Robert Earl Keen, Charlottesville, VA

freaky4tiki · Post by **freaky4tiki** » November 8, 2007 4:19 pm

rum.man wrote:Any Robert Earl Keen fans going to Charlottesville on Tuesday? The folks I was going with backed out last minute, and I don't want to go by myself! I haven't purchased my tickets yet - any one going?

John

the paramount is a VERY nice theater! lots of good places to eat around there too! let me know if you decide to go!

conched · Post by **conched** » November 18, 2007 4:08 pm

Here is a review of Robert Earl Keen's show at Toad's Place in Richmond.
Good job, Brandon Reynolds

http://www.styleweekly.com/article.asp?idarticle=15669

I gotta quote a couple of paragraphs. Keen is so good at the LIVE show.

...But he tucked back into his beer-hoisting greats, the roots-rock and blues that carry the stamp of his songwriting talent. Those classics offered another interesting observation, too: After a song is played for the 10,000th time, it necessarily evolves in the mouth of the singer. Keen’s live versions of his songs remind us that they’re living things, that they necessarily change to avoid staleness and to keep singers like Keen from going insane...

...But it culminates with a high-velocity version of “The Road Goes on Forever,” speeding through the song and getting the audience all riled up before launching into a round-robin set of solos: incredible banjoing, steel guitaring, and a huge jam by guitarist Rich Brotherton. Keen and his band seem to be cultivating a Jimmy Buffett kind of feel, very loose and easy, and I think it works well, mainly because he’s better than Buffett...

http://www.toadsplacerva.com/home/archive/3402
Link to a video of Merry Christmas from the Family.

Duff · Post by **Duff** » November 18, 2007 5:37 pm

Haven't posted in a while, but noticed somebody was discussing REK. I've been listening to his discs for awhile and have always enjoyed them. One day I just happened to stumble upon a calendar for the Music Mill in Indy and saw REK's name on it. I was pretty surprised that he even came to Indy, and figured I'd better take in the show in case the opportunity didn't present itself again in the future. Absolutey unbelievable. His discs are great but don't compare to a live show. As the previous reviews said, the jams his band put together are incredible. Some lasting up to 8 or 10 minutes, all very fast paced and incredible to listen to. I was all teeth during the show and would encourage anybody that has the opportunity to check one out.

conched · Post by **conched** » November 18, 2007 6:11 pm

Did they add in that wonderful tune, "There's Just One S in New Braun(s)fels?"

I think it was added in during 5 lb bass.

Love singing along at REK as much as at a Buffett show. And it is totally acceptable to sing along!

freaky4tiki · Post by **freaky4tiki** » November 18, 2007 6:53 pm

dammit. knew I missed a good show.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » November 18, 2007 8:04 pm

Just saw him Friday and Saturday nights here in NYC. Both shows were really good and he changed the setlist for the second show. The songs he did Saturday that he had also done Friday weren't in the same place in the set. For instance, he did Amarillo Highway about halfway though Friday's show but opened with it Saturday. I don't have total recall, it's tough at my age, but here are the songs I remember hearing, in no particular order. I know I'm leaving some out.

What I Really Mean
Feeling Good Again
Gringo Honeymoon
Amarillo Highway
Corpus Christi Bay
Dreadful Selfish Crime
Merry Christmas From The Family
The Road Goes On Forever
The Front Porch Song
Copenhagen
That Bucking Song
Five Pound Bass
For Love
I'm Going To Town
Furnace Fan
Wild Wind
I'm Coming Home
Long Chain
It's The Little Things
Let The Music Play
Whenever Kindness Fails
Mr. Wolf & Mamabear
No Kinda Dancer
Not A Drop Of Rain
Tangled Up In Blue (last song Saturday)

conched · Post by **conched** » November 18, 2007 8:20 pm

Great list of songs, LIPH. Thanks for posting them.

Some of my favs...It's The Little Things, No Kinda Dancer, Feelin Good Again...

Six of the big "sing-a-long" songs in a row there starting with Merry Christmas...oh, yeah, they're in no particular order.

Tangled Up In Blue is a good song for REK. Heard him do that recently. (Did he close with that at Big State?)

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » November 18, 2007 8:29 pm

I don't remember how he closed his set at Big State. The Road Goes On Forever was the last song Friday, next to last Saturday.

This may sound strange because it's not a real upbeat song, but I really liked Dreadful Selfish Crime. That was one of the songs he did both nights.

a1aara · Post by **a1aara** » November 21, 2007 5:59 pm

The last few times I saw REK, he and the band came out and sang a song "acapella"(sp)?for the very last song.. I can't remember the exact song. Maybe a Townes Van Zandt song? I will try to check and find out.

conched · Post by **conched** » November 21, 2007 10:23 pm

I read that it was LIVE FOREVER at Charlottesville and somewhere on his discussion board I read he closed with Snowin on Raton in New York.

Snowin on Raton is a Townes song.

a1aara · Post by **a1aara** » November 29, 2007 5:41 pm

conched wrote:I read that it was LIVE FOREVER at Charlottesville and somewhere on his discussion board I read he closed with Snowin on Raton in New York.

Snowin on Raton is a Townes song.

Thanks! It was "Live Forever" the last couple of times I saw him. A Billy Joe Shaver song.

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