Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong

[jcroach]

Saw them open for Brett Dennen last week in Indy. They all took the stage for a encore of Steve Miller's "Swingtown." It really fit the mood of the show! Met Brett after the show. Nice guy.

[sonicshoulder]

Although there are probably at least 5 people on Via Chicago that would argue with me for the sake of arguing, it is physically impossible to choke a horse with Jackson Browne influence. That being said if you could choke a horse with Jackson Browne influence this album would do it.

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

Although there are probably at least 5 people on Via Chicago that would argue with me for the sake of arguing, it is physically impossible to choke a horse with Jackson Browne influence. That being said if you could choke a horse with Jackson Browne influence this album would do it.

 

Is 'choking a horse' akin to 'choking your chicken'?

[Vacant Horizon]

Rest Easy, the itunes bonus track is incredible. i wish it was on the album. classic laurel canyon tune.

[Maggie]

I'm sitting on the floor, listening to this on vinyl right now. It's a wonderful album to listen to on a warm afternoon with a gentle breeze coming in through the windows.

[Vacant Horizon]

I'm sitting on the floor, listening to this on vinyl right now. It's a wonderful album to listen to on a warm afternoon with a gentle breeze coming in through the windows.

 

right. i suspect it will sound nice in the fall too:)

[cryptique]

For some reason I was pretty skeptical about this album, but I've been pleasantly surprised.

 

I thought North Hills was fantastic, and I wasn't sure how they were going to top that. But they have.

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

For some reason I was pretty skeptical about this album, but I've been pleasantly surprised.

 

I thought North Hills was fantastic, and I wasn't sure how they were going to top that. But they have.

 

I know a lot of us have seen promising bands stumble on their second album. Taylor Goldsmith is on a real roll. The two Dawes records, the Middle Brother record, the Robbie Robertson stuff...this kid is the real deal.

[dmait]

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.

[Vacant Horizon]

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.

 

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

[dmait]

>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.

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

Killer performance on Letterman tonight

[solace]

Killer performance on Letterman tonight

it was pretty good, but Taylor's voice sounded off...

 

not bad, just a bit rough for him

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

it was pretty good, but Taylor's voice sounded off...

 

not bad, just a bit rough for him

 

I kind of like it when he oversings. The performance of When my time comes on Ferguson was epic because of that.

 

I wonder if Dave recognized the boys from when they backed Robbie Roberston a couple of months ago.

[solace]

right, i don't mind when he gets super into it, i just felt like he sounded stuffed up

[ih8music]

I liked the performance, personally... missed it live, but thanks to YT

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFIyx4EaIkk

 

... though I do agree that their debut on the CF show last year was spectacular

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0wyP8Ekt9w

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

This is simply transcendental

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0wyP8Ekt9w

[welch79]

i had never heard of these guys. i saw this thread had reached four pages, so i decided to check out their new one, and it's damn good! very solid, very jackson brown-esque (not a bad thing). very good summertime music as well.

 

thanks for sharing.

[solace]

i had never heard of these guys. i saw this thread had reached four pages, so i decided to check out their new one, and it's damn good! very solid, very jackson brown-esque (not a bad thing). very good summertime music as well.

 

thanks for sharing.

 

funny you mention him, he sings backup vocals on 'Fire Away'

[Moss]

i had never heard of these guys. i saw this thread had reached four pages, so i decided to check out their new one, and it's damn good! very solid, very jackson brown-esque (not a bad thing). very good summertime music as well.

 

thanks for sharing.

 

Check out North Hills as well (which I still prefer at this point).

[todd]

This sounds neat

 

• Singer-songwriter and producer M. Ward has been pulling heartstrings with his mixture of folk, blues and country music since 1999. He is a member of indie-folk band She and Him and the indie-folk supergroup Monsters of Folk. American rock ‘n’ roll band, Dawes will be opening the show. M. Ward will then perform solo and Dawes will join him onstage his backing band. Don't miss him at Minglewood Hall in Memphis, TN on September 20, on the U.S. Cellular Stage at the Bijou Theatre on September 23 or at Track 29 in Chattanooga, TN on September 24! Tickets are on sale Friday, July 8 at 10 AM.

[welch79]

This sounds neat

dude. thanks for posting this. i just snagged a couple great seats for this show in knoxville!

 

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

You know, Wilco seems to be about musical connections and relationships with like minded artists.

Pat Sansone played on North Hills.

I would love to see Wilco and Dawes do some shows together.

Just scatteshooting

[ih8music]

You know, Wilco seems to be about musical connections and relationships with like minded artists.

Pat Sansone played on North Hills.

I would love to see Wilco and Dawes do some shows together.

Just scatteshooting

 

Absofuckinglutely! They would be an ideal opener for Wilco, imo.

[dmait]

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.”