Song
Keanthony - A Hustlaz Story
Keith Anderson - C'mon
Kid Sister - Koko B. Ware
Lewis Black - Anticipation
Lloyd - Lessons In Love
Mike Gordon - The Green Sparrow
Nappy Roots - The Humdinger
Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
Pater Bradley Adams - Leavetaking
Randy Newman - Harps and Angels
Santana - Multi-Dimensional Warrior
Trapt - Only Through The Pain
Soundtrack - Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2
dvd
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
w/Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Paxton, Natalie Maines, Arlo Guthrie
Pete Seeger reads The Wall Street Journal! That's perhaps the most startling revelation in Jim Brown's (The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time) wonderful documentary that etches an indelible portrait of an American icon and a global treasure. As a solo performer and as a member of the Weavers, Seeger introduced America to its musical heritage and was instrumental in ushering in the folk music revival in the 1960s. Branded as an "evil Commie" for his leftist beliefs, he is hailed here as an "absolute patriot" and "a living testament to the First Amendment." Seeger didn't call out politicians or presidents. He called out backward policies, unjust laws, and divisive attitudes. Songs that he popularized, or were covered by others, such as "We Shall Overcome," "The Hammer Song," "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," and "Turn, Turn, Turn," became Civil Rights and anti-war anthems. Music, he eloquently states in The Power of Song, should not be used just to forget one's troubles, but to also help to understand and to do something about your troubles. Whether singing work songs at union rallies or Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" to schoolchildren, Seeger used folk music as a uniter. The Power of Song is a profile in courage. In dramatic archival footage, he is seen defying the House Un-American Activities Committee. Seeger, never in it for the money, recalls how he quit the phenomenally popular Weavers when the other members agreed to do a cigarette commercial. Seeger was green before green was cool. At 88, he lives in the log cabin that he built and continues to work the land; chopping wood and hauling water. This film also chronicles his successful campaign to clean up the polluted Hudson River.
The Power of Song" is more than a great life story. It's also a great love story. Toshi, his wife of more than 60 years, emerges as an extraordinary woman who has greatly sacrificed to allow Seeger to take his music and message around the world (at one point she jokes that she wished her husband chased women instead of causes so she could leave him). Seeger says his singing voice is gone, but his spirit is undimmed (one clip captures him standing on the roadside with a handful of war protesters). Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks, Mary Travers, and family members are among those who pay tribute, but Seeger's own plain-spoken words and the concert footage and performance clips--by turns joyous and profoundly moving--take full measure of the man as a musicologist, iconoclast, and "social artist." One admirer says of Seeger that he stood for justice and had powerful enemies. That makes him sound like a superhero. In his own gentle way, perhaps he was.
and remember, whenever possible buy your music directly from the artist(s) or your local independent record store. both could become endangered without your support.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
wild sweet orange @ ear x-tacy/louisville (07.31.2008)
tonight, the birmingham, alabama based band "wild sweet orange" played a nice 45 (+/-) minute in-store set @ the most excellent ear x-tacy here in louisville to celebrate this week's release of their first record "we have cause to be uneasy." the band performed tonight as a 5 piece, while billed as a four piece consisting of; preston lovinggood (vocals, acoustic guitar), garrett kelley (bass), chip kilpatrick (drums), taylor shaw (electric guitar), unfortunately i didn't get the name of the other player on guitar tonight. i got to talk to them for a few minutes after they played tonight, all very pleasant, nice young men that seemed very appreciative of the support they've received.
i always hate the dreaded "what kind of music do they play" question... well, it's a nice blend of rock, power pop with a little twinge of a folkish vibe on at times. but no doubt, they can bring it, they are a really good band with a very talented vocalist. lovinggood's voice is great, very much his own but at times you'll hear a little bit of bono or maybe griffin house come out when he starts to wail. not a bad thing at all. he is the perfect compliment to their sound, which i'm sure is no accident, since he is the chief songwriter and producer.
i really enjoyed their live performance and i'm still running through the record for the first time and digesting it lyrically, sonically i'm really enjoying it, the sound is really nice. a very nice listen; "ten dead dogs," "sour milk," and "an atlas to follow" seem to be the standouts for me on the first pass thru.
my suggestion, go to wildsweetmusic.com (streaming audio link on top left of page) or www.myspace.com/wildsweetorange and have a listen for yourself, it's worth your time.
and on a side note, while i myself am a "southern boy" and grew up on the music of "allman brothers band" and the like, i always love seeing a band that comes out of the deep south that breaks that "southern rock" stereotype and dispells the theory that if you come from the south, you've gotta sound like "lynyrd skynyrd" to be successful. good on them for doing that.
