here is the info file from Dime for the first night
The Black Crowes
The Tabernacle
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
November 19, 2010
A Doodee Music Master Recording
“If it’s a DOODEE, you know it’s the SHIT®”
– Stripeydave 2008
This post is all about freely sharing some great music, spreading the vibe of these bands, increasing sales of their goods and attendance at their shows and having a little fun.
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Thought the NC run was it for me. Prayers were offered, promises were made, planets aligned, blessings were bestowed, and there I was for The Crowes final two shows in their hometown of Atlanta at The Tabernacle.
One thing I’ve heard fairly consistently from Atlanta fans – The Crowes have delivered less than unique performances in Atlanta. Of course that’s a matter of opinion. At the same time, This being the last scheduled Atlanta gigs, I did believe something special was gonna go down in their hometown on possibly this last go-round so I drove down for the get-down. Good call by Uncle D.
Night One – Acoustic Set. Let’s kick it off.
It was a fine Friday evening so nothing other than “Good Friday ” would have been acceptable. Chris christened the evening as “The old Friday night sock hop and rock ‘n roll show” and the band promptly lit into “Remedy” which works great as an acoustic number. Straight from one “Southern Harmony And Musical Companion” tune into another – “Thorn” hits with an early appearance. Very different jam than any other I’d heard on this tour so far with Rich filling a large portion of the festivities acoustically before Chris whips out the Hohner. Next up was one of the high points of the acoustic set – The Rollimg Stones “No Expectations” – a slow mournful version with beautiful lap steel work by Luther. Won’t be The Stones last appearance at this show. Steve and the djembe got the spotlight with “Whoa Mule”. Next up is a really nice version of “Lost My Driving Wheel”. The only reason this one didn’t floor me is I was a bit spoiled after the immaculate version we got in Asheville but this one’s nice just the same. A personal favorite in “Downtown Money Waster” is next with cool mandobird work from Luther. “What Is Home” took the nice CSNY vibe of that song and turned it into a rollicking Adam/Luther jam at the end. Next up is “Tornado” delivering great steel work from Luther and some certified country heartache via Chris. We head from the country to the cosmos with “Nonfiction”. Luther gets all spaceship on our ass and Rich grounds us with some acoustic work at the end. The good gospel of “My Morning Song” closed out the loosely defined acoustic festivities and the bathroom and beer rush began before electrification.
Night One – Electric Set. Good Lord folks, hang on.
First I’ll offer some impartial opinions – talked to a lot of folks the next day who have seen a lot more shows than I on this run and the consensus was this is THE electric set of the tour so far. And who am I to argue as I was absolutely floored.
In what would be the first of two uncannily correct predictions for electric set openers this weekend, Uncle D steps up to the plate and smashes a drive to deep center – it might be, it could be, it is – “Waiting Guilty”. Who saw that comin’? Me – but it was much more a wish than a prediction. One of the songs I have not been blessed with live til this night. Quick breath and we dive headlong into “Another Roadside Tragedy” which careens into a sweet jam that morphs straight into “Wiser Time”. For anyone who appreciates The Crowes and all the jammy improvisation they stand for, I’ll just give a summary of the electric festivities so far right here – three songs played comprising a combined 45 minutes. Where could we possibly go from here – a nice version of “Descending” to grab a quick breath before Rich yanks us straight back into “Exile” Rolling Stones with a stupendous version of “I Just Want To See His Face”. Cool cool vibe on this one. It sugues straight into “MODTL”. The old guard gets rewarded with the next three tunes highlighted by a blistering “Sometimes Salvation” that has Chris singing like it’s ’92 again. “Sting Me” blows the roof off as it always does. The encores keep it comin’ – pure soul from Chris on “I Don’t Know Why” and yet another long jam on “Poor Elijah”. And with that night one was in the books.
Peace and good luck to all the fine folks I met at these GA shows. Strange theme of the weekend – I had a hard time running into fans at these shows that were actually from Atlanta, or even Georgia. I talked to quite a lot folks and the states I remember represented – SC, NC, MI, VA, TN, WV, FL, AL, PA and of course RI (Russ, are you stalking me?). Just another testament to the incredible sense of community and dedication this band breeds in it’s fanbase. Not nearly as much of that around these days as there should be. And another thing – the vast majority of fans at Crowes shows seem to be there for the music – not to talk on their mobile, not to text, not to yack to a group of friends all night about their friggin’ social network updates – but to get into the music and the vibe and the moment. And there’s not nearly as much of that around these days as there should be.
