Richard Thompson
Jun. 13th, 2014 08:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kevins_concertsGeneral admission show at the Pabst. The balconies were closed, but there was a good sized crowd on the main floor. We sat just behind the railing about halfway back, just to the outside of the right aisle.
An older couple sat next to us. The woman was quite talkative, and told us the bands she'd seen, back in the Day. The Doors, Janis Joplin, etc. The woman next to us was quite frustrated that nobody would stand. She wanted to dance. She asked if it was always like this. I said yes, and that this crowd was old. She didn't think much of this, as she was on the older side of the crowd. She got on my nerves later in the show, as she would not let it rest. The couple in front of us were friendly too, and talked about some of the bands they'd seen back in their day. A song started that was clearly a favorite of hers. She was bouncing in her seat, and it wasn't that lively a song, if I recall. Two women decided to leave the theater, then, and she told them they were "missing the best song!" I can't remember what song it was, but it was off his latest, Electric. "Saving the Good Stuff for You," maybe? They played six songs from that album.
I have a great appreciation for Thompson, though my familiarity comes late, so I'm not intimately familiar with his music. If you'd given me the setlist right after the show, I probably could have recognized half the songs. I'm writing this a few weeks later, and I only recall a handful of tunes.
I enjoyed the full band, that being the Richard Thompson Trio. Thompson on both electric and acoustic guitar, Taras Prodaniuk on bass and Michael Jerome on drums. Though having seen his acoustic solo shows, I must say those are great too. He can really fill out a song on his own. He's one of the great guitarists.
Setlist:
Stuck on the Treadmill
Sally B
Salford Sunday
For Shame of Doing Wrong
My Enemy
Can't Win
Saving the Good Stuff for You
Al Bowlly's in Heaven
Fork in the Road
Good Things Happen to Bad People
Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?
I'll Never Give It Up
Wall of Death
Encore
If Love Whispers Your Name
Dry My Tears and Move On
Tear Stained Letter
Encore
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Shoot Out the Lights
This Wheel's on Fire
Daddy Rolling Stone
An older couple sat next to us. The woman was quite talkative, and told us the bands she'd seen, back in the Day. The Doors, Janis Joplin, etc. The woman next to us was quite frustrated that nobody would stand. She wanted to dance. She asked if it was always like this. I said yes, and that this crowd was old. She didn't think much of this, as she was on the older side of the crowd. She got on my nerves later in the show, as she would not let it rest. The couple in front of us were friendly too, and talked about some of the bands they'd seen back in their day. A song started that was clearly a favorite of hers. She was bouncing in her seat, and it wasn't that lively a song, if I recall. Two women decided to leave the theater, then, and she told them they were "missing the best song!" I can't remember what song it was, but it was off his latest, Electric. "Saving the Good Stuff for You," maybe? They played six songs from that album.
I have a great appreciation for Thompson, though my familiarity comes late, so I'm not intimately familiar with his music. If you'd given me the setlist right after the show, I probably could have recognized half the songs. I'm writing this a few weeks later, and I only recall a handful of tunes.
I enjoyed the full band, that being the Richard Thompson Trio. Thompson on both electric and acoustic guitar, Taras Prodaniuk on bass and Michael Jerome on drums. Though having seen his acoustic solo shows, I must say those are great too. He can really fill out a song on his own. He's one of the great guitarists.
Setlist:
Stuck on the Treadmill
Sally B
Salford Sunday
For Shame of Doing Wrong
My Enemy
Can't Win
Saving the Good Stuff for You
Al Bowlly's in Heaven
Fork in the Road
Good Things Happen to Bad People
Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?
I'll Never Give It Up
Wall of Death
Encore
If Love Whispers Your Name
Dry My Tears and Move On
Tear Stained Letter
Encore
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Shoot Out the Lights
This Wheel's on Fire
Daddy Rolling Stone