photos by bill ivester
tour schedule
August 1, 2008 Pontiac,MI PIKE ROOM AT THE CROFOOT
August 3, 2008 Chicago,IL LOLLAPALOOZA Show Time- 12:30 PM
August 4, 2008 Omaha,NE THE SLOWDOWN
August 6, 2008 Minneapolis,MN THE VARSITY THEATER
August 10, 2008 Austin,TX STUBBS
August 11, 2008 Houston,TX STUDIO AT WAREHOUSE LIVE
August 12, 2008 Dallas-Ft. Worth,TX HOUSE OF BLUES
August 13, 2008 Shreveport,LA The Rustic Cowboy
August 14, 2008 Memphis,TN The High Tone
August 20, 2008 Nashville,TN Belcourt Thearter
August 27, 2008 Orlando,FL THE SOCIAL
August 28, 2008 Gainesville,FL COMMON GROUND
August 29, 2008 Athens,GA 40 WATT CLUB
August 30, 2008 Columbia,SC 5 POINTS PUB
August 31, 2008 Mt Pleasant,SC VILLAGE TAVERN
September 2, 2008 Charlotte,NC Neighborhood Theatre
September 3, 2008 Charlottesville,VA GRAVITY LOUNGE
September 4, 2008 Philadelphia,PA KHYBER
September 5, 2008 Brooklyn,NY SOUTHPAW
September 6, 2008 Hoboken,NJ MAXWELLS
September 8, 2008 Baltimore,MD FLETCHERS
September 9, 2008 Richmond,VA CANAL CLUB
September 10, 2008 Greensboro,NC GREENE STREET CLUB
September 11, 2008 Atlanta,GA THE EARL
September 12, 2008 S. Jacksonvil,FL JACK RABBITS
September 13, 2008 Tampa,FL WMNF Birthday Bash
September 14, 2008 Gainesville,FL Real Big Deal Fest
Newport Folk Festival (August 2nd & 3rd)
i was really hoping to make it up for this, my three current favorites; over the rhine, cat power and cowboy junkies are all playing the (arguably) most famed and prestigious ongoing festival in the history of music, the newport folk festival. plus sets by legends like levon helm, brian wilson* and richie havens along with sets by other greats like; gillian welch, steve earle/allison moorer, son volt, the black crowes and jakob dylan, playing where his father was booed off the stage 43 years ago for "going electric." jakob, by the way, will be playing a solo acoustic set. it should be a great weekend and with jimmy buffet "headlining" and closing it out, there would be a great opportunity to slip out early and beat the traffic.
hopefully we will be getting a full report from friend and previous contributor, keith bergendorff who will be attending the festival along with several cowboy junkies and over the rhine shows in the region.
The Newport Folk Festival is a multi-day, multi-stage music festival held at the historic Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island.
Saturday, August 2
Doors: 10:00 AM - Show: 11:30 AM to 7:00 PM
Cowboy Junkies 11:30 - 12:20
Young @ Heart Chorus 11:30 - 12:10
Sydney Wayser 11:30 - 12:00
Red Rooster 12:25 - 1:15
Jakob Dylan 12:30 - 1:20
Richie Havens 12:40 - 1:30
Jesca Hoop 1:35 - 2:15
Steve Earle & Allison Moorer 1:40 - 2:30
Trey Anastasio 2:00 - 3:00
American Babies 2:35 - 3:05
She & Him (feat. Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward) 2:50 - 3:40
Willy Mason 3:30 - 4:10
Stephen & Damian Marley 3:30 - 4:45
Jim James (of My Morning Jacket) 4:00 - 5:00
The Felice Brothers 4:35 - 5:35
The Black Crowes 5:15 - 6:45
Cat Power 5:30 - 6:30
Sunday, August 3rd
Doors: 10:00 AM - Show: 11:30 AM to 7:00 PM
Ryan Fitzsimmons 11:30 - 11:50
The Honors (OurStage Winners) 12:10 - 12:55
Brandi Carlile 12:15 - 1:00
Over The Rhine 1:15 - 2:10
Richard Julian 1:20 - 2:10
Calexico 1:20 - 2:20
Kaki King 2:30 - 3:20
Jake Shimabukuro 2:30 - 3:30
Gillian Welch 2:40 - 3:40
Son Volt 3:40 - 4:40
One Flew South 4:00 - 5:00
Levon Helm 4:10 - 5:10
The Avett Brothers 5:00 - 6:00
Jimmy Buffett 5:40 - 7:15
Schedule subject to change
* "official" postings/articles note brian wilson as a performer, i have yet to find his name/time slot on a schedule.
hopefully we will be getting a full report from friend and previous contributor, keith bergendorff who will be attending the festival along with several cowboy junkies and over the rhine shows in the region.
The Newport Folk Festival is a multi-day, multi-stage music festival held at the historic Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island.
