This was one of those shows where you wish the place was half-full of reviewers. Rosie Thomas opened, and I'm sad to say I wasn't familiar with her music before now - she's hilarious and has a great voice. Ended up buying a CD (and an apron for my wife). As for OtR, they were ON and having a blast as usual. Too bad there were some loud so-and-so's in the back for the first part of the show. Juicy's wife made it down for the night, Mickey went nuts on the drums, a good time was had by all.
Here's a setlist, and Bill was kind enough to put some of the photos up on the Myspace page.
I Don't Wanna Waste Your Time
Go Down Easy (!)
I Want You To Be My Love
On A Roll
Let's Spend The Day In Bed
Entertaining Thoughts
What I'll Remember Most
The Trumpet Child
Who'm I Kiddin' But Me
Trouble
Goodbye Charles
Suitcase
Ohio
Orphan Girl
Encore:
If A Song Could Be President
Don't Wait For Tom
Full Version: Charlotte, NC 10/20/2007
dan, thanks for the posting the setlist. and as he said, some of his pics are on the OtR myspace page, along w/some from the knitting factory and some of mine from moonlite & live lunch. i've also started an album, "YOU! with Karin & Linford" if any of you have any pics you'd like to share, let me know...
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Go Down Easy (!)
Oh my. I'm hoping this one makes it on the set-list for Saturday (Annapolis, MD).
[quote name='Dan L' date='Oct 21 2007, 01:03 PM' post='228949']
This was one of those shows where you wish the place was half-full of reviewers. Rosie Thomas opened, and I'm sad to say I wasn't familiar with her music before now - she's hilarious and has a great voice. Ended up buying a CD (and an apron for my wife). As for OtR, they were ON and having a blast as usual. Too bad there were some loud so-and-so's in the back for the first part of the show. Juicy's wife made it down for the night, Mickey went nuts on the drums, a good time was had by all.
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It was a magical night for me. I brought 4 friends - 3 of them had never heard of OtR before, basically, and the other had been to an OtR concert with me last year. We got a pretty good table. The Visulite is a very cool place, but the setup doesn't provide great sight lines. And I thought Karin's mike was too hot and it was breaking on her loudest voicings. Those problems aside, the show was near perfect. I love the Trumpet Child songs, and we heard a lot of them. A few oldies were mixed in. Yes, the Visulite is a bar, and there were some goof-offs talking loudly at times. But in reality, the crowd was extremely focused and extremely appreciative. There was an explosion of cheers after every song.
I think OtR is a bit of cult band ... they definitely are for me. I have a pile of maybe 100 CDs in my bedroom, and at night I find myself picking OtR over and over, because the music is so interesting, beautiful and even healing.
This concert was special. The band was in a joyous mood and everything was clicking. My friends who didn't know OtR came away super impressed. The Visulite price was $16. It is the best bargain in the world. OtR is my favorite band right now. Period. $16 for a night of magic, up close and personal, is a great thing. In a month I will see Tori Amos - yeah, I aslo adore her - at Ovens for $50 plus, an inferior venue.
If I ever have to pay $50 to see OtR ... I would do it in a minute. Saturday night was priceless.
This was one of those shows where you wish the place was half-full of reviewers. Rosie Thomas opened, and I'm sad to say I wasn't familiar with her music before now - she's hilarious and has a great voice. Ended up buying a CD (and an apron for my wife). As for OtR, they were ON and having a blast as usual. Too bad there were some loud so-and-so's in the back for the first part of the show. Juicy's wife made it down for the night, Mickey went nuts on the drums, a good time was had by all.
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It was a magical night for me. I brought 4 friends - 3 of them had never heard of OtR before, basically, and the other had been to an OtR concert with me last year. We got a pretty good table. The Visulite is a very cool place, but the setup doesn't provide great sight lines. And I thought Karin's mike was too hot and it was breaking on her loudest voicings. Those problems aside, the show was near perfect. I love the Trumpet Child songs, and we heard a lot of them. A few oldies were mixed in. Yes, the Visulite is a bar, and there were some goof-offs talking loudly at times. But in reality, the crowd was extremely focused and extremely appreciative. There was an explosion of cheers after every song.
I think OtR is a bit of cult band ... they definitely are for me. I have a pile of maybe 100 CDs in my bedroom, and at night I find myself picking OtR over and over, because the music is so interesting, beautiful and even healing.
This concert was special. The band was in a joyous mood and everything was clicking. My friends who didn't know OtR came away super impressed. The Visulite price was $16. It is the best bargain in the world. OtR is my favorite band right now. Period. $16 for a night of magic, up close and personal, is a great thing. In a month I will see Tori Amos - yeah, I aslo adore her - at Ovens for $50 plus, an inferior venue.
If I ever have to pay $50 to see OtR ... I would do it in a minute. Saturday night was priceless.
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