Posted by The G on November 10, 2009 under G Reviews | 
All photos by G.
Ray LaMontagne - Live at the Beacon Theatre
Wow! What can be said about Ray LaMontagne’s solo acoustic sold-out opening night show, the first of 3 shows, at New York’s Beacon Theater? This singer/songwriter has a gravely/raspy voice that will make you weak in the knees. When he sang, silence filled the legendary theater so the crowd could soak up every single word. In between songs, the soft-spoken LaMontagne told stories of his idols such as Elvis Costello and Justin Townes Earle. Those stories gave the audience a chance to shout out their favorite songs and express their love and admiration for Ray LaMontagne. His embarassment at these cat calls was more than precious. A fun fact about Ray: he was working a 65-hour a week shift in a shoe factory when he heard a song on the radio by Stephen Stills (of Crosby Stills and Nash) and decided to quit his job and become a full-time singer. That’s a quality that I admire tremendously.
He hit the stage at 9 pm and sang for a solid two hours. He played songs such as “Jolene,” “Loretta,” “Let It Be Me,” “Shelter,” “Trouble,” “Sweet Baby,” a Lucinda Williams cover, “You Are the Best Thing,” and the Bee Gees/Janis Joplin classic “To Love Somebody.”
See some more pictures of Ray LaMontagne after the jump.
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Posted by The G on August 9, 2009 under G Reviews |
Progressive Nation 2009
Tonight at New York’s Beacon Theater, Progressive Nation 2009 was in full effect. There was a quadruple bill tonight with Scale The Summit, BigElf, Zappa Plays Zappa and Dream Theater. Rather than read the words and imagine crazy guitar and drum solos while you check out this post, just enjoy some photos.
James LaBrie of Dream Theater. All photos by G.
Scale The Summit
Bigelf
Dweezil Zappa of Zappa Plays Zappa. Zappa!
If you have the setlists, please feel free to post!
Posted by The G on August 2, 2009 under G Reviews |
Steely Dan - Live August 3, 4, 10 and 11th!
I am not able to attend these shows due to other commitments, but for a great review of the show, please click here.
Posted by The G on July 21, 2009 under G Reviews |
Tom Jones Live at Terminal 5, New York 2/09. All photos by G.
What’s new pussycats? Tonight, the legendary Tom Jones makes a rare New York area appearance at the Beacon Theater.
I saw Mr. Jones earlier this year and he was incredible. In his 2 hour set, he did all his hits: What’s New Pussycat?, Delilah, It’s Not Unusual, Kiss, Help Yourself, She’s A Lady, Green Green Grass of Home, Thunderball, Sexbomb and lots of new material from his album “24 Hours.”
See more photos below, including a shot of all the bras and panties that were thrown at him during the show.
Help Yourself
Thunderball
After the show - Panties and Bras
Posted by The G on May 22, 2009 under Artsy Fartsy, Out and About |
Is that a huge penis hanging from the ceiling?
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