Post by caprani on Jul 11, 2004 4:17:19 GMT -5
(snipped from posts to the Hoy Hoy Digest)
We went into Aarhus at 'round 15:30, with plenty of time on our hands so after we had
entered the Train, the site for tonights concert, greeting all from the crew who were
present, Laila and I stayed at the venue while Franz, Willie and Mario went out to have a
little look at the city of Aarhus.
The Soundcheck was "The Blues Don't Tell It All" and a bit of noodeling around by Paul and
Fred acoustic. Don't get me wrong. It's just because Paul and Freds acoustic soundcheck
consisted of more small pieces that I honestly don't remember the titles to. Richie
apparantly had yet another new set of drums which, in his own words, was the best he had
on the tour, so him and Rocky were in great mood.
The setlist:
1. Spanish Moon > (As always Sams vocals never cease to amaze in this one - Groooowl!)
2. Skin It Back (As funky as ever)
3. The Blues Don't Tell At All (Kicks Bu.. 'nuff said ;-)
4. Under The Radar (Dedicated to Tanja who, as you know, would be leaving the tour
together with us later)
5. Easy To Slip (Wonderful to have this Feat-classic live.)
6. Down On The Farm (Electric. Evolved into a piece which I perceive was titled "
Candyman").
7. Willin' > (With a, as it sounded like, in the last second initiated "Bogart")
8. Long Black Veil >
9. The Weight
10. Cajun Girl (As so often before (often? <g>) Shaun seems to associate this tune a great
deal with Laila. It always makes Laila happy, and it's wonderful! We had an extended
mandolin-solo by Fred, in which Paul joined with all kinds of bits and pieces of American
traditionals for the pure fun of it. At least I recognized "Duelling Banjos" and one more
where the title escapes me).
11. On Your Way Down (This was fantastic/horrifying. I NEVER remember to have heard Shaun
that way before. Awesome vocal and Microphone techniques combined to a degree were the
dynamics were almost too much to grasp, and still keeping it so consistent. As I told her
personally, in Malmö btw., the microphone compressor certainly wasn't invented because of
singers like her.
She sings, modulates and mixes on the fly so it's a true pleasure to listen to)
12. Keepin' It Up With The Joneses (I'm very fond of having heard this old tune live. Paul
just nails it!)
13. Texas Twister (With a soaring guitar intro ofcourse. Uptempo but tight.)
14. Dixie Chicken > (Now there's that girl and her tambourine again ;-) Kenny had a
energetic bass solo in this piece which seemed to please the audience a lot. In the broad
sense it seemed to me that this audience was very open to solos and improvisations. Kennys
solo evolved into the first keyboard solo from Bill which was later releaved by an
intermezzo of duelling guitars.
After the guitars faded back Billy continued his solo in a soaring groove, which suddenly
cut of in favor of the initial, and very, very tight piano-chords of >)
15. Tripe Face Boogie (which kicked in as a logical extension from Dixie Chicken, and the
crowd went wild!!!!!!!)
After that the crowd roared and wanted more. There was no way for our heroes to go,
besides back on the stage for an
Encore:
16. Feats Don't Fail Me Now (This was really a very tight version in the, as it appeared
to me, exactly right tempo. The groove was invigorating, and Sam was pulled to the front
stage from behind his congas in order to lead-sing the song.
A personal highlight was as Sam wanted me to be the "answering choir" in the last part of
the song. Ofcourse it made me somewhat nervous, but as I discovered I actually had the
largest monitor-system on the planet, so there was no danger to the intonation at all. Was
that loud or what. A funny coincidence occured as Sam apparantly not only wanted me to
sing, but wanted me on stage as well. He looked to Paul for confirmation, but it was
evident that Master Foo didn't share Sams enthusiasm at that point. (The stage WAS rather
small) I had a hard time concentrating after that, but the record shows (in the true
meaning of the word) that I was not completely off key. Great Guys! Thanks a lot ;-)
Then that was it. The show was over. "Let the roadies take the stage..." Boo-hoooo!
Oh it felt sad allright, but who could honestly ask for more. To my opinion the two last
shows battled for position 1. of the three we saw. Amager Bio was maybe bigger, but I'm
not sure if it was better (?). Those who saw the shows with us may be of a different
opinion, but personally I think that this last show was the best. We couldn't have had a
better conclusion on these three great days.
