LOCATION: Kent Stage, Kent, OH
LINEUP: Karin, Linford, Mickey Grimm, Jake Bradley
REVIEW BY:
I wasn't planning to go to this show. I figured I'd seen a couple of OTR/Hem co-bills this year, plus the recent train trip, and then there's the gathering on the 17th.
Then, while preparing to pan fry some fish, I let the pan get too hot before I added the oil.
Much too hot.
While gazing at the rather impressive flames (I was indoors, after all), I thought, "Life is short. Since it looks like I may very well cut my life short due to a cooking accident someday, I should get in as many concerts as I can while I still have the chance".
And off I went to Kent.
After parking my car, I walked by a tattoo parlor near the theatre and went in. I'd never before been in such a place, but a nifty black and maroon design that was on display caught my eye, and I was determined to make it mine. I succeeded. (No, it wasn't a tattoo, it was a Kent Stage poster for their December shows.)
I'm very pleased that I went to the show. I loved the new material from
Snow Angels as well as the unreleased songs. Jake Bradley did a fine job
on bass. They opened with Fever; I don't believe I've ever seen them do
this with an upright bass before, and this may have been why I considered
it the best version I've ever heard. Drummer Mickey Grimm also did a very
nice job, using brushes much of the time, and occasionally a bare hand.
His drumming was on the quiet side, with lots of quick rolls thrown in,
but he added some "oomph" from time to time, particularly on I Don't Wanna
Waste Your Time and The Trumpet Child. I missed hearing Jeff Bird on North
Pole Man, but I like how Jake and Mickey (with a tom slung from his neck)
came to the front of the stage for that song. Other highlights included
White Horse (which featured the nicest accordion I've ever heard by someone
who wasn't from Sudbury), If A Song Could Be President, and the first performance
of All I Need Is Everything I witnessed in some time. Goodbye Charles,
Linford's homage to Vince Guaraldi, was also quite nice.
Karin Bergquist - vocals, guitar, shaker
Linford Detweiler - keyboards, guitar, vocals
Jake Bradley - acoustic and electric bass
Mickey Grimm - drums, percussion
Fever
Born
White Horse
Darlin' (Christmas Is Coming)
Little Town
I Don't Wanna Waste Your Time
Nothing Is Innocent Now
The Trumpet Child
Who Am I Kidding?
All I Ever Get For Christmas Is Blue
North Pole Man
Goodbye Charles
Snowed In With You
Snow Angel
Trouble
Orphan Girl
Drunkard's Prayer
First Encore:
Baby It's Cold Outside
Jack's Valentine
Second Encore:
If A Song Could Be President
All I Need Is Everything