LOCATION: Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton, MA
LINEUP: Karin, Linford, Devon Ashley, Rick Plant, Kim Taylor
REVIEW BY:
keith from ny:
1. Hometown Boy
2. Cruel & Pretty
3. I Want You to Be My Love
4. Spark
5. Born
6. Lookin' Forward
7. Jesus in New Orleans
8. Bluer
9. Drunkard's Prayer
10. Firefly
11. Show Me
12. Jack's Valentine
13. Moondance
Encore
14. Hush Now
15. When I Go
16. Mrs. Robinson
17. Latter Days
It was the last night of this tour, and everyone on stage was feeling pretty "frisky" (in fact, I can't even reproduce Karin's ribald set list scribbling here in a family forum). There was no late show following them last night, so both Kim and OtR did longer sets than the last time I saw them here in March. Except for a passionate appeal by Karin for everyone to do what they can to help the hurricane victims and reminding us "we need to take care of our own," the mood was very light-hearted and relaxed (a notable quote by Karin: "Kim and I are going to start an all-girl band ... it's called Possum. The first album will be Fur Explosion.") There were some amazing solos from Rick and Linford, Karin and Kim were just nailing the vocals like sledgehammers, and Devon was as "on" as I've ever seen him. Among many highlights was the most incredibly moving performance of Drunkard's Prayer I've ever witnessed. Overall it was really one of the best shows I've seen in front of a wonderfully respectful and appreciative audience, and so worth the drive up to Northampton and back to see them. Thanks to Jane for sharing the evening with me, even if she did applaud when Karin pointed out they never did any t-shirts for Drunkard's Prayer (there was mention of a possible t-shirt contest on overtherhine.com, btw).
It was, as usual, great talking to K&L (and Devon and Rick and Kim) after the show -- they expressed satisfaction about this most recent tour, and Kim was excited about recording her new album in NYC this week. Jane and I helped them load out their equipment, and it was a very touching moment seeing band and crew saying goodbye to each other before going their separate ways.
The legendary Crazy Ed was also in attendance and recorded the show, it was great to spend some time with him as well. I hope to get a copy of his recording from him, but it may take a while since he's well known as a perfectionist.
The lighting was dim and most of my photos were blurry or poorly exposed,
but these processed images will provide some flavor for the evening.