This download, as with all of my Crowes masters, should only be a temporary fix – everyone needs to get the official version at www.liveblackcrowes.com as soon as it’s released.
Check the samples and use the democratic process. Actually, it’s not necessary to check a damn thing. Just download, enjoy, and pass it on. The Uncle D money back guarantee applies. In triplicate. Y’all enjoy! Night two to follow…
– acoustic set –
1. GOOD FRIDAY
2. REMEDY
3. THORN IN MY PRIDE
4. NO EXPECTATIONS
5. WHOA MULE
6. DRIVING WHEEL
7. DOWNTOWN MONEY WASTER
8. WHAT IS HOME
9. TORNADO
10. NONFICTION
11. MY MORNING SONG
– electric set –
12. WAITING GUILTY
13. ANOTHER ROADSIDE TRAGEDY
14. WISER TIME
15. DESCENDING
16. I JUST WANT TO SEE HIS FACE
17. MOVIN ON DOWN THE LINE
18. SOMETIMES SALVATION
19. HARD TO HANDLE
20. STING ME
– encore –
21. I DON’T KNOW WHY
22. POOR ELIJAH – TRIBUTE TO JOHNSON (MEDLEY)
Trade only. Support The Black Crowes by buying their records and merchandise and attending their shows. This is the last go ’round for the forseeable future. Miss ’em live and you missed what it’s all about with this band.
here is the info file from Dime for the second night
The Black Crowes
The Tabernacle
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
November 20, 2010
A Doodee Music Master Recording
“If it’s a DOODEE, you know it’s the SHIT®”
– Stripeydave 2008
This post is all about freely sharing some great music, spreading the vibe of these bands, increasing sales of their goods and attendance at their shows and having a little fun.
______________________________________________________________________
Thought the NC run was it for me. Prayers were offered, promises were made, planets aligned, blessings were bestowed, and there I was for The Crowes final two shows in their hometown of Atlanta at The Tabernacle.
One thing I’ve heard fairly consistently from Atlanta fans – The Crowes have delivered less than unique performances in Atlanta. Of course that’s a matter of opinion. At the same time, This being the last scheduled Atlanta gigs, I did believe something special was gonna go down in their hometown on possibly this last go-round so I drove down for the get-down. Good call by Uncle D.
So at this point I had already had my mind blown Friday night. How were the boys even gonna approach the sustained excellence of that one? A lesson I learned a long time ago – never underestimate The Robinson’s, they always seem to find a way to deliver.
Night Two – Acoustic Set. Fast start.
Friday evening eased in with a nice “Good Friday ” but Saturday came out swingin’ with the rockin’ one/two punch of “Jealous Again” and “Hotel Illness”. One of my favorite parts of these 2010 shows – seeing Steve Gorman come out front during “Hotel Illness” and beat the living hell outta that bass drum two handed fashion. Priceless. One of the Saturday highlights checks in next as our “Exile On Main St.” weekend theme continues with “Torn & Frayed”. Really cool version here with more of a honky tonk vibe thanks to Luther’s steel work. I neglected to mention this in the post for Friday’s show, but something very cool that happened at these gigs as opposed to others I had seen up til now was a stretch of acoustic numbers each night that featured Luther on steel guitar. Definitely gave those songs a unique feel. Next was the “Ballad In Urgency” >”Wiser Time” behemoth. Some folks feel this one’s an ol’ warhorse but it never gets old for me. Turns out “Wiser”, “Thorn” and “Remedy” would be the only songs repeated from Friday night’s set – each were flip-flopped acoustic/electric and each featured very different jams during the breakdowns. “Garden Gate” took everyone to the front porch for a bit before we were treated to a nice “Cold Boy Smile”. Chris gave us a really nice vocal during “Pawnshop” before dragging us into the nasty blues of “Darling”. Luther fired up the mandobird and then the electric for a tasty coda to close “Roll Old Jeremiah” and “Angels” took us out to the break. Everyone hits the pits to fuel up before the electrification festivities begin.
Acoustic shows pretty much in a dead heat at this point but I give a slight edge to night two. Sound seems dialed in a bit better at night two and I think that’s a factor.
Night Two – Electric Set. It smokes. Chris owns it.
There was plenty of evidence in tonight’s acoustic set, but in this electric set Chris leaves no doubt that this particular gig was his show. The only way I know how to put it – Chris gave 200% at this one. He sang with such conviction and emotion. He was animated (even more than usual). He was all over the place with the mic stand. And he knew he was killing it – borderline giddy at how things were going.
