March 10 or 11 Seattle

[Keith]

Wife probably won't want to go. Show is in Seattle. I'm looking for a group from my area, Port Orchard or close by who may be interested in tickets and carpool.

[Chad Holtquist]

I'd be interested in either. I can drivew and would be willing to buy a ticket from you. I also live in Port Orchard.
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[Mike]

Being from Texas, but having family in Port Orchard, it's always a real "treat" taking the Ferry across the water when we're up there. I hear it is getting kinda pricey tho.

[gwcooper]

Hoys to all and I'm glad you're planning on making a Seattle show! I was also the POC for the Feat shows there last year. I haven't talked to the Triple Door folks yet this year, but I am sure some things haven't changed. Here are some of them:

• NO taping or photos allowed.
  
• NO tickets sold in advance. The Triple Door is like a dinner theater. You make _reservations_ by calling [phone]. You can cancel up to 24 hours before the show. If you don't cancel, your credit card will be charged whether or not you make the show.
  
• Two shows a night, separate admission charges. Even if you have reservations for both shows you are kicked out to the bar between sets. All charges are on one bill, which must be settled at the end of each set.
  
• There are NO bad seats. The venue is pretty small, and is set up with tables (or booths) and chairs. I guess a 'bad' seat would be one where you had to look to your side to see the band.
  
• It is pricey. Last year, the cover charge alone was around $55-$60 per person. Food and drink extra. The food is quite good, and is reasonably priced for the quality. (Except for desserts, which are even higher priced than normal for 'good' restaurants.) Drinks are slightly high but not exorbitant.
  
• Bar opens for lunch and stays open. (Last Year's Tlmes! ) Doors to the music room open at 6 PM. First set starts at 8 PM, ends between 9:30 and 10 PM. Second show starts at 10:30 PM, ends around midnight. Check your ferry schedules!

Feel free to contact me at gwcooper(at)msn(dot)com for more info. With there being four shows over two days, there won't be a formal fan 'meet-n-greet' set up; rather we will meet in the bar. More (and guaranteed current) info will be posted soon. Five weeks to go! Yours in Feath, Glenn from Seattle

[gwcooper]

Wear Hawaiian shirts!

Hoys to All! I had a thought today. (Tried to dodge it but stumbled; it hit me dead-on. Dang.) As a way to welcome the band back from their trip to Hawaii, and a way to express our desire to likewise avoid dreary winter for a week, let's all wear Hawaiian shirts to the Northwest shows during March.
Bellingham, Wa on the coast near Canada, is scenic enough to help anyone unwind, and is the scene of the Feat's first mainland gig after Hawaii, at the Mount Baker Theatre on the 9th. So let's go tropical! Next to Seattle for four blistering sets in two nights, at a 230 seat (pricey, but worth it) dinner theater. Asian fusion-influenced menu meets little-umbrella cocktails meets Polynesian shirts meets Da Feat (not you, Ginger!) for a spicy good time... Portland, at the Roseland Theater, is Saturday's gig. Either the Feat or the first act is at 9 PM. A seating chart seems to indicate a large seats-removed area on the main floor, with side bleachers and a balcony for reserved seating. I've not been in either theater. But six shows in four days? How sick is that?
I know that in these tropical shirts we're aping the parrot-heads, but even Buffet fans can be right once in a while. Becides, Paul recorded with him so he's got to be OK... Once the dancing begins the shirts get ditched anyway to reveal the tasty Little Feat T-shirts worn underneath. I don't know about anybody else, but I wish I was in Hawaii right now, so I'll be wearing tropical in Seattle for sure, and Bellingham if I don't work. See some of you soon! from Glenn, Seattle POC

[gwcooper]

Hoys in multiples to All!
It's time once again for the Feat's annual swing through the Northwest. Since they have just finished playing Hawaii, let's greet them while wearing Hawaiian shirts. The Feat are playing Wednesday in Bellingham, Thursday and Friday in Seattle, and Saturday in Portland. six shows in four nights. What a treat! Unfortunately, I can't make the Bellingham or Portland shows, so I'm only going to talk about Seattle.

