best hideout show of 2010
You tell me. Come on! My favorite so far is probably Monk vs. Monkees, which I liked so well I'm thinking of putting out the recording of it, or at least reprising next year.
You tell me. Come on! My favorite so far is probably Monk vs. Monkees, which I liked so well I'm thinking of putting out the recording of it, or at least reprising next year.
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Dear Robbie,
Your exploration with the Hoyle Brothers of 70s country hits and hidden gems was a blast. We thoroughly enjoyed the show and were truly impressed, as always, by your deep feel for the repertoire and the lively, generous way you put it across. Thanks again for another great performance in a string of them.
All best wishes,
George
How about a "Best of the Hideout" release for all us poor fools who can't make the trip?
toss up 'tween monk vs monkees, dylan slowtrain, and august robbie,jenny,robbie. But then again, there are still some great line ups yet to come! Oh yeah, then there was the Chilton nite & Jim DeWan, Mystery Theater nights, Nora shows, Greg Cahill banjo nite, Hoyle bro nights,Kathleen Keane was beautiful, Steve Dawson, Justin!. This has been a very rich series of music. But Monk & Dylan nights shine and Scheinman/Gjersoe was sultry.
The best Hideout show I never saw, but did hear on CD, was Slow Train. It's easy to believe that the Monk/Monkees show was just a good (assuming that you covered both Abide With Me and I'm A Believer).
PUHLEEZE put out the Monk / Monkees thing! Even a download would be a blessing.
I'm really starting to regret having missed the Monk/Monkeys show! My favorite was the Robbie/Jenny duo from early August. I brought some friends who had never seen you before and they were blown away!
So, these shows are being recorded? Top of my list would be 'Slow Train'. I'd pay cash money for that, if it was a lot less than it would cost me to come from Scotland to see it.
What Lazy said.
I would LOVE to hear the Monk vs. Monkees recording!
I am guessing I was at about 8 to 10 of the shows. As to the best, there seems to be much mention of Monk and Slow Train. I want to vote for Slow Train, and it is not even close.
The Monk night was a lot of fun, and there were some fine arrangements, but the lack of respect for the Monkees was palpable. Unfortunately, I had to leave after about an hour, but in the part I saw you refused to sully your voice or reputation by singing lead on any of their songs. I am 52 years old, and it is hard to express how thrilling it was to see this “band” on TV for a half hour every week as a child. Maybe you are a little too young to have been influenced like so many others were. Michael Nesmith wrote some fine songs, and their other songs were penned by some of the best writers of that era. I think that many of them hold up quite well, and are all-time fun.
The Slow Train show was exceptional. You (and your band) performed the album thoughtfully, with great creativity, and with the intensity that the album demands. It was particularly interesting to see how an atheist such as yourself (I am too) could still tap into all of the fire and brimstone emotion/longing/and certainty contained in that album. Religion has no monopoly on passion. The requests you closed the show with of your own material were also excellent. I particularly enjoyed hearing Grant Tye, as that was the only time I saw him at any of your shows.
As to the rest of the shows, there was not a lousy one in the bunch. Amongst others, I really enjoyed when you played with Robbie G, Jenny, Dowd, Ligon, and Casey, and in general the more of your own songs you play, the better.
Slow Train Coming -- hands down. (I missed Monk/Monkees). Any trio show with Jenny and Robbie G. I also like the Eliza Gilkyson show too.
Liked all of them but my fave was Scott ligon and KC
The obvious choice is brothers vs brothers
on november 22.
I want to know more about "horn night"! Bro vs Bro will definitely be a split night.
Hey slick,
Though the monkee side of monk vs monkees was lighter (like the tv show, I'm 53)and the between song banter was more reverent towards monk, Steppin Stone is dead serious in its delivery as are most of the other monkee tunes of the night. As for Robbie not singing lead, maybe he wanted to concentrate on his guitar playing and showcase some of the other fine voices in the band, who on other nights are relegated to more back up duties. Gerald and Casey were great in their multiple roles that night, allowing the pair of Robbies to do what they do best-fretboard fire. Both this and the Dylan Slow Train are worthy of release, as are 4 or 5 other shows. A hidden gem is the night with Eric Noden. That is, if your into front porch country blues.
Happy trails, edbro
I'm disappointed that I missed Monk vs. The Monkees. A recording would be great, but I really hope you do the show again.
It's next to impossible to pick a favorite, but these are the ones I'd put up there and one or two words why they stood apart:
Steve Dawson (country vs. soul), Greg Cahill (banjo), Jim Dewan (hilarious), Ligon & McDonough (setlist/diversity), Robbie Gjersoe duo (chemistry), Nora O'Connor (voices), Beau Sample duo (setlist/upright bass).
And I'm reserving a top three spot for Kelly Hogan.
Slick wrote:"...and in general the more of your own songs you play, the better."
Right on!!
I really liked the Hoyle Brothers show ala Muswell Hillbillies - I also liked the Nora O'connor show, where she did the M. Ward tune. I could see she was giving it right back to RF with the teasing of her appearance on late night television. Nice to see that. Another highlight was your beatles cover following up the Prince tune with scott ligon and company.
Living in Norway, I've only seen you live once. And that was a real treat. So much I'd really wish you would consider releasing a few of your very well bespoken Hideout shows online, like Todd Snider does on toddsniderlive.com.
It's a pain only getting to hear ABOUT these show, not being able to hear them..
The lyrics to "Last Train to Clarksville" over "Well You Needn't" made my life complete. It took days for my grin to fade.
Monk vs Monkees!
For sheer entertainment value -- laughter gets extra points -- the Jim Dewan show was just amazing.
Love Monk & Monkees sooo much.
The roundabout with you, KC and Scott was great, but I love cheesy old pop songs.
I'm sorry to say that I can't remember her name right now, but the woman from Texas, early in the year was a highpoint.
Nora O'Conner and Jenny Scheinman shows are great.
(I guess I didn't do a great job of ranking, huh?)
For those of you in Norway, etc., check out YouTube. Heather posts two or three videos at least from each show, and she makes most of them. Like here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb4EL0qQCR8&feature=related