REVIEW: Spinal Tap / The Folksmen @ Paramount Theatre (Seattle, WA – – 4/20/09)
FYI… PHOTOS of the SHOW at the BOTTOM
(only a couple this time)
- Spinal Tap Unwigged/Unplugged (photo: Shannon Cottrell, LA Weekly)
As mentioned above, I only took a few pictures. I was in the upper mezzanine, aka nosebleeds. I tried out my new 60x zoom digital camera; alas, it wasn’t 600x. :)
The show was great. Christopher Guest (aka Nigel Tufnel / Alan Barrows), Michael McKean (aka David St. Hubbins / Jerry Palter), and Harry Shearer (aka Derek Smalls / Mark Shubb) played for an hour and 45 minutes – – a great mix of Spinal Tap tunes, The Folksmen / A Mighty Wind tunes, a Waiting for Guffman tune, a Harry Sheaerer comedy album tune, and some never released ditties.
Great in between song banter… I guess this was as much of a comedy show as a music show. Oh, and no drummer… for obvious insurance purposes.
Setlist:
- opening song with lyrics of “hair as brown as the finest stew”
- Hell Hole
- Never Did No Wanderin’ (CG on mandolin)
- Clam Caravan (CG on didgeridoo at end)
- Bitch School
- Loco Man
- Waiting for Guffman‘s This Bulging River
- Reading of the “Spinal Tap NBC Memo”
- All the Way Home
- Blood on the Coal
- (Listen to Me) the Flower People
- Cornwine
- The Majesty of Rock
- Harry Shearer’s Elvis parody All Backed Up
- Stonehenge
- “Aussie YouTube” snippet
- Q&A session
- Start Me Up (Rolling Stones cover as in A Mighty Wind)
- Cups and Cakes
- “Lego Video” snippet
- Old Joe’s Place
- Big Bottom
- The Good Book Song
- Rainy Day Sun
- Sex Farm
- Encore: Gimme Some Money
- A Mighty Wind
- The Colors of My Life
This past Monday was this audiences’ lucky bun-day… really big, full set. A+ show all around. I’m glad I got a chance to catch the show while randomly being in town on vacation.
The Appropriate Linkage:
- http://www.unwigged.com/
- http://youtube.com/tapunwigged
- http://myspace.com/unwiggedandunplugged
- http://spinaltap.com/
- http://www.theparamount.com/
The rest of the dates:
April 22: Oakland, Calif. (Paramount Theatre)
April 23: Santa Barbara, Calif. (Santa Barbara County Bowl)
April 26: Los Angeles (The Wiltern)
April 27: Phoenix, Ariz. (Dodge Theatre)
April 29: Denver (Paramount Theatre)
May 1: Houston, Texas (Jesse H, Jones Hall)
May 2: Dallas (Nokia Theatre)
May 4: Jacksonville, Fla. Florida Theatre)
May 5: Miami (The Fillmore)
May 6: Orlando, Fla, (Hard Rock Live)
May 8: St. Petersburg, Fla. (Mahaffey Theatre)
May 9: Atlanta (Fox Theatre)
May 10: Nashville (Ryman Auditorium)
May 12: Baltimore (Lyric Opera House)
May 13: Washington, D.C. (Warner Theatre)
May 14: Philadelphia (Keswick Theatre)
May 17: Columbus, Ohio (Palace Theatre)
May 19: Cleveland, Ohio (State Theatre)
May 21: Toronto (Massey Hall)
May 22: Mashantucket, Conn. (MGM Grand Theatre at Foxwoods)
May 23: Boston (The Wilbur Theatre)
May 24: Atlantic City, N.J. (Music Box at The Borgata)
May 26: New York (Beacon Theatre)
May 27: New York (Beacon Theatre) *review / pictures / videos from this show *
May 29: Detroit (Fox Theatre)
May 30: Chicago (Chicago Theatre)
May 31: Milwaukee, Wis. (Riverside Theatre)
June 30: London, UK (Wembley Arena)
~Dan – np: Celldweller – Celldweller
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