Fake Chicago was fine, but Philip Bailey still has it – fun show (and awful crowd in our section @ XEC)
Update #1: founding bassist Verdine White is #19 on Rolling Stone’s list of The 50 Greatest Bassists of All Time and was still fabulous at age 72.
Update #2: this stretch in the EWF setlist was my fave: Boogie Wonderland, Let’s Groove and September.
Just move yourself and glide like a 747…
Finding out about this new Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs album takes a little bit of the sting away from not being able to make the recent Fitzgerald show in Saint Paul
Such a hard room to photograph, but very fun to see this lineup: Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, Mike Mills and Linda Pitmon (who’s hiding in back on drums)
Can’t believe I messed up the Lynx game time. Still arranged for a Carbone’s visit (and still hope to make it to the Turf Club in time for The Baseball Project). Twins on the bar TV was nice bonus
Can’t find any schedule online at the official site, but there were a fair number of people out in the rain listening to somebody playing Prince songs
Star Tribune headline in 2017:
“It’s time to unplug the worst concert venue in the Twin Cities”
Star Tribune headline in 2024:
“One of country music’s best singers will play the Twin Cities’ worst concert venue in September”
In the immortal words of The Dude:
“Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man…”
Wish I would’ve known about the show at the Amsterdam in Saint Paul, but happy to see they are opening for Norah Jones this summer (wish I could hit the Red Rocks show)
Not quite as good as my year, but still impressive:
Nicely done, Phoenix…
