Wednesday, May 20, 2015

The Night We Called it a Day


                                                       You will be greatly missed.

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



A Thousand Horses

Brothers Osborne

Brett Eldredge

Darius Rucker

   
All Performers-Hold My Hand

                        
                             






       







Friday, May 15, 2015

In Memoriam - B.B. King



                                                                    Rest in Peace

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
                        








                        

  
     
         

   

Friday, May 1, 2015

In Memoriam - Ben E. King


                                                                     Rest in Peace