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So, I checked out “These Truths” by Jill Lepore. I’ve been reading just fiction stuff so this is intimidatingly thick. Anyone read it yet and can confirm it’s worth it?

Jason Isbell with Son Volt opening. I'm calling it the "No Depression / All Depression" billing.

I’m pretty sure the word was “studly”.

So the final three shows progressed kinda like this? Weird (Fun!) --> Weird (Just Weird) --> Weird (Trainwreck) Oh, and for sure I echo the sentiment on appreciating the bbop recaps. Always a pleasure. And way harder than it looks.

Aaron Lee Tasjen

Having spent my voting bandwidth for the Louisville show, I figured I'd resort to the tried-yet-not-overly-true signage approach for the Cinci show. I even had a new(ish) sign that said "DON'T FORGET..... to play BULL BLACK NOVA" (see what I did there?). Anyway, I happened to be in the second row, just behind the 4 empty front row seats (see bbop's recap). When Jeff commented about those seats a few songs in, I propped up the sign on one of the empties. That elicited an immediate "THAT'S not gonna happen tonight". Alas, twas not to be. I still think it was a better suggestion for a weddin

Stellar reporting as always, Mr. Bbop. My two cents... First, 26. This is the number of votes that BBN had last night, per a reliable source. I can't claim that I am personally responsible for all 26, but I will say that I thought something between 20 and 25 would be a good, likely-to-win-but-not-reek-of-chicanery number. So there you go, my PSA for the day. I was pretty surprised when he played if after just 3 songs, and on a smaller than normal guitar (I think a little Martin, but not "the" little Martin he uses most of the time). I didn't even get a chance to hoist the sign... which wa

Sweet.

The Lone Bellow (acoustic triiio)

I'm pretty sure both were recorded, with the intent of putting them up in the Roadcase.

Great minds.... but yeah, "The Jeff and Susie Show" vibe sure made for a couple of sweet evenings.

Definitely qualified for a "Best Nova-Less Show" for me. Great mix of songs, good crowd. Sweet vibe through the whole night. One thing that occurred to me today as I was thinking back and seeing all the posts was how much Jeff really seemed to be enjoying having Sue there. This was maybe the first time that he's played these benefit shows immediately after being on the road, and it just seemed that he was really glad to have her in the room. Maybe a little moreso in the Friday show, but both really. Lots of the new songs are very personal / intimate about family, which led to lots of co

Actually I have a new sign, but I didn't get a chance to hoist it. It was realllly dark (even moreso than Vancouver), and I was 4 rows back so there was no chance he could see it. And there was this weird wide aisle between the 3rd and 4th row of the pit which made the 4th row even further back. But TONS of leg room! And nice sight lines because of that and the high stage. As for the sign.... I'll probly tote it up to the Vic shows, because I love the abuse. Oh, and the request top vote-getter was razzed a little. 63 was the winning vote count, and Jeff said that he suspected that the

Four songs in to a very orderly and polite set, Jeff remarked "this could not be more different than last night. They were animals"... to which someone in the crowd responded "Give us time!". That seemed to ignite the back and forth for the evening which I thought was a pretty good balance of chattiness and respect. No plugging in was needed. Heck, he probably could have done a song without PA in that room. Maybe not. The room was a cavernous modern-ish theater, with plush seats and high stage, and looked like something that would have recitals, lectures, and orchestras. The sound was gr

This happens all the time? It's never been an issue for me? URL's are a bit cumbersome for sure though! Actually, I thought at first it was just a word processing / character swap / upload kind of issue. But looking at the sentences themselves, I'm not so sure. And the couple of all-dark photo's embedded in the filmstrip didn't exactly inspire confidence either.

Techno-chicanery. Nice.

Chicanery.

From Sue on FB to that same question - "Yes. Might only be the first 25 though. Jeff might pick a few himself. Plus there is no "golden circle" this year, so the line will also be able to be up front. See you there!"

Not even a hearty "ANY MOOOOOORE"? Damn.

So, does he have a jumbo with him? Is it just the old Martin and a Kel so far? We're getting close to Nashville (I'm going), and he's gonna need a bigger guitar....

Low Cut Connie

Something indeed! Well done...

Did he play all the songs with just his usual small Martin guitar? Or did you happen to see one of the jumbo's with him? You know, in case there was some song later on the tour that required that larger one... asking for a friend.

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I historically haven't posted in this thread (cause I kinda don't read books), but I've been on quite a reading kick since the Jeff book came out last fall. So far this year I've re-introduced myself to my library card and have now completed SIX actual books since finishing the JT memoir in a 4-day binge in Nov. Animal Farm (Orwell) - I re-read 1984 last year and it terrified me. Animal Farm was less interesting, more dogmatic. Calypso (David Sedaris) - Liked it a lot. Haven't read his others, but like his humor. Washington Black (Esi Edugyan) - Very well written, interesting story. The O