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| sfakajones |
Posted - 05/09/2007 : 15:53:24
follow this link and look down on the 26th
http://www.leftyspizzeria.com/calendar/
I'm not sure how this has managed to stay under the radar with only two and a half weeks left until the show. It appears this would be his warm-up for the European tour.
My seats are already reserved. I really love the fact that my all time favorite musician now lives in Oregon and this will be the third time in about 9 months that I've seen him, in the 3 smallest venues I've ever seen him play. |
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| Carl |
Posted - 06/21/2007 : 12:18:11
Nice, thanks remig!
 "Aw yeah, that's the good stuff!" |
| remig |
Posted - 06/21/2007 : 03:32:25
Some pictures, featuring violet on stage (short hair) on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=all&q=frank+black+salem+lefty&m=text
"un jour tu connaitra cette detresse de pres ou de loin, je peux te le jurer" - Ofabsis |
| coastline |
Posted - 06/05/2007 : 07:26:29
quote:
Originally posted by Orbiter
Yes, The show will be taped. Video and Audio.
Whatever happened with this?
 Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
| trobrianders |
Posted - 06/03/2007 : 17:55:36
quote:
Originally posted by OMBrian
After the show, I ran into a local musician I know named Mark Lemhouse. It's only been in the days since that I've seen a press release for "Bluefinger" saying that Mark is the producer on it. Anyway, his first question to me was whether I liked Frank with or without the guitar. I couldn't really say but I did like that there was a different side of him that was on display. The thing that occurred to me after I thought about it was how comfortable he was sans guitar. I know he's a seasoned veteran and everything but some people spend so much of their stage career holding a guitar that they don't know what to do without it. Frank didn't seem to have that problem.
I remember the first time I saw Pixies in '88 Charles had some of the showman in him, swinging his guitar by the neck while singing In Heaven, and he also encored no guitar a few times with Tame.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcn0f5s-aas&search=pixies+tame
Tell us more about meeting Mark Lemhouse.
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Ed is the hoo hoo |
| Steak n Sabre |
Posted - 06/02/2007 : 07:30:06
Did The Man break out the harmonica at all?????
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| Jefrey |
Posted - 06/01/2007 : 15:49:47
quote:
Originally posted by trobrianders
Hats off to him for the showmanship but I'm sure gonna miss his playing. For me it's one of the main attractions.
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Ed is the hoo hoo
But now he's free to do kicks and chug beers like Bob Pollard :)
Maybe even tie some scarves to his mic stand.
== jeffamerica == |
| Jason |
Posted - 05/31/2007 : 20:18:49
LOVE the photos.
There's something very punk rock about the simple 4-person singer/one guitarist/bassist/drummer band line-up. Black Flag, Ramones, etc. |
| OMBrian |
Posted - 05/31/2007 : 16:33:08
After the show, I ran into a local musician I know named Mark Lemhouse. It's only been in the days since that I've seen a press release for "Bluefinger" saying that Mark is the producer on it. Anyway, his first question to me was whether I liked Frank with or without the guitar. I couldn't really say but I did like that there was a different side of him that was on display. The thing that occurred to me after I thought about it was how comfortable he was sans guitar. I know he's a seasoned veteran and everything but some people spend so much of their stage career holding a guitar that they don't know what to do without it. Frank didn't seem to have that problem. |
| Dallas |
Posted - 05/31/2007 : 14:23:42
I have to see the untethered version of the man in concert! That just seems so odd to me. Completely unpredictable. |
| trobrianders |
Posted - 05/31/2007 : 10:05:07
Hats off to him for the showmanship but I'm sure gonna miss his playing. For me it's one of the main attractions.
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Ed is the hoo hoo |
| Nate in the PDX |
Posted - 05/31/2007 : 07:56:27
I would hope the new guys continue learning songs to augment and vary the setlist over the course of the tour. This is a great set, but variety is the spice of life, especially with a back catalog like FB's.
remig, he really acted like a rock'n'roll singer up there. Not just during the first song when he hopped down to the floor and screamed right at us. Lots of walking around stage with the mic in his hand, a bit more showmanship perhaps than we're accustomed to from him. Maybe it was just a playful night, or maybe he's decided to be a bit of a Rock Star. The effect was almost stunning, how engaging it was, the palpable energy. Like somehow he seemed more 'into it,' emoting a bit more than he could whilst strapped with guitar. I dunno.
