I finally decided to get back to tackling A Wizard A True Star after leaving it on the back burner for a couple of years. Learned a few more things since then as well.
So here are tracks 11, 12 and 13. Sort of had a little to do with my mood today perhaps.
11/12 WHEN THE SHIT HITS THE FAN / SUNSET BLVD / LE FEEL INTERNACIONALE and 13 SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO FEEL Clicky Here
Feed back is more than welcome since those here know these tracks well.
Play it loud, sounds better ... Y'all
Sounds really, really good to me. I LOVE these songs. (so what did you do to them? )
I finally decided to get back to tackling A Wizard A True Star after leaving it on the back burner for a couple of years. Learned a few more things since then as well.
So here are tracks 11, 12 and 13. Sort of had a little to do with my mood today perhaps.
11/12 WHEN THE SHIT HITS THE FAN / SUNSET BLVD / LE FEEL INTERNACIONALE and 13 SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO FEEL Clicky Here
Feed back is more than welcome since those here know these tracks well.
It's a good venue. I saw Tom Rush there last month, and am going to see the Wailin Jennys there next week. A few months back, I saw Rickie Lee Jones there.
Location: Perched on the precipice of the cauldron of truth
Posted:
Apr 14, 2010 - 11:27am
Zep wrote:
Anyone who plays Birchmere is usually a good show.
I've seen Suzanne Vega and Richard Thompson there (not on the same show), along with Asleep at the Wheel and Leon Russell.
Asleep at the Wheel takes over the whole stage!
but still, where ya been? Your cave finally thaw out?
It's a good venue. I saw Tom Rush there last month, and am going to see the Wailin Jennys there next week. A few months back, I saw Rickie Lee Jones there.
I saw Todd doing A Wizard A True Star last fall at the Strathmore (state of the art venue), but, for some reason, the sound was all off. First time I had ever been there.
I had the immense pleasure of attending Todd's Johnson Tour concert last night at the Birchmere, in Alexandria, Virginia.
See this show if you get the chance.
I have not seen Todd play guitar like that in a long, long time. It was a bit sloppy at times, but the man can still swing that ax with dexterity and vigor, coaxing out of a bevy of guitars some inspired and soaring solos. He never received the due he could have obtained as a guitar player had he not chosen to become the studio and tour magician intent upon pursuing the eclectic, song by song. There were flashes of that guitar talent on display last night before a music hall that, inexplicably, was not even 3/4 full. (Upon taking the stage, he bellowed "Welcome Sons of the Confederacy," a mischievous remark about Virginia's governor who recently put out a statement regarding the history of Confederacy and Virginia without even mentioning slavery. His quirky humor also was on display all night; easy banter)
As the name of the tour implies, it is a blues show. About 12 songs from the great blues man Robert Johnson interspersed with Todd songs that Todd referred to as his more "bluesy" songs. Among Todd songs played: Black Maria, No. 1 Lowest Common Denominator, Hamburger Hell, Tiny Demons, and I Saw The Light. Covers of RJ included Dust My Broom, Walkin' Blues, and, as the final encore, Crossroads.
His voice cannot really come close to matching the soul-piercing work of the plaintive and evocative Johnson, but it was interesting to see Todd's take on these songs even as they fell short of that high mark. Todd's adventuresome nature in terms of music has always been a hallmark.
It was his soaring guitar, though, that sent this night into the stratosphere for me.
Location: Perched on the precipice of the cauldron of truth
Posted:
Apr 14, 2010 - 8:00am
I had the immense pleasure of attending Todd's Johnson Tour concert last night at the Birchmere, in Alexandria, Virginia.
See this show if you get the chance.
I have not seen Todd play guitar like that in a long, long time. It was a bit sloppy at times, but the man can still swing that ax with dexterity and vigor, coaxing out of a bevy of guitars some inspired and soaring solos. He never received the due he could have obtained as a guitar player had he not chosen to become the studio and tour magician intent upon pursuing the eclectic, song by song. There were flashes of that guitar talent on display last night before a music hall that, inexplicably, was not even 3/4 full. (Upon taking the stage, he bellowed "Welcome Sons of the Confederacy," a mischievous remark about Virginia's governor who recently put out a statement regarding the history of Confederacy and Virginia without even mentioning slavery. His quirky humor also was on display all night; easy banter)
As the name of the tour implies, it is a blues show. About 12 songs from the great blues man Robert Johnson interspersed with Todd songs that Todd referred to as his more "bluesy" songs. Among Todd songs played: Black Maria, No. 1 Lowest Common Denominator, Hamburger Hell, Tiny Demons, and I Saw The Light. Covers of RJ included Dust My Broom, Walkin' Blues, and, as the final encore, Crossroads.
His voice cannot really come close to matching the soul-piercing work of the plaintive and evocative Johnson, but it was interesting to see Todd's take on these songs even as they fell short of that high mark. Todd's adventuresome nature in terms of music has always been a hallmark.
It was his soaring guitar, though, that sent this night into the stratosphere for me.
The books are available, as a memory of the show. Really nice photos in the SF show that I was at.
here's some of the Cool Jerk that I shot from the front/side
Contagious, amazing energy for an incredibly ambitious show (I didn't get how ambitious until now). The costume changes reflected in the book are astounding. What a great way to start the day. I enjoyed this very much!
I bet it was! I got to see him at the Akron Civic Theater in..well...Akron Ohio back in the 70's. I had (collected) all his albums. For some inexplicable reason, I traded or sold them to a friend who was moving to Florida. Never saw him again.
Y'all
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