We went into Aarhus at 'round 15:30, with plenty of time on our hands so after we had
entered the Train, the site for tonights concert, greeting all from the crew who were
present, Laila and I stayed at the venue while Franz, Willie and Mario went out to have a
little look at the city of Aarhus.
The Soundcheck was "The Blues Don't Tell It All" and a bit of noodeling around by Paul and
Fred acoustic. Don't get me wrong. It's just because Paul and Freds acoustic soundcheck
consisted of more small pieces that I honestly don't remember the titles to. Richie
apparantly had yet another new set of drums which, in his own words, was the best he had
on the tour, so him and Rocky were in great mood.
The setlist:
1. Spanish Moon > (As always Sams vocals never cease to amaze in this one - Groooowl!)
2. Skin It Back (As funky as ever)
3. The Blues Don't Tell At All (Kicks Bu.. 'nuff said ;-)
4. Under The Radar (Dedicated to Tanja who, as you know, would be leaving the tour
together with us later)
5. Easy To Slip (Wonderful to have this Feat-classic live.)
6. Down On The Farm (Electric. Evolved into a piece which I perceive was titled "
Candyman").
7. Willin' > (With a, as it sounded like, in the last second initiated "Bogart")
8. Long Black Veil >
9. The Weight
10. Cajun Girl (As so often before (often? <g>) Shaun seems to associate this tune a great
deal with Laila. It always makes Laila happy, and it's wonderful! We had an extended
mandolin-solo by Fred, in which Paul joined with all kinds of bits and pieces of American
traditionals for the pure fun of it. At least I recognized "Duelling Banjos" and one more
where the title escapes me).
11. On Your Way Down (This was fantastic/horrifying. I NEVER remember to have heard Shaun
that way before. Awesome vocal and Microphone techniques combined to a degree were the
dynamics were almost too much to grasp, and still keeping it so consistent. As I told her
personally, in Malmö btw., the microphone compressor certainly wasn't invented because of
singers like her.
She sings, modulates and mixes on the fly so it's a true pleasure to listen to)
12. Keepin' It Up With The Joneses (I'm very fond of having heard this old tune live. Paul
just nails it!)
13. Texas Twister (With a soaring guitar intro ofcourse. Uptempo but tight.)
14. Dixie Chicken > (Now there's that girl and her tambourine again ;-) Kenny had a
energetic bass solo in this piece which seemed to please the audience a lot. In the broad
sense it seemed to me that this audience was very open to solos and improvisations. Kennys
solo evolved into the first keyboard solo from Bill which was later releaved by an
intermezzo of duelling guitars.
After the guitars faded back Billy continued his solo in a soaring groove, which suddenly
cut of in favor of the initial, and very, very tight piano-chords of >)
15. Tripe Face Boogie (which kicked in as a logical extension from Dixie Chicken, and the
crowd went wild!!!!!!!)
After that the crowd roared and wanted more. There was no way for our heroes to go,
besides back on the stage for an
Encore:
16. Feats Don't Fail Me Now (This was really a very tight version in the, as it appeared
to me, exactly right tempo. The groove was invigorating, and Sam was pulled to the front
stage from behind his congas in order to lead-sing the song.
A personal highlight was as Sam wanted me to be the "answering choir" in the last part of
the song. Ofcourse it made me somewhat nervous, but as I discovered I actually had the
largest monitor-system on the planet, so there was no danger to the intonation at all. Was
that loud or what. A funny coincidence occured as Sam apparantly not only wanted me to
sing, but wanted me on stage as well. He looked to Paul for confirmation, but it was
evident that Master Foo didn't share Sams enthusiasm at that point. (The stage WAS rather
small) I had a hard time concentrating after that, but the record shows (in the true
meaning of the word) that I was not completely off key. Great Guys! Thanks a lot ;-)
Then that was it. The show was over. "Let the roadies take the stage..." Boo-hoooo!
Oh it felt sad allright, but who could honestly ask for more. To my opinion the two last
shows battled for position 1. of the three we saw. Amager Bio was maybe bigger, but I'm
not sure if it was better (?). Those who saw the shows with us may be of a different
opinion, but personally I think that this last show was the best. We couldn't have had a
better conclusion on these three great days.
Thanks for the post.