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Wow! What a time…
The Wood Brothers opening set was phenomenal and that was just the start of the evening. Bruce came out solo and started the night and then the Noisemakers joined him to blow the room away. I am a not a small man by any stretch of the imagination and I’m not sure how the tiny wooden seat held up to 2 solid hours of “seat-dancing”.
Darlin’ Corey*
Night on the Town*
Gonna Be Some Changes Made
The Good Life
Levitate
Down the Road
Talk of the Town>Charlie Woody, and You(? or something else from Camp Meeting”
Mirror on the Wall**
Prairie Dog Town**
Big Stick***
The Way It Is
“Mandolin Wind Request and tease”
Valley Road>That Lucky Old Sun
Spider Fingers> “another jam from Camp Meeting, Qs and As maybe”
Here We Go Again
End Of Innocence
Low Country
Sunflower Cat>Train to Cry
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Space is the Place
Swan Song*Solo
**Dulcimer
***SqueezeboxEvery song was absolutely beautiful but the highlight for me was Talk of the Town which was stretched out like I have never heard it before. Bruce had a “lazy” micstand for Mirror on the Wall which he had to chase around while it was slowly dropping on him, you could see the frustration but he managed to pull it off quite nicely. Here We Are Again came across a lot nicer live than I thought it would. This was only my second time seeing Bruce and the Noisemakers since I became a humongous fan about 6 years ago, but I have seen around a thousand other shows, and this was the best show I have ever seen it will forever be stamped into my mind. I was unable to tape myself and I didn’t see any tapers so I hope that Bruce decides to release this show on Munck that’s my simple prayer.
Here another side of the elephant for the Munhall gig and set list for which I have 22 tunes listed. This was the most tune-dense show I have seen, very little stage banter, just straight-ahead fantastic playing and singing. Besides the pace of this concert, Bruce was in excellent voice. Honestly, I don’t remember him sounding any better that this; his voice was THAT good, that remarkable, and that memorable.
Although eidsonator’ s list was comprehensive, I thought “Circus on the Moon” was played right after “Night on the Town” to segue from solo piano to the band. Before playing “Gonna be Some Changes Made,” Bruce referenced the Eric Nagle/Gavin Murphy version of the song on Caesar Salad. The guys were at the concert and Bruce credited their work. You just gotta’ love The Man who pays attention to all of your hard work, Si and Caesar contributors.
Right after “Down the Road Tonight,” Bruce played a series of Sam Cooke teases.. “Havin’ a Party,” “Sad Mood,” “Bring it on Home” and maybe another, as a lead into “Talk of the Town.”
For you AC concert go-ers, Bruce said that he and the Noisemakers played top 40 all night,; he just shook his head and said that Munhall was not like that judging from the requests and launched into a shout-out request for “Big Stick” on accordion.
“Charlie, Woody and You” led into “Q and A.” that Bruce tagged again during “Spider Fingers” He also did an outstanding -WOW!!-version of “Chick Corea’s “Steps” and tossed this off to everyone in the band for improvs, And then “Song F” into “Here We Are Again.” How does he do this!?! This took my breath away! Bruce does this at least once for me during every show. Classical teases, Gospel, Bluegrass, Jazz, Motown and Rap…you never know how he will mix them. I was so stupefied that I forgot to write down “Here we are Again”… just beautiful!
“Valley Road” was a meld of the Dead version with a tad of Richard Tee, Otis Spann and a little Leon. From there, Bruce went into Ray Charles’ “Lucky Old Sun,” another WOW! for me.
This concert was not promoted well; I saw almost no print, except for concert listings; one or two ads in an alternative paper; heard no radio spots. It was on websites. The Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s Scott Mervis featured Bruce in the Weekend supplement [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09281/1003733-388.stm%5D Thank God! Maybe that was intentional. These concert go-ers appeared to know about Bruce’s music and were vocal about it. If there were dancers, I did not see them. GG, were you dancing or taping?
The last time Bruce and the Noisemakers were here, in Pittsburgh, City Paper ranked his show 4th or 5th of 10 of the Best Performances of the Year – 2004. This concert was even better… Also, the Steelers, who have seem to have a penchant for blowing every lead in the 4th quarter, won over the Detroit Lions. Perfection! Life is Good here in Six/Sticksburgh.
LolaPelusa!!
Hey!! I was thinking of you when he announced this show and was sure you’d be there. I wanted to come out to Pitt, but we went to visit daughter #2 in Amherst that weekend. Thanks for the detailed review. Hopefully, a recording will surface…I’d sure love to hear it.
Hope you are well. Great to hear from you!!
Kat
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