Saturday, August 2
Doors: 10:00 AM - Show: 11:30 AM to 7:00 PM
Cowboy Junkies 11:30 - 12:20
Young @ Heart Chorus 11:30 - 12:10
Sydney Wayser 11:30 - 12:00
Red Rooster 12:25 - 1:15
Jakob Dylan 12:30 - 1:20
Richie Havens 12:40 - 1:30
Jesca Hoop 1:35 - 2:15
Steve Earle & Allison Moorer 1:40 - 2:30
Trey Anastasio 2:00 - 3:00
American Babies 2:35 - 3:05
She & Him (feat. Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward) 2:50 - 3:40
Willy Mason 3:30 - 4:10
Stephen & Damian Marley 3:30 - 4:45
Jim James (of My Morning Jacket) 4:00 - 5:00
The Felice Brothers 4:35 - 5:35
The Black Crowes 5:15 - 6:45
Cat Power 5:30 - 6:30
Sunday, August 3rd
Doors: 10:00 AM - Show: 11:30 AM to 7:00 PM
Ryan Fitzsimmons 11:30 - 11:50
The Honors (OurStage Winners) 12:10 - 12:55
Brandi Carlile 12:15 - 1:00
Over The Rhine 1:15 - 2:10
Richard Julian 1:20 - 2:10
Calexico 1:20 - 2:20
Kaki King 2:30 - 3:20
Jake Shimabukuro 2:30 - 3:30
Gillian Welch 2:40 - 3:40
Son Volt 3:40 - 4:40
One Flew South 4:00 - 5:00
Levon Helm 4:10 - 5:10
The Avett Brothers 5:00 - 6:00
Jimmy Buffett 5:40 - 7:15
Schedule subject to change
* "official" postings/articles note brian wilson as a performer, i have yet to find his name/time slot on a schedule.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
free stream and download: tom waits - "glitter and doom" @ the fox theatre/atlanta (07.05.2008)
free stream @ NPR "All Things Considered"
free download @: NPR "All Things Considered - Podcast"
i was there and while "stunning" a great compliment, it is simply an understatement. =)
many thanks to NPR and public radio for making music like this available.
free download @: NPR "All Things Considered - Podcast"
i was there and while "stunning" a great compliment, it is simply an understatement. =)
Glitter And Doom: Tom Waits In Concert
Hear A Stunning Performance, Recorded At Atlanta's Fox Theater
A trip through the world of Tom Waits can be disorienting. His ramshackle story-songs, with their creaky instrumentation and dusty poetry, usually leave listeners with more questions than answers, and his persona outside of his music revolves around a playful but guarded mix of fiction and reality.
To promote his latest tour, Waits offered the media an extended print interview — one he conducted with himself — and a taped press conference, featuring Waits seated at a table of microphones, answering questions amid bursts of flashbulbs and murmurs. Only at the end, as Waits donned a bowler hat and exited, did viewers see that the room was empty and the sound of the press corps was merely a record playing.
Both interviews were filled with more wildly imaginative stories and questionable trivia (was a sunken Japanese freighter really raised with 20 million ping-pong balls?) than actual details of the tour. But that's the allure of Tom Waits: It's hard to know what to believe, but the world he creates is enchanting enough to get lost in.
Here's what we do know: Waits has dubbed his summer 2008 tour "Glitter and Doom." It's a trek through the lower half of the U.S. he describes as "PEHDTSCKJMBA" (pronounced "pess-kuh-JUM-buh), an acronym for each of the tour's stops: Phoenix, El Paso, Houston, Dallas, Tulsa, St. Louis, Columbus, Knoxville, Jacksonville, Mobile, Birmingham and Atlanta.
For his Atlanta stop, recorded at the city's historic Fox Theater on July 5, Waits delivered a stunning and epic two-and-a-half-hour performance, including songs he says he's never attempted outside of the studio before. Backing Waits is a five-piece group featuring Seth Ford-Young (upright bass), Patrick Warren (keyboards), Omar Torrez (guitars), Vincent Henry (woodwinds) and Casey Waits (drums and percussion). "They play with racecar precision and they are all true conjurers," Waits says. "They are all multi-instrumentalists and they polka like real men."
Waits wraps his tour with seven stops in Europe, including his first-ever concerts in Spain and the Czech Republic, with a finale in Dublin on Aug. 1.
Set List
"Lucinda / Ain't Going Down to the Well"
"Down in the Hole"
"Falling Down"
"Chocolate Jesus"
"All the World Is Green"
"Cemetery Polka"
"Cause of It All"
"Till the Money Runs Out"
"Such a Scream"
"November"
"Hold On"
"Black Market Baby"
"9th and Hennepin"
"Lie to Me"
"Lucky Day"
"On the Nickel"
"Lost in the Harbor"
"Innocent When You Dream"
"Hoist That Rag"
"Make It Rain"
"Dirt in the Ground"
"Get Behind the Mule"
"Hang Down Your Head"
"Jesus Gonna Be Here"
"Singapore"
ENCORE
"Eyeball Kid"
"Anywhere I Lay My Head"
many thanks to NPR and public radio for making music like this available.
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