kidsmoke

The Warren Zevon tribute in LA on Saturday was one for the ages! I was a bit amazed to be reminded of how many different fantastic songs he had written...the show was a good 3 hours with barely a pause between songs. Some great performers too...Jackson Browne, Dwight Yoakum, Scott MCCaughey, Steve Wynn, Susan Cowsill, and so many other gifted musicians, including Zevon's son Jordan. The huge, sold out United Theatre (formerly the Ace) sang and ah-ooo'd our hearts out to "Werewolves of London", and the show's glorious finale saw every musician back onstage (50 or 60 of them?) to join in a fiery, joyous "Lawyers, Guns and Money".

A highlight of the evening was Susan Cowsill's heartfelt "Mohammed's Radio". All in all, an emotional night for this Zevon fan! It benefits both the Wild Honey organization, which supports its autism work, and organizations that are in response to mesothelioma cancers and asbestos, which is what Warren died of. I don't recall the specific names but I think one was the Ed Asner Foundation.

Thank you as always, Paul!

I got to see the Mekons at a tiny L.A. club last week. What a fun show! 

Got my ticket! See y'all there!

All credit goes to our tech guy! I just ran interference. 

I love this review, bbop, but bread jokes are pretty much a sourdoughn't. Tell Jeff. 😆

Repaired by our excellent tech guy. 

On 4/4/2025 at 3:12 PM, Heart full of holes said:

Those kids are absolutely joyous, performing like seasoned pros, although they're just getting started. The show outside Pittsburgh was the first night of their tour and it happened only hours before their record "Restless" was released on John Prine's label. So you can imagine how stoked they were. The bass player, Manoa wore his homemade Nudie suit. 

Palmyra would fit right in at Solid Sound. Work that kidsmoke magic! 

I have my doubts about my magic but I'm currently listening to "Restless" and liking it a lot! I love Prine's label. 

On 3/27/2025 at 9:03 AM, Heart full of holes said:

Palmyra

How was it?

10 hours ago, bcdoc said:

Technically it is a musical, but we went to see " Sunny Afternoon" at Chicago Shakespeare. It is based on the music of The Kinks.  If you are a fan, it is must see! If not, it lacks character development,but the music, the costuming, and musicians are excellent.  The songwriting of Ray and Dave get their due. The personal and professional tension among the brothers as well as Mick Avory is not skimmed over. See it if in Chicago thru April 20th.

Will the production happen in any other cities?

Thanks for bringing us along on the boat, Paul! another brilliant recap. 

Wonderful recap, bbop! 

Perhaps they should change their name temporarily, just for the trump administration, to "Won'tco".

But what does it MEAN? 

I've been dying to say this but it was only just officially announced...Waxahatchee fans, Katie is also on this tour! What a fabulous bill! 😊

That's going to be a great tour! I haven't heard the Wilco rumors but it seems entirely possible.

Oh I do too! I've never been to Chattanooga and that needs to be fixed in the future. 

I say, if you can afford to show up 4 or 5 hours early, bring a chair and do it! Then you have time to relax, chill out, and line chat. Some of my best friendships began with a chat in line.

I tried so hard to get tickets for this but the site was glitching and I kept getting the page saying it wasn't yet on sale, even long after 10 a.m. Sigh. Wasn't meant to be, I guess, but it's lovely to read your review! I know it sold out very, very quickly.

5 hours ago, Brian F. said:

I'll be there all four nights.

I'll see you on the 29th and the second!

5 hours ago, bböp said:

 

Unfortunately I'm not able to make it this year, so I'll be looking forward to your reports. Thanks in advance for holding down the fort.

You'll be missed!

See you there!!! 

5 minutes ago, Plumplechook said:

 

For sure. Also looking forward to seeing Spencer on drums,

He's been having a blast with this crew!

3 hours ago, Plumplechook said:

Waxahatchee

That girl can sing!!!

I'm so sorry about your mom. What a horrible year for you. 

This year has been like that for me. Despite the election, one thing won't change. We won't go back.

The sadness is almost crippling. We could have been looking at such a bright, hopeful future, but instead, this. Existential dread.

Please, somebody, remove this cancer from our body politic before our country disintegrates.

Still trying to pick myself up and dust off. We have work ahead of us. Do it for Jimmy Carter.