Okay--it has been One Of Those Days here at the library, with the result that this entry has been a long time coming.

But now that nobody is asking questions for a minute, here's a short post about Adam and Rob's show at Tribeca last night. Their special guest was Jonny Stevens, a guy whose name I have heard frequently, although I've never actually heard him before. As they generally do when there is a guest, Rob and Adam played one set as a duo, then Stevens played the middle set with a little help from his friends, and Adam and Rob finished the night with a band set.



Ian Mosher, who I think I last saw playing with The Metric System, played keys on the middle set. Stevens was really enjoyable--one thing I wasn't expecting was the slightly Pogues-like drone on some of his vocals (I mean "drone" in the bagpipe sense, not the boring sense. It was odd, but very cool.) (And it got odder and cooler when they played this one song that kept reminding me of "Earth Angel" at least parts of it.)

(Okay, and there you have the real reason I do not indulge in mind-altering substances: I already think of such stupid things when I'm straight that I am a little afraid of what I might come up with under the influence. But I digress.)

Adam played the middle set and part of the last one on a Gibson Flying V I hadn't seen him play before. I remarked to Dave, who was behind the bar, that this was a model that pretty well had to have been designed strictly for coolness. Dave agreed that it was not an especially practical design ("you can't exactly sit around and play one") but it was certainly badass.

Sounded good, too.

Oh. Also, during the third set, while introducing "Lady In the Cold," Adam referred to it as "'Jesse's Girl,' basically. Only not." Or something like that. Which I report only because I'm looking at the notes I wrote for the January 29th show and before "Lady In the Cold" I wrote "I know this isn't 'Jesse's Girl', but just for a second..." And then I thought better of including the remark in my show notes.

However. Apparently I'm not crazy after all. Or at least, that thought wasn't proof.

Set List
Set #1 (Adam and Rob)

No Stone

Leanin On the Wind

Star (Stealers Wheel)

Means To Fly

Empty Streets

Lover Sweet Lover

"could've been heroes that day"

"where is our promised land"

Break
Set #2 (Jonny Stevens: guitar and vocals, Adam: guitar, Rob: bass, Shaun: drums, Ian Mosher: keys)
Seven-song set.

Set #3 (Adam: guitar and vocals, Rob: keys, Shaun: drums, Mike: bass)

Witch Doctor

Colours of the World

Lady In the Cold

Desperately Dreaming

Shape I'm In (The Band)

Walk Of Life (Dire Straits)

Can I See You Again

Walks Away

No Telling When

Drive (The Cars)

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Bob Dylan)

Let Me Follow You Down (Bob Dylan)

Fun night, quite a few people around, and the sound was very good.

And... I believe that brings us up to date!