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Monk (17 Oct 98)
Hey, just thought I'd post a review from the Saturday (17 Oct) Monk show
at York Street. First of all, the venue is WAY BETTER than I thought it
was. I have no idea why I had such crappy preconceived notions about
York Street, but happily they were all false.
Todd manned the booth, which now includes the Quiver and Hush discs, the
new-ish CD sized Ric-ego boosting booklet with a lot of pro-Monk quotes
and Wilson photography (never a bad thing). Also making their first
appearance (to my eyes) were two Monk shirts, and a pretty Monk gear
order sheet.
There was a string trio opener; they were pretty good. I think they
were surprised to be opening for a rock-based band, and more surprised
by the applause after each song. The venue wasn't packed, but was
generally well attended. Mr. Mike Wilson and wife sat behind me.
The setlist:
Willoughby
Circle of Quiet
One Eye Open
*Maker
*Speak w/
Can't Drink the Water
Womb of God
Melancholy Room
TML
*** encore ***
This Train (Didn't play this but was listed)
Little Wing
Set/misc commentary:
Willougby kinda is fun in it's countrified version. Once he started
singing Circle, I knew I had made the right choice coming to the show.
It's awesome! His voice is like 150% better than the last time I'd seen
Monk live (with Brian on drums, back in '96 or before; whatever the
Ripley's show was where Karin got up and sang the encore).
The two songs listed above with "*" are cover songs (as is Hendrix's
Little Wing) but he didn't mention the original artist.
Ric was amazing, definitely into the performance. The bassist (Dave)
and drummer (Josiah) are awesome. I spoke with Josiah after the show;
he's a University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music music comp
major senior, and it's pretty apparent in his drumming.
Bruce
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