Not Meat Loaf-level theatrics, mind you, but there's something cool about a singer singing, the voice as his sole instrument. Plus it was a new wrinkle from Mr. Thompson. Fun stuff all around. |
| Born to Lose |
Posted - 05/30/2007 : 19:07:04
It will be interesting to see how this band interprets some Nashville era songs, if they even bother. |
| remig |
Posted - 05/30/2007 : 14:55:24
Sounds great!
How was acting Frank without his guitar?
Can't way to see him in ... Massif Central!
"un jour tu connaitra cette detresse de pres ou de loin, je peux te le jurer" - Ofabsis |
| Jason |
Posted - 05/30/2007 : 14:21:43
quote:
Originally posted by Arm Arm Arm
I wonder if he'll drop the setlist as the tour goes on or at least derivate from it.
Considering that everyone playing on this tour has never played with Frank before, they'll probably work up a 15-20 song set and stick with that more or less.
There's still a few weeks before the tour starts though so maybe some songs will be added or subtracted from the warm-up date set. |
| Arm Arm Arm |
Posted - 05/30/2007 : 14:04:42
Wow! That sounds like a great show. I'm excited that the show was so rockin'. I hope the "Funk Soul Brother" cover makes a return appearance on the tour. Having abstained from any advance Bluefinger, all I can say is I hope the album is as exciting as a lot of forum members believe it to be.
I wonder if he'll drop the setlist as the tour goes on or at least derivate from it.
Anyway, thanks for the reviews! |
| Nate in the PDX |
Posted - 05/30/2007 : 13:15:44
Take that song, remove all the funky little noises in the original, insert angry guitar, speed it up a bit, turn up the volume to eleven, and substitute Frank's screaming for the vocals -- and say what you will, but the man's screaming has evolved just as his singing has evolved, into a finely tuned instrument -- and you'll get an idea of this cover version.
Not sure if the 6-year-old would love it as much, but once I figured out what he was doing, I really dug it. The band clearly enjoyed it as well. Very fun song to end with, and a perfect bookend to the fantastic Black Rider rock-out which opened. |
| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 05/30/2007 : 11:08:49
quote:
Originally posted by OMBrian
The Rockfeller Skank (Fatboy Slim cover)
Now this is amazing. Someone should have recorded that :)
Btw, my 6 yr-old son loves this song....
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| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 05/30/2007 : 11:04:29
Merci beaucoup very much for the reviews, comments and pics 
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| rodney |
Posted - 05/30/2007 : 05:44:05
Well, the setlist looks fantastic, the pictures look great. Now I just need to HEAR it! |
| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 05/29/2007 : 20:22:26
Muchas gracias to everyone who has contributed photos and commentary. This is what makes this place truly great.
bluefinger |
| Jefrey |
Posted - 05/29/2007 : 17:08:27
I can't believe I was an hour away and didn't go to the show.
I even got the green light from my folks to go, but my wife and I were too exhausted from our first plane flight with a child to even consider it.
On the plus side, Eugene is beautiful, and I can see why people would want to live there. And I got to go to Cafe Yumm, which is currently only in Eugene I think, but should be franchising to a city near you in the future. Yummy indeed. They served Full City coffee.
You're right coastline, Full City is indeed a very fine cup o' joe!. Thanks for the tip.
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| Carl |
Posted - 05/29/2007 : 15:54:22
Great, thanks guys. Frank is turning into a non-guitarist lead-singer frontman!! |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 05/29/2007 : 15:12:39
Haha, yes indeed. Good pictures indeed!
Won't it be hard for record stores, if there's one section for Black Francis, and another for Frank Black? |
| fbc |
Posted - 05/29/2007 : 13:23:39
thanks muchly to you all. good to see the photo king swinging into action, and Black Francis still signing "Frank Black". made me smile! |
| Llamadance |
Posted - 05/29/2007 : 13:04:54
ok, all new photos are up here
thanks muchly to the photographers. If anyone has any more pics and uploads them, let me know here, or drop me an email. Cheers.
When you're going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill |
| Nate in the PDX |
Posted - 05/29/2007 : 11:23:06
From what I saw, Normal is a very capable guitarist, a straight-ahead punk rock mentality. Rough and raw and solid, competent. (I can't imagine how daunting it is to take the stage with FB. Hats off to all these lads for taking care of business.) It was a noisy show, more so than you would think upon hearing it was 'only' guitar/bass/drums. FB's voice of course had a lot to do with that result.
