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I went to ten [1] (rediculous!) concerts in October, so I was pretty busy there. There were a couple I wanted to write about but didn’t and now they seem a bit irrelevant. Well, I’m going to write what I wanted to say about them, in brief, now:
- Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, October 7: You get to see great artists (Earl Scruggs, Gillian Welch, etc.) for free, but you have to put up with the worst crowds ever.
- The Long Winters at the Cafe du Nord, October 13: What Made Milwaukee Famous was entertaining, the Long Winters were good. John Roderick was very entertaining. I took some pictures and put them here.
- The Hold Steady at the Great American Hall, October 17: They’re a bar band. They’re loud and rawkus. Craig Finn was almost definitely very drunk. The vocals were too low in the mix for a band that I like largely because of the deep lyrics, but it was still a very fun show.
- Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy at the Great American, Oct 31: While I was standing outside waiting for some friends, who walked up to the will call booth but Mark Kozelek. I barely avoided turning into a total fanboy and played it cool. Oh and the show: Will Oldham is a fantastically weird guy. Parts of the show were great and parts of the show were a bit boring.
[1] for real:
- Jose Gonzalez at EBF, October 6
- Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in Golden Gate Park, SF, October 7
- Sufjan Stevens in Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, October 11
- John Vanderslice at the 750 Pub, Stanford, October 12
- Long Winters w/ What Made Milwaukee Famous at Cafe du Nord, SF, October 13
- the Hold Steady at the Great American, SF, October 17
- Damien Jurado at the Swedish American Hall, SF, October 20
- Beirut at the Great American, SF, October 20
- David Bazan at Swedish American Hall, SF, October 27
- Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy at the Great American, SF, October 31