Table 216 – 8-person table parallel to the stage, house left section,
about 1/3 of the way back. I was the first one at the table, so I claimed the
seat closest to the aisle facing the stage. Not super close, but a nice view.
Recipe for a great, sold-out, 110-minute Richard Thompson show:
Old
favorites – Beeswing, 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, Wall Of Death, Dimming Of
The Day, etc.
Stuff
I’d never seen him perform before – Gethsemane (which opened the show), Crazy
Man Michael, Push And Shove, They Tore The Hippodrome Down, Right From Wrong
(from his upcoming album)
Audience
participation – Hots For The Smarts, Tear-Stained Letter (first encore)
Great
guitar workouts – most notably on Valerie and Shoot Out The Lights
At
least one REALLY old song – Matty Groves
Traffic was good in both directions. I arrived shortly after 4:00, and
the line already extended most of the way back along the building.
Joan Shelley and Martin Salsburg (both on guitar) did a quiet but
effective 30-minute opening set; I liked both her voice and her material. Something
like Carrie Newcomer in her more contemplative moments, or even the Milk Carton
Kids (if one of the latter was a woman, who did almost all of the vocals).
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