I don't know if there are a lot of bands that can have their
lead singer sustain a solo show without the rest of them, but there's at least
one. Not that Eddie was completely void
of his group, he did open with "Elderly Woman..." after all. I've heard that one plenty but it never hurts
to start with an all-inclusive sing-along.
Opener Glen Hansard set the tone of the evening with a typically
personal all-out performance, straining his voice and leaving zero reserve to
the audience of his emotion and dedication to his craft. You could tell that just by the strum-worn holes in more than one of his guitars.
He even did a tune out in front of his mike, completely unplugged, and
sang almost as loudly as his toned down speakers. And then there was Eddie. Ukuleles, a
loud-ass uke with guitar pick-ups, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and an
organ filled the night with a some-what similar set up to the last solo show we
saw him perform in Atlanta, several years ago, but with more backdrops and a
faux camp fire to the side. He sang
songs from all his projects and many covers including a few of the opening bars
of Pink Floyd's "Brain Damage."
Tragically, a similarity between
the ATL show and this one was the fans hollering out ridiculous requests and other
useless "woo's" to interrupt the between song banter and stories from
his childhood. One chick yelled out
"Red Mosquito" and he said "Yeah, that's a good one. I'll never play it, but that's a good one. I'll need Mike McCready to pull that one off." He also told us before jamming on
"Betterman" that Pete Townshend told him that in spite of the
melancholy lyrics, couples in the crowd still seemed to bond over the happy
melody of the tune. Glen joined him on
several songs including another completely unplugged and un-miked number. Not unlike PJ's Music Midtown show, Eddie just
didn't seem to want to leave the stage and kept playing more and more songs
including "Rockin' in the Free World" and finally ended the night
with one he said he hadn't played before.
Cosmic. As Letterman once said after Eddie performed
on the Late Show, "If I had a voice like that, weeeell you could all just
kiss my ass." Have fun to those
that are fortunate enough to see him tonight on the 25th.
I don't know if there are a lot of bands that can have their
lead singer sustain a solo show without the rest of them, but there's at least
one. Not that Eddie was completely void
of his group, he did open with "Elderly Woman..." after all. I've heard that one plenty but it never hurts
to start with an all-inclusive sing-along.
Opener Glen Hansard set the tone of the evening with a typically
personal all-out performance, straining his voice and leaving zero reserve to
the audience of his emotion and dedication to his craft. You could tell that just by the strum-worn holes in more than one of his guitars.
He even did a tune out in front of his mike, completely unplugged, and
sang almost as loudly as his toned down speakers. And then there was Eddie. Ukuleles, a
loud-ass uke with guitar pick-ups, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and an
organ filled the night with a some-what similar set up to the last solo show we
saw him perform in Atlanta, several years ago, but with more backdrops and a
faux camp fire to the side. He sang
songs from all his projects and many covers including a few of the opening bars
of Pink Floyd's "Brain Damage."
Tragically, a similarity between
the ATL show and this one was the fans hollering out ridiculous requests and other
useless "woo's" to interrupt the between song banter and stories from
his childhood. One chick yelled out
"Red Mosquito" and he said "Yeah, that's a good one. I'll never play it, but that's a good one. I'll need Mike McCready to pull that one off." He also told us before jamming on
"Betterman" that Pete Townshend told him that in spite of the
melancholy lyrics, couples in the crowd still seemed to bond over the happy
melody of the tune. Glen joined him on
several songs including another completely unplugged and un-miked number. Not unlike PJ's Music Midtown show, Eddie just
didn't seem to want to leave the stage and kept playing more and more songs
including "Rockin' in the Free World" and finally ended the night
with one he said he hadn't played before.
Cosmic. As Letterman once said after Eddie performed
on the Late Show, "If I had a voice like that, weeeell you could all just
kiss my ass." Have fun to those
that are fortunate enough to see him tonight on the 25th.
