What a weekend. Three shows, three different parts of the state, three completely different venues with one AMAZING band. I'm sure hopped has the set list but there were a couple of new songs thrown out this weekend. A little tired from the late night and log drive home today so I'll try to give a better recap later. Or maybe I'll just chime in on hopped's post when it comes.
I caught a bit of what's going around. I was a trooper yesterday and did a lighthouse, Wright Brothers Memorial and Jockey's Ridge. And did all the driving back to Greensboro. I'll post set lists and my thoughts in a bit. Friday night's set is ready to track. May get both shows done today. We'll see.
I think the guys were on fire in Raleigh. Their playing was as good as I've heard. Rod and Andrew really rocked it out on the jams. Abilene was a smoker. 2 hours 45 minutes w/o a set break. They played "Almost Home" which I quite like. The new "Carolina" song is a very fun song. I like it. Kinda Buffett meets beach music, but in the best possible way.
01. Don't Break My Heart Again 02. Empty Pockets 03. Almost Home (new) 04. I Gotta Go 05. 25 Years 06. Down on Your Luck 07. Abilene 08. Take Me Out Misery 09. Banter 10. Bad, Bad Man 11. Irish Jam> Woman on the Interstate 12. Tired of Everything 13. It's All Over Now 14. New Song ("Take me down, down to Carolina" chorus) 15. Scarlet Begonias 16. New York City Found 17. Music 's Only Outlaw 18. One More Saturday Night 19. Cat and Mouse 20. I Wanted to Get High
Yarn is:
Blake Christiana - acoustic guitar, vocals Trevor MacArthur- acoustic guitar, backing vocals Andrew Hendryx - electric mandolin, mandolin, harmonica Rod Hohl - electric guitar, backing vocals Rick Bugel - upright bass Bobby Bonhomme- drums
Go see Yarn and buy their merch. Support taper-friendly bands.
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I was really concerned when I walked in the room here. 25 foot cathedral ceilings cover with corrugated metal. Somewhat narrow room. The options for audience mics is limited. I clamped to the balcony, which is pretty far back. It sounds pretty damn good in this place and the balcony was no exception. bgreen offered the use of an articulating extension, which would have helped, but I was a little slow getting set up. I was upstairs getting my rig set up when the guys came on stage. I got the whole thing but did not have time to set up the stage rig as well. So I ran it second set. Both turned out pretty well. I almost bailed on this one because I could tell I was coming down with something and the lack of sleep from the previous two nights was catching up with me. Glad I stuck it out.
Another really solid set from the boys. There was a small, but overall enthusiastic crowd. Brouche worked the mailing list and merch extra hard. Rod's guitar was prominent in the mix and sounded really good. If they come back during the tourist season, I imagine the room will be packed.
Yarn February 19, 2011 Outer Banks Brewing Station Kill Devil Hills
Set 1
01. Roadhouse 02. Can't Slow Down 03. I Ain't Never Been Much of a Man 04. Dear Mama I'm So Sorry 05. Don't Break My Heart Again 06. Liquor Love 07. Christopher Street 08, More 09. Almost Home 10. New Song ("Take me down, down to Carolina" chorus) 11. Bad Bad Man 12. Irish Jam > Woman on the Interstate
Set 2 13. Tired of Everything 14. Down On Your Luck 15. It's All Over Now 16. Annie 17. Lies I've Told 18. Singing Jim Croce 19. Alone on the Weekend 20. New York City Found 21. Take Me Out Misery 22. No Future Together 23. On The Road
Yarn is:
Blake Christiana - acoustic guitar, vocals Trevor MacArthur- acoustic guitar, backing vocals Andrew Hendryx - electric mandolin, mandolin, harmonica Rod Hohl - electric guitar, backing vocals Rick Bugel - upright bass Bobby Bonhomme- drums
Go see Yarn and buy their merch. Support taper-friendly bands.
sorry I wasn't quicker with the extension man. I missed the intro trying to get everything set up myself :P Had a blast though. The second night was a great show as well. Totally different feel from the pour house, but excellent in every way. I took one of my business partners down and they are both hooked on yarn now. His girl is into heavier stuff but she got sucked in quick. I have to say, it was the first time I'd ever seen headbanging to one of andrew's solos lol. Great weekend all around. Lemme know if ya ever come north Dale.
