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[f4f3]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/cambridge2003/video.shtml

Steve Earle at the Cambridge folk festival.... very chatty.

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[f4f3.livejournal.com]

I suppose I should have added to my last entry that there are three singer songwriters in my personal pantheon who combine in their music wit, emotion, and wisdom, and that these are Warren Zevon (who's dead), Tom Waits (who tours when he damn well feels like it) and Steve Earle, who has a lot of alimony to pay. I've seen Steve 4 or 5 times now, and even in front of the dullest crowd in the world (hello Hammersmith) he never disapoints.

The man has paid all his dues, and it shows, and I think that he's the best working his side of the street, Springsteen and Dylan not excepted.

[pshtaku.livejournal.com]

Hammersmith Apollo is a very wierd venue. I saw the Finn Brothers there last year, and someone actually shouted the question "can we stand up?" to Neil on stage - very bizarre.

The thing is that the floor slopes from the back, as per normal, which is fine when they are seats in, but when not, it is a killer on your knees! I think for the gigs where an "older" audience is expected, they put in the seats - either that, or it was a gig slotted in with something like Billy Connolly.

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

Well, the company was great at Hammersmith, but the crowd was very quiet.

My first experience of Steve was at the Barrowlands in Glasgow: I swear, during Copperhead the sprung wooden floor must have bowed by six inches. People were throwing joints to the SUPPORT band (Bap Kennedy and Energy Orchard). He played three hours and had to be hauled off stage.

First line:
"Glasgow, your reputation precedes y'all..."

[morgaine-x.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Cheers - that'll be enjoyed.