This noisy, energetic band as a whole feels to me like a very obvious step away from Nashville, and from all the years when there was a steel guitar on stage with Frank. (Steel guitar as signifier... at least since DITS days.) The band last fall gave a very different sound -- yeah, of course it rocked, but it was smoothed, leavened somewhat, by the steady Nashville hands of the supporting players. These young fellers have a different sensibility altogether, a balls-out cutting loose, or at least that's the impression I got from the Lefty's show. FB/Charles (Abnormal?) is making some kind of point here, or was with this one show.
In fact, I'm having trouble reconciling the fantastic rock show I saw on Saturday with the Bluefinger album tracks that I've heard, aside from Threshold. It would make more sense to me if the upcoming record were like 'Frank Black & the Catholics,' that fever dream of power guitars. One man's opinion, anyway.
Eager to hear what you guys in Europe see and think when this tour rolls through, and how the sound evolves as they play more and more shows. Very promising start! |
| kfs |
Posted - 05/29/2007 : 10:42:59
quote:
Originally posted by fbc
And Kelly needs free tickets to most shows so she can send me cool pictures of six strings.
I agree!
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| Llamadance |
Posted - 05/29/2007 : 09:43:31
Hi all, pics will be here soon (there's a couple there now)
Black Francis at Lefty's
Feel free to upload to this (new) Black Francis category
When you're going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 05/29/2007 : 03:09:30
Sounds fabulous, looking forward to seeing the pics! What's Normal like as a guitarist? |
| Seedtosser |
Posted - 05/29/2007 : 00:37:20
My wife grabbed a set list off of the stage. Here it is:
The Black Rider
Old Black Dawning
Thalassocrasy
Captain Pasty
Tight Black Rubber
Your Mouth to Mine
Los Angeles
California Bound
Abstract Plain
All My Ghosts
Freedom Rock
Massif Centrale
Ten Percenter
Re-make/Re-model
Robert Onion
Threshold Apprehension
Lolita
You Can’t Break A Heart and Have It
Manitoba
The Rockafeller Skank
Frank skipped Abstract Plain because he was having some problems hitting high notes that night. They played Lolita twice because Frank skipped an entire verse and he wanted to do it correctly. Frank apologized and said this would be a good time to use the restroom if you didn’t want to here the song again.
We originally grabbed a different set list that had crib notes for Charles Normal for each song. When we were talking to him he said he needed the notes on our set list and he got us different one.
Frank had a lot of good audience banter. At the beginning of the show he told everyone that cell phone use was OK during his show.
At one point someone in the audience was shouting out a request to him and he replied
“I can’t hear a word your saying, I’m completely deaf. I can see your mouth moving, and I appreciate that, but I’m completely deaf.”
We got to talk to the band a bit after the show. Ding, the bass player played with PJ Harvey for a time.
If I had to describe this show in one word it would be surreal (or sur-fuckin’-real). To see Frank Black in such a small place was incredible. In addition, most people stayed off of the dance floor so the was no crush of people in front. My wife and I put our pitcher of micro IPA and glasses on one of the two small tables that were placed in front of the stage and rocked out.
Did I mention this show kicked ass?
I took some pretty good pictures, which I will upload soon.
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| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 05/28/2007 : 15:59:43
Any word Obiter on the live recordings? Were you able to record the show?
Thanks to OMBrian and Nate for all your reviews. You made me feel like I was there.
bluefinger |
| fbc |
Posted - 05/28/2007 : 14:55:58
Ahh, good times.
Thanks for that, Coastline, I forgot about that one completely. I need to look back over old threads more often.
OMIACC's a legend. I miss him. And Kelly needs free tickets to most shows so she can send me cool pictures of six strings. |
| coastline |
Posted - 05/28/2007 : 14:46:41
While you wait for pictures of the back of OMBrian's head, fbc, check out this old live-show thread from last year: http://forum.frankblack.net/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16738
One of the great show reports ever, including some pre-show planning that had me wanting to sell my Frank Black collection and just go to Nashville. I was looking at this thread the other day, and it just got me pumped for FB all over again. Except who knows when I'll see him again. But I hope I see him with OldManInACoffeeCan when I do.
Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
| fbc |
Posted - 05/28/2007 : 14:26:38
Well you do now, Don Carlos.
I wanna see the back of Brian's head! |
| Carl |
Posted - 05/28/2007 : 14:15:51
quote:
Originally posted by fbc
So, what's the verdict on Lefty's pizzas?
 I didn't know there was an FB 93-03 site!! Great pic of Frank, looks like he's lickin' the pizza off his fingers! |