You may remember last night Uncle D stepped up to the plate and hit a dinger by calling “Waiting Guilty” to open the electric set. Once is a fluke, twice is a trend. And a trend we have as I go 2 for 2 by correctly calling “Cursed Diamond” to commence the electrification. This song is hands down my favorite set opener and I feel damned priviledged to get it. This one hasn’t been played much at all this go round. After a “discussion” between Chris and Rich that involved some pointed fingers they lit into “Soul Singing”, the compact version, not the extended one. We dive straight outta that into “Blackberry” which has a unique jam at the end (what southerners don’t love them some “Blackberry” jam). The quick pace continues with the disco-coke of “I Ain’t Hiding”. Where last night’s electric set started with three behemoths totally 45 minutes this one is coming fast and furious. Things get a little more jammy and extended with a great “Title Song” – Chris totally in charge of this one with the vocal. Rich steps up with the first of his two vocal highlights of the night with a really nice take on Pink Floyd’s “Fearless”. The jams arrive next with “Thorn”. Gorman gets a feature on the kit, the guitar breaks are unique and Chris goes off on a blues vocal improv before kickin’ into that almost “Midnight Rambler” harmonica section. This is definitely one of the freshest sounding and most enjoyable versions of this song I can recall. “Daughters” is pretty standard and “Remedy” is the Saturday night party number it oughta be. Nice treat as a powerful “No Speak No Slave” closes the set.
Encore time. Chris comes out first, sits down at Steve’s kit and slaps a few skins. He puts down the sticks and puts his finger to his mouth as if to say “Shhhh” to the crowd. Gorman comes out, walks up front, grabs Chris’ mic stand and says “Do I fuck with your shit?” before returning to the kit. Steve gets to the point. Chris finds it wildly amusing.
Chris starts shakin’ the maracas and I think we’re gonna get “Gone”. Nope. A really smokin’ “Feelin’ Alright” will do just fine. Rich steps up to the mic and closes us out with “Oh! Sweet Nuthin'” including multiple tasty guitar jams and Chris and Sven injecting The Beatles’ “Hey Jude” into the middle of the song. Everyone stage front, everyone all smiles. Even Rich. In the parting words of Chris – “We’ll see ya when we see ya”. This band is killin’ it. Hope it’s sooner than later.
Peace and good luck to all the fine folks I met at these GA shows. – and all shows on this tour. Strange theme of the weekend – I had a hard time running into fans at these shows that were actually from Atlanta, or even Georgia. I talked to quite a lot folks and the states I remember represented – SC, NC, MI, VA, TN, WV, FL, AL, PA and of course RI (Russ, are you stalking me?). Just another testament to the incredible sense of community and dedication this band breeds in it’s fanbase. Not nearly as much of that around these days as there should be. And another thing – the vast majority of fans at Crowes shows seem to be there for the music – not to talk on their mobile, not to text, not to yack to a group of friends all night about their friggin’ social network updates – but to get into the music and the vibe and the moment. And there’s not nearly as much of that around these days as there should be.
This download, as with all of my Crowes masters, should only be a temporary fix – everyone needs to get the official version at www.liveblackcrowes.com as soon as it’s released.
Check the samples and use the democratic process. Actually, it’s not necessary to check a damn thing. Just download, enjoy, and pass it on. The Uncle D money back guarantee applies. In triplicate. Y’all enjoy!
– acoustic set –
1. JEALOUS AGAIN
2. HOTEL ILLNESS
3. TORN & FRAYED
4. BALLAD IN URGENCY >
5. WISER TIME
6. GARDEN GATE
7. COLD BOY SMILE
8. GIRL FROM A PAWNSHOP
9. DARLING OF THE UNDERGROUND PRESS
10. ROLL OLD JEREMIAH
11. SHE TALKS TO ANGELS
– electric set –
12. CURSED DIAMOND
13. SOUL SINGING
14. BLACKBERRY
15. I AIN’T HIDING
16. TITLE SONG
17. FEARLESS
18. THORN IN MY PRIDE
19. GOODBYE DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION
20. REMEDY
21. NO SPEAK NO SLAVE
– encore –
22. FEELIN’ ALRIGHT
23. OH! SWEET NUTHIN’
Trade only. Support The Black Crowes by buying their records and merchandise and attending their shows. This is the last go ’round for the forseeable future. Miss ’em live and you missed what it’s all about with this band.