Brian at the Bowery Ballrooom review (with pics and bootleg coming soon)

NOTE: Please do NOT use these photos without permission/consent.

So something told me to come early and what do you know, Brian was right outside talking with a couple of fans. I got to talk to him about a bunch of stuff...mainly the new record (now officially called American Slang). They have about 13-15 songs ready. He said it's gonna be a more autobiographical and less obscure record in terms of lyrics (no more "Marias" and other name dropping). He said instead of thinking of the past or future, think about now. He's recording most of it with his Goldtop Les Paul, no more echo-y vocals, and rougher drums.

He also said that they might try something new for this record...in vein of soul singers from way past when (Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke), once the record's completely finished he's gonna record vocals after purposely losing his voice. He said he wants this to feel like a dancier record (but not like Lady Gaga...who he admits ain't half bad haha. He actually mentioned her in the show as well). A homeless guy asked Brian for a cigarette at some point.

Before he left, he signed my ticket and I got a pic:



So my biggest worry was bringing in my SLR as the Bowery has a reputation for aggressive security. I met some nice folks there and I ended up first on line haha. I waited a good hour on line before being let in, lucky enough to end up right by the stage.

Dave Hause was great...I'm not a huge Loved Ones fan as I only own Build and Burn but he was great. Unlike Brian his entire set wasn't acoustic, he brought in an electric Epiphone semi hollow for a couple of songs.

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And after that, Brian came on, starting with an Odetta cover. Looked happy as hell and had some great crowd interaction. Here's the setlist (I copied this from cephcarn4...thank you haha)

1. What you gonna call your pretty little baby (Odetta)
2. Old White Lincoln
3. Have You Ever Seen The Rain (Creedence Clearwater Revival )
4. Great Expectations
5. The 59 Sound
6. Dollar Bill (Screaming Tree's )
7. Miles Davis And The Cool
8. I Do Not Hook Up (Kelly Clarkson)
9. High Lonesome
10. Blue jeans & White T-Shirts
11. The Navesink Banks
12. Here's Looking At You Kid
13. The Broad Majestic Shannon (The pogues)
14. We Came To Dance


I recorded some of this with my iPod...the quality isn't amazing but if anyone has requests for certain songs I can try to post them. I'll probably post the covers no one's heard.

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Clip of Blue Jeans and White T-Shirts:


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Brian closed with We Came to Dance and a little bit later, Dave and Brian played a set together.
From cephcarn4:
Encore : W/ Dave
15. Call It Off (Tegan And Sara)
16. Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash)
17. Long Ride Home (Patty Griffin)
18. Ball & Chain (Social Distortion)



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What a great show. I'll try to post some of my bootleg in the future.

Wow! That's awesome! I hope some other people were in there recording too. Maybe we could get a variety of sources for a boot.

Thanks for recording and taking some killer pictures!

Oh and please post all of the songs you recorded. It'll save you time responding to certain requests too. Just post em all!

great pics.

That looks like an amazing night , i would love to see one of those solo shows .

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Oh and please post all of the songs you recorded. It'll save you time responding to certain requests too. Just post em all!

yeah this

i really like your black and white photos. sounds like it was a great show! and from what brian said about the new record im definitely psyched for it!

Awesome photos!

Awww man it sounded like the show was awesome. I wish I could of gone, but it had to be my luck that a family thing came up.

I may be mistaken... but I get the impression we're not supposed to use those pics w/o permission or consent!

But seriously, thanks for postin all the stuff. Much envy!