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PHOTOS: Booker T Jones, Charlie Hunter & Carlton Jackson @ Soul’d Out Music Fest (Dante’s, Portland – 4/14/13)

15th Apr 13 (Mon) Leave a comment

The first time ever playing together, Booker T Jones (keys, voice, guitar), Charlie Hunter (guitar magic) and Carlton Jackson (drums) ripped up a 70 minute set at the Soul’d Out Music Festival last night at Dante’s in Portland.  Booker T. actually played on many of, if not all of, the studio recordings of the classics played last night… such a legend!!

Here are some photos and the setlist:

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Setlist: ~70 minutes

  • Hip Hug-Her
  • Melting Pot
  • Born Under a Bad Sign (Albert King cover)
  • Green Onions
  • Oh Pretty Woman (Albert King cover)
  • Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (Bob Dylan cover)
  • (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding cover)
  • Take Me to the River (Al Green cover)
  • Ain’t No Sunshine (Bill Withers cover)
  • Time Is Tight
  • I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (Otis Redding cover)
  • Encore: Unknown (by me)

The Appropriate Linkage:

~Dan

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mini-REVIEW: Michael Franti & Spearhead @ the Cuthbert Amphitheater (Eugene, OR – – 5/24/08)

25th May 08 (Sun) 2 comments

WOW! Fantastic show at the Cuthbert Amphitheater in Eugene, OR, last night… it was beautiful day, then it rained for the show… but it was a BLAST!

Openers: Lilla D’Mone Trio with My G – great musicianship in a hip-hop, funk soul rock realm. The lyrics were a little lacking in my opinion… they seemed to mean well but fall short. Alas, it’s probably why I gravitate to more instrumental bands anyway. Good pop lyricists are too few and far between. If I had to grade ’em… a B. Blue Scholars – a DJ & MC duo from Seattle. They were good, but I spent most of their set in the long and slow coffee line. Hmph. What I heard, I enjoyed (B+). The Coup – they were a very good act. Sort of a rap funk rock thing going on. Played for an hour, very enjoyable (solid A). Too many openers for my taste, but they were pretty good (all things considered).

Michael Franti and Spearhead put on a GREAT show. I had never heard them outside of their samples on MySpace, but my wife (and her boss) wanted to go… and the vibe I heard was good; so what the heck. Anyway, amazing show… good mix of rock, reggae, and hip-hop. I didn’t know the names of the songs, but I liked ’em… and even in the rain, it didn’t stop people from dancing in the aisles (and on the chairs). Oh, he did play a song I knew… Nirvana‘s “Come As You Are.”

Michael Franti

I’m a fan of his music now… great stuff.

The Appropriate Linkage:

~Dan – np: Bar Kokhba Sextet – Masada Book Two: Lucifer

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