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    Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong

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    http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/07/jackson-browne-in-perfect-harmony-with-dawes-jonathan-wilson.html

     

    Live review: Jackson Browne with Dawes and Jonathan Wilson at the Satellite

     

    Generations don’t always mix easily in rock. A shared purpose can make all the difference, as Jackson Browne, Dawes and Jonathan Wilson demonstrated during three hours of smart, sometimes fiery folk-rock Wednesday at the Satellite.

    The years between them were essentially erased at the Silver Lake club, coming just weeks after Dawes’ headline show at the Orpheum, and a short stint backing up Robbie Robertson, another classic rock hero. With Browne, they share a lineage stretching back to the ‘60s-’70s folk-rock scene of Laurel Canyon, though Dawes filters that peaceful, easy feeling with a subtle postmodern edge, much as the Jayhawks did in the ‘90s.

     

    Ahead of a joint “micro-tour” of Spain, Browne praised his young collaborators as something more than sidemen. “It’s a pleasure to play with these guys, who are themselves some of my favorite songwriters,” he told the packed room.

     

    As the backing band of the night, Dawes was joined by singer-guitarist Jonathan Wilson, producer of the group’s two albums, and together they were a fully integrated, inseparable unit in their half-hour opening set. The music took elegant twists and turns, shifting easily from muscular Crazy Horse guitar spasms into something approaching a countrified “Working Man’s Dead” groove.

     

    Onstage, songs were stretched out and energized, never meandering. Wilson’s “Valley of the Silver Moon” began with ominous Neil Young-inspired guitar, then drifted into passages of jazzier, Santana-like leads. As Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith sang longingly on “My Way Back Home,” he could have passed for a sensitive singer-songwriter in the mold of Gary Louris (Jayhawks) or Glenn Frey (Eagles) until he ripped into a roaring guitar duel with Wilson.

     

    Dawes’ “Fire Away” would echo the classic Browne sound even if he didn’t appear on the recording from the band’s new album, “Nothing Is Wrong.” Browne stepped on stage during the song (after a brief struggle pushing his way through the rear curtains) in time to sing a few lines with the band.

     

    Once there, the show focused mostly on Browne, who was in excellent form and voice at age 62, singing with the same youthful tones despite the years. “Late for the Sky” has grown only more meaningful with time, as Browne sounded wounded but not quite defeated, while Dawes and Wilson accompanied with restraint. He sang an equally moving “The Pretender,” with Goldsmith and his brother, drummer Griffin, singing rich harmonies.

     

    Browne sang with a certain wisdom beyond his years in those early days, giving his career an ongoing theme of surviving the joy, pain and acceptance of the passage of time. He now shares that with Dawes and Wilson. “When I first moved to L.A., I moved to Silver Lake,” Browne wistfully told the crowd. “My house isn’t even there anymore.”

    top 25 played songs on your iPod

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    >1. 4th of July --- X

     

    Damn if that's not a great song.

     

    >:Time Spent in LA --- Dawes

    >: If I wanted Someone --- Dawes

     

    They have been the soundtrack to my summer. These guys are on a roll. Two great albums, played with Robbie Robertson, and now prepping for a tour backing Jackson Browne. Can't get enough of them these days.

    Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong

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    >saw that too. very cool. maybe they'll help jackson browne find his muse again. his last album was atrocious.

     

    His tour last year with David Lindley was very good. The other guitar player was excellent. Something about hearing all those great songs live and stretched out. That's why hearing Dawes back JB, with both their playing and harmonies, would be incredible. Fountain of Sorrow alone would be worth the price of admission.

    Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong

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    Dawes is going to back Jackson Browne for some shows in Spain and London. Those should be some shows.

     

    http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/57309/dawes-in-demand.html

     

    >And now we are learning all of Jackson Browne’s songs because we are going to be his backing band on his tour of Spain.  We are also opening all those shows as well. So we are learning “Take it Easy” and “The Pretender” and playing all his greatest hits.

     

    Wow you guys are the go-to band for all the superstars.

     

    Yeah it’s crazy. This Jackson stuff is amazing. Its what we had hoped Robbie wanted when we hooked up with him, you know, we get to play all our favorite songs! Now with Jackson we get to do things like “Fountain of Sorrow” and everything and it’s amazing. We haven’t even wrapped our heads around it yet. We’ve just been learning all the songs on our own and trying make it tight so when we get together with him and he calls out a song we will be right on it! Its one of those things that you can’t even imagine.

    Neil Young

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    I've been spending a lot of time with this album in the car and am loving it. "Flying on the Ground is Wrong" is one of the great songs I've heard in years. loveNeil with classic country players and sound.

     

    As for bands being sucked into an '80s production, it could be like how disco affected everyone in the 70s, like Shakedown Street, I Was Made For Lovin You, and the Stones' Miss You.

    Post here when you hear an old song as if for the first time

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    Great thread. This happens to me often. Two songs come to mind.

    I heard Tom Petty's Straight Into Darkness late at night in a Walgreens recently, and it hit me hard. Sounded terrific to hear in that (non) context. Then the next song was the Band's King Harvest, and I thought they might have a DJ spinning records at the pharmacy counter.

    Another is ZZ Top's Cheap Sunglasses. It came on the radio during the solo toward the middle-end of the song. Hearing it isolated like that gave me a true appreciation for it. Seemingly simple, yet so much happening.

    The Band

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    You get the impression Danko was somewhat directionless post-Band, but just loved playing no matter the gig. I don't know if the stories are true, but I've read numerous times about fans hanging out with him after shows he'd play in bars. Just a likeable, approachable guy. It's no wonder Levon gives him a shout out at every show.

     

    The Band

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    I love Robbie and the Band, too, but my guess is he'll spew most of the same mythology as he did in the Last Waltz, rather than rebut Levon's take. It's hard to believe he hasn't read Levon's book, as he says in the above article.

     

    The Band

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    Rocker Robbie Robertson set to write memoirs

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/08/music-robbierobertson-idUSN0712529420110308

     

    Not sure why he'd announce this so prematurely after struggling to write it for years, other than to help promote his new album. But it will be interesting to get his perspective after Levon's and Barney Hoskyns' "Across the Great Divide." Robbie says this in the article about Hoskyns' book:

     

    >One book he has read, or at least the first 30 pages of it, was British author Barney Hoskyns' 1993 biography about The Band, "Across The Great Divide." Robertson said he was too busy at the time to guide Hoskyns, and when he finally got around to cracking open the tome he discovered it was "very imaginative and random, and it wasn't what happened at all."

    The Promise

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    >I was listening to the Christic Institute shows yesterday. Absolutely breathtaking.

     

    So true. I used to listen to that tape constantly. Terrific versions of those songs, especially Across the Borderline.

    Son Volt

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    Walbourne stole the show for me in NYC. If not for him, I wouldn't have made it through half the show. Jay solo would be nearly impossible. That being said, I've been off the SV bus since about '99, and this show has slightly reignited my interest. I'm curious to hear the Kerouac songs he wrote with Ben Gibbard.

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