Re: Patt in Dublin

[Mike McEchron <rockndog>]

Excellent report. Thanks Garret! I hope someone got this on tape.

m

>To my surprise there was a support act at Patti's gig last night. it was 
>an irish trad band (made of Irish members, a canadian and a french person 
>if i remember correctly).  They were charming.  For their last song 
>Jackson Smith joined them.  They announced that they had taught him to 
>play guitar Irish style for about five mintues in hte dressing room.  it 
>seems that Patti and the band were in a popular pub in town called the 
>Cobblestone on Friday night and approached these people asking them if 
>they would support her.  I'd be shocked if they even knew who she was.
>
>Patti's gig opened with her strolling onto stage with the  band and 
>launching into a frenetic version of Gloria.  This was a great way to open 
>the show and got the energy level of the crowd whipped right up.  She 
>stayed on fairly safe territory with a trip down to redondo beach. She 
>then reached for the clarinet and played an introduction to Are YOu 
>Experienced.  This was a great version, full of life and energy.  Patti 
>really seemed to be enjoying herself.
>
>Patti's energy was great, she was in fantastic voice, she seemed to be 
>enjoying the banter with the crowd.  Patti came out of Free Money (which, 
>as ever, was great) askinghte audience, in a sort of hypnotised tone of 
>voice,  if they had noticed her tripping on the cord, and she described 
>hopping and jumping,  and led into a story about a white rabbit which 
>brough her into the song.  I do not particularly like hte version on 12 
>but this was great.  It is so clear what Patti is aiming for when you see 
>it live. She was having fun.
>
>Leading into My Blakean Year Patti strapped on her guitar and strummed 
>while reciting a poem of sorts about hte hotel she is checked into.  THis 
>was funny.  Rough gist " i booked into the callaghan hotel as it is next 
>to the place where Oscar Wilde is born.  but it turns out there are three 
>callaghan hotels.  i booked into the wrong one. i went to the writer's 
>museum and drew on the energy of hte writesrs like joyce, and beckett, and 
>wilde and dreamt abhout them i dreamt they were young lads writing and i 
>was writing too and i dreamt of blake...etc etc... i woke up in hte wrong 
>hotel".  I obviously don't remember the details but it was good.
>
>Before teen spirit a guy with a banjo came on and Patti mentioned that his 
>name was Bill Whelan and i;m sure she mentioned that she met him in the 
>cobblestone as well (although not sure).  He played hwile she sang a song 
>that i don't know, seemed sort of traditional/folky about a young guy not 
>knowing what he is doing (again, that could be totally wrong).  Then into 
>a rousing verson of teen spirit.
>
>Gimme Shelter was great.  But major highlight was part of babelogued and r 
>n r nigger which segued into gloria.  Bookending hte show with Gloria was 
>a great move.
>
>
>To be honest i could not, even if i tried, remember all the songs in 
>order, but i think it was something like this:
>
>Gloria
>Redondo Beach
>Are You Experienced
>Within You WIthout You
>Beneath the SOuthern Cross
>Free Money
>Tripped on the cord/White Rabbit
>Soul Kitchen
>Wrong Hotel/My Blakean Year
>Because the Night
>Pissing in a River
>Helpless
>??
>Smells Like Teen Spirit
>
>Gimme Shelter
>Babelogue/Rock n Roll Nigger/Gloria
>
>
>
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