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OTR @ The Ark, Review #2
I'm new to the list, but I thought I'd post a brief review of last night's
show, which I taped and will offer up to this group soon, i promise, so
please don't bombard me with emails. It was the second time I'd seen them,
the first being in July of 2000. They had a full band this time, as
opposed to the four-person drummer-less lineup that toured last year. I
didn't think the addition of the drummer and the general step away from the
"folkie"-ness of the last show I saw completely worked at a tiny place like
the Ark, but musically the show was great.
They opened with "If Nothing Else" and went into "When I Go," a new full
band version that went surprisingly well. The other "Films..." highlight
was a mid-set version of "The World Can Wait" featuring just Linford's
piano and Karin's vocal, probably her best singing performance the whole
night. A couple of new Christmas songs which were fairly decent, given my
general loathing for Christmas music (I mean, come on, on the cheeziness
scale, Christmas music is right below 80's hair metal). I will post the
exact setlist when I transfer the DAT tape, but a few other songs were
"Lucy," "Ohio," and a cover of Neil Young's "Helpless," which I had never
heard of OTR playing, so that was a nice surprise. They did two of Jack
Henderson's songs, one sung by Karin and one sung by Jack. The encore was
a cover which Karin said was "from a movie" but didn't say which one, and
I'd never heard of the song before, if anyone knows what this was, please
tell me. It was decent, a much more folk/country vibe, but not as
interesting as OTR's own compositions. The show ran for about 2 hours on
the dot, although there was significantly more time between songs than at
any other show I can remember. Karin and Linford were both in good spirits
and talked to the crowd frequently, and Kim Taylor sang with the band on a
couple of songs (including "Helpless" and the encore). I'll post some more
thoughts later when I'm more coherent and I listen to the tape.
-Steve C.
http://members.aol.com/WalrusOct9/index.html
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