A truly memorable show best described as story telling, songs, brotherhood and drinking with well timed loo breaks. Bear in mind here in the chapel, they forbid the audience from drink alcohol (understandably) yet the band can partake (understandably?) to perhaps stay in the zone of the night’s ambience.
On stage at 8.15pm for over two hours. Three chairs, three guitars and many many songs. A far more easy flowing gig than the previous Friday’s Mark Kozelek show but that understandably comes about because of the closeness of the three souls on stage.
The show starts with a ‘round robin’ one song each for two sessions, before the guys mix it up with two songs each then back to one before a four song encore.
Each artist has an enormous back catalogue of songs, Craig Finn via the Hold Steady, Patterson Hood via Drive by Truckers and Will Johnson via Centro-Matic and South San Gabriel as well as their respective solo work.
So they could have just played the songs but, the story telling was an integral part of the evening. In -depth stories that cast a whole new perspective on the songs that they were singing.
A touching segment of the show was devoted to Vic Chesnutt as well as other lost family and friends but don’t take that as being downbeat. This was a show that you really felt it was just an evening out with the friends.
Thanks guys!
Pete
Set List
Jackson
(Craig Finn)
12.01
(Patterson Hood)
Flashes and Cables
(Centro-Matic cover)
(Will Johnson)
New Friend Jesus
(Craig Finn)
Better Off Without
(Patterson Hood)
Bloodkin Push (Forget the Ones)
(Will Johnson)
Jeremiah's Blues
(Craig Finn)
Terrified Eyes
(Craig Finn)
Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance
(Patterson Hood)
Come Back Little Star
(Patterson Hood)
Independence Day
(Vic Chesnutt cover) (Will Johnson)
You Will Be Here, Mine
(Will Johnson)
Dennis and Billy
(Craig Finn)
The Living Bubba
(Drive-By Truckers cover) (Patterson Hood)
VD City
(Will Johnson)
Encore:
Extras
(Craig Finn)
Closing Down My House
(Will Johnson)
Used To Be A Cop
(Drive-By Truckers cover) (Patterson Hood)
(Don't Go Back to) Rockville
(R.E.M. cover)
