LOCATION: The Dame, Lexington, KY
LINEUP: Karin, Linford, Mickey Grimm, Jake Bradley
REVIEW BY:
Live Lunch
Friday - February 2, 2007 at Noon:
Over the Rhine (full quartet)
“We’ve seen the landfill rainbow, we’ve seen the junkyard of love. Baby it’s no place for you and me...”
Over the Rhine borrowed their name from one of Cincinnati’s most colorful and controversial neighborhoods. From its earliest days, the area served as a port-of-entry for immigrants and, over the years, has become a melting pot where people strive to make better lives for themselves. It’s here in this storied neighborhood that Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler first began making their music, somehow imbuing it with the tattered but lovely craftsmanship and sense of history that surrounded them.The band first began performing together in 1990 in local Cincinnati clubs and gathering places. Their first show at Sudsy Malone’s — on a Monday night — drew about 20 people and most of them friends. But even from these somewhat humble beginnings, audiences immediately believed they had stumbled onto something special. Enveloping their listeners like family, Karin and Linford kept them close to the fold with simple candle-lit stages and playful handwritten newsletters. But above all else, it was the band’s songs that drew in more and more eager fans. Karin Bergquist’s voice, full of longing and love, seemed to pierce the soul and became the unmistakable focal point of Over the Rhine’s richly spiritual music.
Many people who heard Over the Rhine had the strong intuition from the very beginning that these songs were going to be around for a long time. Over the Rhine landed a publishing deal with MCA a few months after their first show at Sudsy’s and received an invitation to open a handful of shows around the Midwest for Bob Dylan. They toured 25 cities with Adrian Belew on their first national tour, and played at festivals in Holland and England.
Live Lunch - WFPK
Fever
Born
I Don't Wanna Waste
Nothing Is Innocent
North Pole Man
Who Am I Kiddin'
Trouble
Orphan Girl
Drunkard's Prayer
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Hush Now
If A Song Could Be President
The Dame:
Little Genius
Born
Jesus in New Orleans
Anything At All
I Don't Wanna Waste
Nothing Is Innocent
North Pole Man
Who Am I Kidding
The Trumpet Child
I'm On A Roll
Goodbye Charles
Trouble
Orphan Girl
Drunkard's Prayer
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Jack's Valentine
If A Song Coule Be President
Bill Ivester:
two great, inspired sets yesterday, the show at WFPK was excellent,
incredible sound in a little studio/room w/only about 75 people. kent and
kylie made it into a cold and snowy downtown louisville in plenty of time.
smile.gif after the show we headed off to lynn's paradise cafe and met
up w/tracey and braedon for lunch. it was good. then we headed off to met
some friends for a slice of pie at the pie kitchen. it was better. a "pie
high" was had by all. then kent, kylie and i made the required pilgrimage
to ear-t tacy where kent showed great restraint. we dropped by my house
for a few minutes the it was off to lexington, i'll post a little about
that one later.