Friday, September 11, 2015
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga-Radio City Music Hall 6/20/2015
Finally got to see Tony Bennett. Extra nice since Lady Gaga was sharing the bill with him. The show spotlighted selections from their CD Cheek to Cheek. Both performers were backed by a full orchestra and also their own small jazz groups. They performed several songs together and also several by themselves.
Tony Bennett performed a tribute to Frank Sinatra whom he cited as one of his best friends and teachers.
Lady Gaga performed a jazzed up version of the Cher song Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down).
They both clearly enjoyed performing together, with Mr. Bennett thanking the audience many times for being there, and Lady Gaga telling Tony how much she was honored to be there with him. Both sounded great, and in strong voice. Pretty amazing since Tony Bennett is 88 years old.
Here is their setlist:
Anything Goes - Both
Cheek to Cheek - Both They All Laughed - Both
Stranger in Paradise - Tony Bennett
Sing You Sinners - Tony Bennett
Nature Boy - Both
Watch What Happen - Tony Bennett
The Good Life - Tony Bennett
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Lady Gaga
Bewitched,Bothered & Bewildered - Lady Gaga
Firefly - Tony Bennett
Smile - Tony Bennett
When You’re Smiling - Tony Bennett
Steppin’ Out With My Baby - Tony Bennett
For Once in My Life - Tony Bennett
I Won’t Dance - Both
The Lady’s in Love With You - Tony Bennett
Solitude - Tony Bennett
I Can’t Gove You Anything But Love,Baby - Both
Lush Life - Lady Gaga
I’ve Got the World on a String - Tony Bennett
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning - Tony Bennett
La Vie En Rose - Lady Gaga
How Do You Keep the Music Playing? - Tony Bennett
Let’s Face the Music & Dance - Both
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye - Lady Gaga
Who Cares - Tony Bennett
Fly Me to the Moon - Tony Bennett-no microphone
I Left My Heart in San Francisco - TonyBennett
But Beautiful - Both
The Lady is a Tramp - Both
It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing - Both
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Darius Rucker - PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ 5/14/2015
Last night was the opening night of Darius Rucker's Southern Style Tour. He kicked it off at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holdmel N.J. The tour also features A Thousand Horses, The Brothers Osborne, and Brett Eldredge as the opening acts.
Mr. Rucker's setlist consisted primarily of his solo work, but did include a few Hootie & The Blowfish songs and covers.
Prior to performing Time, he told a story of singing Billy Joel's Honesty in the shower at his dorm. Mark Bryan(guitarist for Hootie & The Blowfish) heard him singing and told him they had to make music together.
Prior to Let Her Cry he talked about hearing The Black Crowes She Talks to Angels and being surprised that it was them, being so different to Hard to Handle. He went home that night, put on a Bonnie Raitt album and said he wrote his version of She Talks to Angels for her.
Towards the end of the main set, all the artists came out to join on the Hootie & The Blowfish song Hold My Hand.
Here is the setlist:
A Thousand Horses
Landslide
Southernality
(This Ain't No) Drunk Dial
Travelin' Man
Smoke
Brothers Osborne
Shoot From the Hip
Let's Go There
Sippin' on a Good Time
Stay a Little Longer
Down Home
Rum
The Shape I'm In(The Band cover)/Foxy Lady(Jimi Hendrix cover)
Brett Eldredge
Fire
On & On
Beat of the Music
Lose My Mind
Mean to Me
Gold Digger(Kanye West cover)
Haven't Met You Yet
I Wanna be That Song
Tell Me Where to Park
Don't Ya
Darius Rucker
Lighter Up
This
Good For a Good Time
Radio
Southern Style
Time(Hootie & The Blowfish song)
All I Want
Don't Think I Don't Think About It
I Miss Back When(Tim McGraw cover)
No Diggity(Blackstreet cover) w/Background singers from A Thousand Horses
It Won't Be Like This for Long
History in the Making
Alright
Only Wanna Be With You(Hootie & The Blowfish song)
Half Full Dixie Cup
She Talks to Angels(Black Crowes cover)/Let Her Cry(Hootie & The Blowfish song)
Come Back Song
Hold My Hand(Hootie & The Blowfish song) w/Brett Eldredge, Brothers Osborne & A Thousand Horses
East Bound & Down(Jerry Reed cover) w/Band Introductions
Homegrown Honey
So I Sang
Wagon Wheel
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| A Thousand Horses |
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| Brothers Osborne |
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| Brett Eldredge |
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| Darius Rucker |
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| All Performers-Hold My Hand |
Friday, May 15, 2015
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Eric Church - Prudential Center, Newark , NJ 5/2/15
Eric Church brought his Outsiders Tour to New Jersey with a stop at The Prudential Center in Newark. This is also the eve of his 38th Birthday. I got to see him last October in Philadelphia and he has stayed true to his promise that each show on the tour will be different. Several changes in the setlist made this a very different show from the last one I saw.
Opening the show this time were The Lone Bellow from Brooklyn. They are a 5 piece band with very strong harmonies.
Here are the setlists:
The Lone Bellow
Green Eyes & a Heart of Gold
Cold As It Is
Islands in the Stream(Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers cover)
Heaven Don't Call Me Home
Watch Over Us
Diners
If You Don't Love Me
Take My Love
The One You Should Have Let Go
Eric Church
The Outsiders
Creepin'
Guys Like Me
Talladega
Pledge Allegiance to the Hag
Jack Daniels
Like a Wrecking Ball
Lotta Boot Left to Fill
Drink in My Hand
A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young
Cold One
That's Damn Rock & Roll
Give Me Back My Hometown
Homeboy
Dark Side
Princess of Darkness video interlude
Devil, Devil
Country Music Jesus
Smoke a Little Smoke
The Ballad of Curtis Loew(Lynyrd Skynyrd cover)
Livin' Part of Life
Chevy Van(Sammy Johns cover)
What I Almost Was
Can't Take it With You
These Boots
Jungleland(Bruce Springsteen cover)/Springsteen/Raise 'Em Up
Those I've Loved
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