Solana Beach - Belly Up Tavern (San Diego)

Great venue for a show. Tables right under the stage. maybe 200 people.

Set List:

Diamond Joe

Stagger Lee
Throw me a rope

Method Acting -> Cortez
Jackson

I'll fill in the rest here soon.


Afterwards Gillian and Dave came out into the crowd and chatted people up. I got my daughters Ukelele signed by Dave.

Videos

"The way it will be" This one brings tears. An original song of theirs, from about '05. This is probably the definitive YouTube version. But see others below.

Crisp but cut off:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-9fDp-GvJA&feature=related
A little muddier from Disney Hall 2007 (that's a bigger venue that Largo): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wRkKDeTmpM
http://boneyearnest.blogspot.com/2005/10/gillian-welch-throw-me-rope-lyrics-and.html

Here are three songs: I want to sing that rock and roll, and the middle song "Revelator" demonstrates Dave when he's in the groove. It's unbelievable.



Astounding cover of Radiohead's Black Star at Bonoroo 2007.




Caleb Meyer - old and crisp



With John Paul Jones @ Bonoroo. Miss Ohio. He also played Largo with he Machine on 3/05/09.

Largo Coronet Room - March 5th

Thursday 9:00pm show
(with Gillian Welch, Jon Paul Jones, Benmont Trench, Watkins family and others)

Great show. John Paul Jones played most of it. Partial set list:

• Diamond Joe
• The way it will be
• I hear them all (OCMS)-> This land is your land
• Hot Corn, Cold Corn
• Two songs with another female guest singer (?)
• Novacaine (?) w/ special guest singer (?)
• Cortez
• White Rabbit

Reviews:
Yes, that was one of the best shows I have seen. Somewhere in the middle of Cortez the Killer the whole thing shifted from a show to an ecstatic ritual. Then to have that followed by an incredible White Rabbit...Gillian couldn't quite match Grace Slicks vocal's on that one - but nobody could (IMHO it is perhaps the best of all classic rock female vocals), but the instruments more than made up for that.

Other People Covering Welch/Rawlings Songs

This is a really cool song. I think it's about MP3's and music on the internet.



Here is Emmy Lou Harris singing Orphan Girl

I like this Miss Ohio, it's got almost a Reggage feel to it.



Cool also reggae like version of "Everything is Free" by Waz E James Band



And another really interesting version of "Everything is Free" by "The Tiny".
Very nice string work (cello?)