The Triple Door is right in downtown Seattle, between 2nd and 3rd on Union. The venue offers valet parking. If you want to park by yourself, there is a garage next door, and others scattered around the downtown core. Be sure to check closing times if you're going to see the second set, which will probably end just before midnight.

NO taping or photos allowed. Venue policy, obviously not the band's. You won't be able to hide your microphones in the crowd, either. But if you do succeed in making a stealth recording, please send me a copy.

NO tickets sold in advance. The Triple Door is like a dinner theater. You make _reservations_ by calling [phone]. You can cancel ($5 per seat charge anyway) up to 24 hours before the show. If you don't cancel, your credit card will be charged whether or not you make the show.

Two shows a night, at 7 and 10 PM. Each will be around 90 minutes plus encore. Separate admission charges. Even if you have reservations for both shows, you are kicked out to the bar between sets. All charges (cover/food/drink) are on one bill, which must be settled at the end of each set.

There are NO bad seats. The venue is pretty small, with a capacity of 230, and is set up with tables (or booths) and chairs. I guess a 'bad' seat would be one where you had to look to your side to see the band. Even more than most venues, dancing interferes with other patron's views and with the staff's use of the aisles. _Unlike_ most venues, the staff might be carrying big trays filled with expensive food. So please watch out for them. There are three dance options. Either dance near your seat anyway, telling yourself 'if the people behind me want to see, they can stand and dance too. Yeah!'. Or (shudder!) don't dance. Or (my preference here, although I've made all three choices at times) get a table at the back, where there's more room and nobody behind to get their views blocked.
Or else you could have your own private blocked-off area to dance in, right behind the soundboard in the merch booth, with a superb view of the stage. Oh, wait. That is where *I* will be. Nyah, nyah...

It is pricey. The cover charge alone is $49 per person. Food and drink extra. The food is _quite_ good, and is reasonably priced for the quality. Drinks are slightly high-priced but not exorbitant. The theater is underneath (and owned by) Wild Ginger, one of Seattle's best restaurants. Asian fusion cuisine. I don't know if the Triple Door shares a kitchen with Wild Ginger, but they do share a similar approach to good food. Asian fusion-influenced menu meets little-umbrella cocktails meets Polynesian polyester shirts meets Da Feat (not you, Ginger!) for a spicy good time...

Soundcheck is at 5 PM on Thursday. Friday there's only a 'line check'. If you think you've done something that merits getting into the soundcheck, contact me and I'll see if Denny agrees.

Bar opens at 4 PM. Doors to the music room open at 6 PM. First set starts at 7 PM, ends around 8:30 to 9 PM. Second show starts at 10:00 PM, ends just(?) before midnight. Check your ferry schedules and/or parking garage closing time!

I wouldn't be surprised if Joel Tepp sits in on clarinet and/or harmonica. He's a local musician who often sits in when the Feat are in town. He's been doing it for years and is quite good. He appears on Live from Neon Park, so you can check him out there.

With there being four shows over two days, there won't be a formal fan 'meet-n-greet' set up; rather we will meet in the bar. We will try to grab a table near the fish tank, and have a clipboard for email sign-ups there, as an identifier. This might not work so well for the second sets, as there might be folks there already. Feat fans are friendly, so introduce yourselves to strangers!