Oh, no worries on the extension. I hemmed and hawed a bit getting set up. I did have the stage lip rig ready to plop down and was just waiting for the SG to move that box of patch cables so I could plop it down. The guys went on a little sooner than expected and I was caught off-guard. Recording turned out nice. I probably should have narrowed the angle on my AUD mics a bit being so far back. This is such a fun hobby. It's like every time you tape at a new venue, you are given a new puzzle to solve. I can't wait to go back and tape at OBX Brewing Station again.
BTW, during New York City Found Blake leans over and says into my mics, "Bobby Bonhomme on drums" and then, "Disco Yarn"
For three years in a row, a group of us came up to the NW Philly area for IPA Project Day at Sly Fox in Phoenixville. They switched over to the Pale Ale project a couple of years ago and we lost interest. Now that I am a taper, I look for any opportunity to combine taping and microbrew touring, so a trip to Pennsylvania is never out of the question.
Man, we are getting bombarded here in Central NC in April.
April 13 The Old Winston Social Club - Winston-Salem, NC (30 minutes from Greensboro) April 15 Rives Theater - Martinsville, VA (45 minutes from Greensboro) April 16 Cuegrass @ The Pit - Raleigh NC (1h 15m from Greensboro) April 22 Motorco Music Hall - Durham NC (50 minutes from Greensboro)
On the April 22 date, I'm supposed to be archiving at Shakori Hills. But I was thinking of blowing that off to tape NRPS and Great American Taxi here in Greensboro. Now Yarn comes to a town near me, too. It just ain't fair, but it's a great problem to have.
I listened to the new songs over and over again. Can Blake and co write a bad song already? These songs ar great. Love the harmonica solo is Almost home. The new untitled song reminded me of Led Zepp fool in the rain. Minus the piano. Bobbys drums did. I want to move to the Carolinas and catch a Yarn show and sing along to this song.
Oh man - so jealous Hopped! Missing NC and Yarn - April looks like a fine month for sure. The Cuegrass Fest @ The Pit is a BLAST - Fine Beer, some of the best BBQ in Raleigh, and now YARN! Hope you have great weather for it. Never got to the new Motorco before I left town. Be interested to hear what it's like. Thanks to you for all the taping/upping and to you and the others for uploading Andrew's shows too. Helps with the Yarn drought here in Switzerland ;)
What about their setlists hopped? Reviewing some tour stuff last year saw them pretty stagnant. Do they still play the obligatory Panama Red evey show?
I only know the sets of the two shows I taped and they were pretty varied. The first one clocked in at just over 3 hours. They've been putting out some new stuff as well. Mostly Robert Hunter stuff. The second show I went to was shortened by the festival putting on the show. NRPS wasn't really happy about not being able to do encores. I listened to a few others from the last year or so and they were rockin'. Panama Red is in most sets, I think. When I was typing up text files for some Yarn shows recently I noticed patterns of the same songs being played quite a bit and in the same order.
NRPS August 9, 2009 Set 1
Intro Where I Come From Lonesome LA Cowboy Henry I Don't Know You Peggy-O Ghost Train Blues Last Lonely Eagle Dirty Business Groupie Barracuda Moon Six of One
Set 2
Panama Red Suite at the Mission Big Six Gone Home Louisiana Lady Fivio Rockin' With Nona Let It Grow Higher Down the Middle Blues Barrel crowd
Encore: Ripple
NRPS July 08, 2010:
Set 1
01. Tuning/Intro 02. Where I Come From 03. Lonesome LA Cowboy 04. One Too Many Stories 05. Prisoner of Freedom 06. Henry 07. Running Back to You 08. Any Naked Eye> 09. Barracuda Moon> 10. Any Naked Eye 11. All I Ever Wanted 12. Message in a Bottle
Set 2
13. Tuning 14. Portland Woman> 15. Willie and the Hand Jive 16. Panama Red 17. Blues Barrel 18. Lo and Behold 19. Last Lonely Eagle 20. 17 Pine Avenue 21. Groupie
@ RC I'm here in Switzerland for at least 3 years ... so it's a major Yarn drought for me. I'm majorly indebted to Hopped and all the other tapers for keeping me in the loop. Thank god for them and the Archive! Although I'm plotting to come back to NC for MerleFest at the end of April - maybe I should come early and catch some Yarn shows too ;)
June 24th Morganton NC Free Outdoor concerts on Courthouse Square June 26th Aberdeen NC The Rooster's Wife
Now if only there was a town in between these two that really needed a Saturday night Yarn show. A town with a nice new venue and a couple of diehard Yarn fans who would do their absolute best to drag half the town to a show. **cough cough** Greensboro **cough cough**