On the way: John Prine (and more!)

 

He is coming to the Midland by AMC on Sept. 12, a Saturday. Coming with: Carrie Rodriguez (above). Tickets go on sale May 1: $29.50 and $59.50. Did we mention Carrie Rodriguez opens?

Comments

[JJ]

I like the more!

[Chuck]

smart ol' John Prine bring along a very talented beautiful young lady to balance the evening. hoping she sings with him too! her solo albums are amazing!

[Tim Finn]

Saw her with Alejandro at Waka last year. Hot to the point of distraction, she was.

[onthemark]

Here is my review of seeing Carrie at Knuckleheads back in the summer of 2007:
It was a beautiful night for an outdoor show, despite an onslaught of moths attracted to the stage lights. I was slightly surprised to see that when we arrived, we doubled the number of people in attendance! However, we were early birds as close to 100 people eventually showed up. Joe was already there, had snagged the front row seats for us.

Tim Easton opened, and he put on a pretty entertaining set of about 8-10 songs, some of which he had to back off momentarily due to the nearby trains. That led to him relating a story of his 'hobo' days from his youth, his romantic notion of riding the rails ala Woody Guthrie crushed by the heavy hand of a 'yard dick'. We had also seen him open for Lucinda last year, we were MUCH closer to the stage this time.

Shortly after 9:00, Carrie walked out on stage, dressed in a summery top and snug blue jeans. I noticed that the back pockets of her jeans had a little sparkly strip on them. She was backed by guitarist Hans Holzen and stand up bassist Kyle Kegerreis. She looked even younger and prettier than the cover of her debut CD 'Seven Angels On A Bicycle'. Carrie was holding an electric mandolin, which was pretty cool, had not seen one quite like that before. She also switched off to the fiddle/violin from song to song.

They pretty much performed all the songs from her CD, and I have to tell you, Carrie has got a great voice! Some slower tunes, some more up tempo, all well done. I really liked 'Got Your Name On It', 'Big Kiss', Dirty Leather', I Don't Want To Play House Anymore', '50s French Movie' and a real nice version of the title track, well done. They also played one song that was just an instrumental, and as a dutiful reviewer I fought to keep my eyes focused on her fiddling prowess but was distracted by the shiny strips on her back pockets as she jumped and bounced around the stage.

She closed her set with a boot stomping version of 'Never Gonna Be Your Bride' that led to the appreciative audience giving her a standing ovation. She came back out for two more songs, also well done.

After the show I got a chance to meet with Carrie and she was just as sweet and friendly as she could be. She graciously autographed her CD for me, and when I asked, she told me that she had just signed with a major record label and planned to go into the studio in about 6 months to start on her follow-up CD.

So, on a night when Norah Jones was playing at the Music Hall for $60, I got to see a future Grammy winner up close and in person for $13.00, not a bad deal. And as good as Ms. Jones may be, I doubt she could throw back her head and belt out a tune that would fill a room like Carrie did, a feat made all the more impressive by the fact she was singing at an outdoor show!

[Greg]

Any info on the pre-sale tomorrow?

[tim finn]

just posted it.