Support: Kelly Hogan
Main Set: The Storm, It’s Coming, You Will Become, When Your Mind’s Made Up, Love Don’t Leave Me Waiting – Respect (Aretha Franklin), Happy Birthday (to a fan named Ali), Low Rising, Talking with the Wolves (with Lisa Hannigan and Ross Turner on shaker), Bird of Sorrow, Leave (solo), In These Arms (solo), Say it to Me Now (solo), Astral Weeks (Van Morrison) (solo), Back Broke (with Javier Mas), Paper Cup (with Javier Mas), High Hope, Feeling the Pull, High Horses
Encore: Song of Good Hope, Little Bird (Lisa Hannigan solo), The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Levon Helm tribute – with Lisa Hannigan, John Smith, Ross Turner, Joe Henry), The Shape I’m In (Levon Helm tribute – with Lisa Hannigan, John Smith, Ross Turner, Joe Henry), The Auld Triangle (Traditional)
Notes: Much of the set features two violinists and three brass players, and beautiful harmonies from Graham, Rob and Joe. This is the first show of the tour and you can feel pieces clicking into place. Glen tells the story of how he first met and played with Leonard Cohen’s Spanish guitar player Javier Mas, adds that they’d run into each other a few days prior at a rehearsal studio in LA, and invites him on stage to join the band. Lisa Hannigan is also in town, having played a set the night before with her band and Joe Henry. Glen and the lads attended the gig and loved their encore so much they want to replicate it. He talks of performing with Levon Helm at his Midnight Ramble, and in further tribute to their hero they add The Shape I’m In. At this point there are 16 people on stage, including Brendan O’Donough (stage tech for the tour), who plays a mean guitar. It is a huge, astounding, ecstatic sound, a huge night.
[thanks to Courtney for the setlist, notes & photo.]
band:
Glen Hansard
Colm Mac Con Iomaire (violin)
Joe Doyle (bass)
Rob Bochnik (guitar)
Graham Hopkins (drums)
Justin Carroll (keys)
brass:
Steve Bernstein
Erik Lawrence
Curtis Fowlkes
violins:
local players (unknown)
Reviews:
OC Register
LA Record (with photos)
LA Music Blog (with photos)
Photos:
poster by Jason Munn
Timothy Norris at LA Weekly
Leslie Kalohi at Flickr
KCRW at Flickr
2 from U2Soul at Flickr:
Video:
When Your Mind’s Made Up (by xtalv)
Love Don’t Leave Me Waiting – Respect (by xtalv)
Happy Birthday (by xtalv)
Talking with the Wolves (by xtalv)
Bird of Sorrow (by xtalv)
Bird of Sorrow (by Fanatic87)
Leave (by xtalv)
In These Arms (by xtalv)
Say it to Me Now (by xtalv)
Astral Weeks (by xtalv)
Back Broke (by xtalv)
Paper Cup (by xtalv)
High Hope (by xtalv)
Feeling the Pull (by xtalv)
High Horses (by xtalv)
Song of Good Hope (by xtalv)
Little Bird – Lisa Hannigan (by xtalv)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (by xtalv)
The Shape I’m In (by xtalv)
The Auld Triangle (by xtalv)