How cruel that Glen Hansard's life ended so abruptly -- four months after this 9:30 Club show. Glad I got to experience Once, Power Ballad, and this show.
Live notes below...
--- “Fitzcarraldo” starts dark — nice. Seems straight from the Peaky Blinders: Immortal Man soundtrack. The electric ending!! Good job, Rob from The Frames.
--- “Say It To Me Now” / “Gold”: Whoa at the contrast, finesse, and power. Nhi and Joe, if only you'd been here. This could be a special night.
--- “I saw Lesley Feist play one of these, and I said I’ve got to get one. [Hits a bum note] Come on, guitar, I’m giving you a compliment.”
--- Unknown song with amazing lyrics that doesn’t show up on Google?!
--- “One Of Us Will Lose” has the melancholic beauty of "Coda," the piano episode of The Wonder Years — or any written by Todd W Langen.
--- “Grace Beneath The Pines”!!! Loved it during my Frost 5K run (even though I hate every song when I run), and I feel the same now!
--- Oooh, “Her Mercy,” the song that hit me at the turn around Woodson. And now it’s going in three directions!!!
--- “This Gift”!!!!
--- Hilarious story about a grumpy/beloved neighbor, NYC being demanding, a band outside the Stone Pony ripping through “Hold The Line,” “Don’t Stop Believin',” and “War Pigs” at 9am!!
--- “The Feast of St. John,” a song about the bird of sorrow neighbor, doesn’t have enough of an arc.
--- “My Little Ruin” is better: slow and smoky build.
--- Oooh, “Ruin” dissolves into this surreal solo from a female pianist [Rose Droll] about fate masquerading as emotion and everyone saying you’re an ocean. How do you know what this song is, Google? It’s so cool. So many moves in her voice!!!! Best of the night.
--- Aww, tonight is the last night of the tour. They asked for 9:30.
--- “Didn’t He Ramble”: clear as day to me!!!
--- Bruce tribute before “Great Weight Is Lifted”!!!!! One of my favorites from the playlist, couldn’t be more relevant, and me so hyped for BRUCE AT NATS PARK.
--- “Down on Our Knees” and “Revelate” are hard AF: I’m in another dimension!!!!!
--- Uhhhh, he JUST SAID “it’s kind of a varied show.” He’s gone from my soul to my brain. Crazy.
--- “When Your Mind’s Made Up” soars.
--- “Passing Through” is so tender!!!! I’ve never heard every member of a band individually sing — and so clearly. That includes opener Margaret Glaspy, who I get to briefly talk with after this show! I’m sure Jim Andrukonis would describe her as lovely,
--- In the encore, he plays Van Morrison’s giddy “Gloria” except he substitutes the letters for Jose, for Jose Andres from DC Central Kitchen! I have stop putting exclamation points, but how can I?!!!!!
Grade: A+
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