Feel free to contact me at gwcooper(at)msn(dot)com for more info. Yours in Feath, Glenn from Seattle

[gwcooper]

Sorry! Doors open at 5:30 each night. As for seat selection, it'a first come, first served. See you there, wearing tropical shirts! from Glenn, on cloud 9

[gwcooper]

Here's yer steenking setlists for March 10th:
( * = Joel Tepp on harmonica, and maybe backing vocals)
1st Show
Hate to Lose Your Lovin'
Honest Man
Down On the Farm >
> Candyman
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry *
Fat Man in the Bathtub >
> Gringo >
> Get Up Stand Up >
> Dark Star (tease) >
> Richie dons his Squidman role >
> Fat Man in the Bathtub
I'd Be Lyin' (only song from KIatB)
Sailin' Shoes
Oh, Atlanta *
Keepin' Up With the Joneses (starting with Fred on trumpet)
Let It Roll
ENCORE: Old Folks' Boogie


2nd Show (Sparsely attended [ ! ] )
One Clear Moment >
> Just Another Sunday >
> Rocket in my Pocket
Love You Like a Woman
Why Don't It Look Like the Way that It Talk? (Fred on mandocello)
Heaven Forsaken
Willin' * >
? > Don't Bogart that Joint * (I was selling,and can't swear to this) > ?
> Willin' *
Spanish Moon
(Fred on trumpet, and Joel on clarinet) >
> Dark Star >
> (Fred on guitar, no Joel) >
> Dixie Chicken >
> Richie and Sam and Kenny WOW >
> Sam and Richie with Bill, and Joel on clarinet >
> Bill and Joel played, or at least quoted liberally, from one or more songs here. >
> One was Gershwin. "American in Paris" >
> I kept saying "I should know this song", but never flashed on the titles. >
> Richie and Sam with Fred and Paul in a guitar frenzy >
> Dixie Chicken (Joel on clarinet and b.g. vocals)
ENCORE: Roll Right Through the Night

I've got to get rolling myself. I get to do it all over again tonight.
What a rush; can't wait. See ya! from Glenn, your Seattle POC

[gwcooper]

The Feat, as Magnificent as Ever

! Hola ! from the (strangely sunny) shores of the Pacific Ocean. The Feat crew kindly rebuilt the Triple Door after the band burned it down.
Again.
It almost gets _normal_ after a while, to have glorious live music cascading around me as I hawk merchandise. Four shows in two nights is one *fine* Feat fix. Sorry I'm late with the setlists; real life interfered.
It's pesky that way.
I'd like to thank Don Crouch for helping me out at all
the shows, and Todd McDonald, my Regional Coordinator, for making sure I didn't screw up.
Good night, all! Enjoy the tour when it hits your snake-dancing neck of the woods.
from Glenn, your friendly Seattle POC

( * = Joel Tepp on harmonica, and maybe backing vocals)
( ^ = Joel on clarinet, and maybe backing vocals)

3/11/05 Early Show

Cajun Rage
Drivin' Blind
44 Blues * >
> Pretty Good Love
Spanish Moon * >
> Skin It Back *
Willin' * >
> Don't Bogart That Joint *
Night On the Town *
On Your way Down
Dixie Chicken ^ >
> KENNY with Sam and Richie
Bill, with Richie and Sam >
> Add Joel on clarinet. I hear Gershwin. >
> "American in Paris" and more. >
> Other and diverse song quotations and solos. >
> Dixie Chicken >
I Do What the Telephone ... (tease) >
> Dixie Chicken ^
ENCORE: Oh, Atlanta

3/11/05 Late Show
( I wasn't able to pay as close attention this set;
some teases and/or solos might be unnoted )

Voodoo Jam >
> All That You Dream
Daily Grind
Red Streamliner
Mercenary Territory
Fool Yourself
So What >
> Dark Star >
> Dixie Chicken >
> Richie, Sam and Bill perform wonders >
> Add Joel. ( ^ ) More wonders. >
> Bill and percussion: "Under the Radar" tease >
> Dixie Chicken >
> I Do What the Telephone ... (tease) >
> Dixie Chicken ^
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
Fat Man in the Bathtub >
> jam >
> Get Up Stand Up >
> ? Not Fade Away? >
> Fat Man in the Bathtub >
> Richie! WOW! >
> Fat Man in the Bathtub
ENCORE: Roll Right Through the Night