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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

SPINAL TAP / THE FOLKSMEN PHOTOS
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