LOCATION: TT the Bear's, Cambridge, MA

LINEUP: Karin, Linford, Will Sayler, Paul Moak, Rick Plant

REVIEW BY: Robert Helm, Like A Radio

Spinning
Long Lost Brother
Anything
She
Nobody #1
Jesus N O
Suitcase
Lifelong Fling -> Ain't No Sunshine
Professional Daydreamer
Ohio
Show Me
Bothered

-Encore-

Everything
Cruel & Pretty
Changes Come


 

Boston is only a couple hours away from Northampton,so I decided to go 
to the next night's show as well.The drive to Boston through the gorgeous 
fall foliage was a treat all by itself. TT the Bear's is a weird place. The 
distance from the stage to the back wall is very short,yet very wide. This 
must have confused the fans,since everyone pressed up against the back wall 
in a move rather atypical for a rock show. I was guilty of this as well.

This was the best of the three shows I've seen so far on this tour. The band 
was in a good mood,and played like it. The show was consistantly strong,from 
beginning to end. The only exception was Ain't No Sunshine,which was incendiary! 
Linford's playing was so incredible on this one that I had to tear my eyes 
away from Karin for a few moments. The show also seemed a little longer than 
the others I went to,perhaps because of the triple encore.

Set List:
Spinning
Long Lost Brother
Anything At All
She
Nobody Number One
Jesus In New Orleans
Suitcase
Lifelong Fling / Ain't No Sunshine
Professional Daydreamer
Ohio 
Show Me
Bothered
Encore:
All I Need Is Everything
Cruel & Pretty
Changes Come

(Lisa and Bob and Ed got dedications again,but I didn't write down on which songs)

I know this is late (as the show took place on the 14th), but although I've 
seen them play dozens of times, it never pales.  Living in a new city, 
keeping my life together, and being hit with personal epiphanies has been a 
challenge, in spite of the fact that all this change is desperately 
wonderful.  Well, seeing their show was like being home...truly.  My move 
has officially been christened.

There is nothing like witnessing five people doing what they were made to 
do.  It's like the universe swings wide and for a brief span, everything 
makes sense.  It gives me hope that it IS possible to find that place...to 
hunt it down and not let it go...  (I would continue with 
Jacob-and-the-angel allusions, but Linford already does that magnificently 
well. ;)

I won't elaborate on the set, as there have already been some great reviews 
lately, but I must share my delight at hearing Professional Daydreamer live 
for the first time (Karin on keyboard), as well as the Lifelong Fling/Ain't 
No Sunshine number...  Then Paul leveling the crowd with one fell swoop 
during his When I Go solo...  This is the third time I've seen him do it and 
I'm *still* so heartbreakingly and utterly floored.

Our encore?

All I Need Is Everything
Cruel & Pretty
Changes Come

After I sweep the fragments of myself back together, a voice inside says, 
"All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be 
well."

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