Showing posts with label blue note. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blue note. Show all posts

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Iron and Wine

Tonight, we’re the sea and the rhythm there
The waves and the wind and night is black
Tonight we’re the scent of your long black hair
Spread out like your breath across my back

Your hands they move like waves over me
Beneath the moon, tonight, we’re the sea
~ Iron and Wine

April 24, 2015
The first time I heard Iron and Wine it was the popular, Flightless Bird American Mouth … which introduced me to his other songs… Trapeze Singer, The Sea and the Rhythm, Georgia, Jezebel… I could go on. Listening to Samuel Beam is like an endless summer road trip with the wind blowing in your hair or taking lazy naps on a rainy day. So chill, so good.
Pre-concert nosh — Pepe’s Tacos at Rose Music Hall. Love the new sign.
Gregory Alan Isakov opened for Iron and Wine. I was so impressed with his vocals and his friend Steve’s aggressive guitar skills, that I picked up his current CD, The Weatherman. Check it. Gregory didn’t know who Mark Ruffalo was when I said he looked like the actor, but was completely adorable about lending me his hat. :) 


What a FUN night. Thank you Ry for joining me — even though it was crazy cold inside and we had to deal with the usual obnoxious fan (there is always one). After-concert-carbing is always a must. My first trip to Broadway Diner was interesting (men in long fur and the ESPN dude) and F’n delicious — sausage gravy eggs benne/DOUGNUTS/a bite of french toast pancakes with BACON! What! Beats the Waffle House (but that’s always an option). Until the next time…



Thursday, July 15, 2010

A Night with Band of Horses

July 14, 2010
By the time Band of Horses was on stage, the Blue Note was a full house. Bryan Cates opened for the band and BOH lead vocal, Ben Bridwell, joined him for the last song before BOH performed. It was a very mellow (you could SMELL it), laid back atmosphere full of chillin’ music to match. The large backdrop screen provided images of nature — reminded me of Winter’s Bone — as well as a montage of BOH tour photos. BOH covered a lot of songs from Infinite Arms (I love this CD), including my favorites: Evening Kitchen and No One’s Gonna Love You. Thank you Matt and Ryan for the good company and evening.
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Bryan Cates
Ben Bridwell
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Ben Bridwell and Tyler Ramsey singing Evening Kitchen. Awesome.
(Above) Band of Horses bass guitarist, Bill Reynolds 
It was hot and humid… by 1 a.m. Ryan and I caught up with one Horse, bass guitarist, Bill Reynolds. Bill was very nice and gregarious. I asked him why BOH didn't play their current song, Life on Earth. He said they recorded it in studio but have never played it live … and he would suggest it to his band. Band of Horses will be back in October.
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