LOCATION: Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY
LINEUP: Karin, Linford, Matt Slocum, Devon Ashley
REVIEW BY: MFAvolio
I'm sorry, but I didn't write down the setlist. This is from memory, so the order might be slightly off. (The placement of BPD and Suitcase is particularly suspect.) Anyone else make it to this show? Corrections on the setlist would be appreciated. Hometown Boy Anything at All Jesus in New Orleans Nobody Number One All I Ever Get for Christmas is Blue Ohio Give Me Strength Hallelujah Suitcase BPD Silent Night Poughkeepsie My Love is a Fever Show Me Latter Days A good show, but not the best I've seen from them. Rick Plant had a prior commitment to go to an anti-handgun benefit or something, so Linford played a lot of bass tonight in addition to keyboard... but sadly no organ. No Jack's Valentine or Let it Be, either. It was really cool to hear Linford on the bass like in the old days (not that I got to see them live back then -- I was still too young to get into clubs and bars). But I did miss the organ, and I assume they dropped Jack's Valentine because of having to make up for Plant being gone. And Linford being on bass meant him sitting away from the microphone, so we didn't hear him say hardly anything all night. So I think the lack of Plant threw things off a little bit. But it was great hearing Hometown Boy on this tour, as I hadn't yet, and Jesus in New Orleans without piano was interesting. If you haven't yet heard their cover of Hallelujah or the Karin/Matt Slocum Give Me Strength, you're in for a treat when you do hear them. Really lovely. BPD and My Love is a Fever were forceful and had substantial hips. And I quite enjoyed All I Ever Get... (a song I'd never heard before) and the funkier version of Silent Night. Karin remarked that they'd like to do another Christmas album, but their label doesn't want one. Sorry I didn't take notes, or I'd have more to say (and if I wasn't as tired). But it wasn't as great a show as the last one I saw (Philly a couple months back) and also not as great as I was expecting based on the few shows before this on the December tour. Not a bad show, but they weren't as on as usual, and I assume it was mostly because they were missing a bandmate.