Appalachian Voices - Brooklyn - Roll Call!

[Penny Lane]

brooklyn rules .. come play sometime!

oh i will..if for no other reason than to hear that BAMA accent...!!

[tdb810]

that whole night including you all was dreamy...Jim...was beyond dreamy...and WHERE TO BEGIN was the dreamiest other than "look at you" where you could hear a pin drop...whoa

AGREED .. the newport download has been a nice follow up to keep me floating on that post-show cloud .. it's just all so dream'tastic!!

i'm in love w/brooklyn now. i wish i could rewind and live there...between the Brooklyn Bowl, the Brooklyn Brewery and the Music Hall, I want to live right in that 5 block radius.

brooklyn rules .. come play sometime!

loved loved loved Brooklyn!!  Can I come play some time too??? such fun!!  October is going to be insane...

[br00ke]

yes . everyone come hang in brooklyn. fabulous eats, drinks and tunes ta'boot !! i honestly gotta say i'm a little bit extra pumped for the T5 shows after having met some of you. i have tons of music friends but they are all about phish (who i adore but ya know .. i love other stuff too!!). i needed to find some folks that were just as MMJ / JJ crazy as i am ;) one of my phish friends was at the show friday night and she was sorta "meh" on the whole thing .. i'm like SERIOUSLY ?!?  ;D

great pictures you .. i am SO JEALOUS !!

oh and i cannot CANNOT get Sylvie out of my head. loved that. and the newport version .. dare i say i heard some echoing of "the King" coming from JJ ??!!

[Bigsky]

Sorry if I missed it but did any of the PHJB members play at all during the main set with Jim, Ben and Daniel?

I don't believed they did...I could see them on the side stage now and then, hoping they would, but it never happened. I think it would have been nice to hear some horns with "Electrified." That song was rockin' and I would love to hear MMJ try it out.

I wonder if anyone taped this show?  Anyone?

i have been wondering the same thing since friday.  keep checking the boards but nothing so far.  security was crazy about taking pics or vid of any kind (with the exception of the guy to my right who had a pretty serious camera & was never approached by security.  press pass maybe?)

but i would be so psyched if someone pulled it off & shares with us.

was he kind of short & stocky with long hair & beard? I was right next to a guy like that with a nice camera & pass

I must say that Preservation Hall Jazz Band was the best opener I have ever experienced and it set the mood for the entire night. These boys just filled the venue with fuel and then JJ lit it on fire with Blue Yodel #9:

"Standing on the corner...I didn't mean no harm...along came the police and tug me by the arm...
I said you'll  find my name on the tail of my shirt...I'm a Tennessee hustler and I don't have to work..."

When Jim busted this song out I almost fell over. This is one of my favorite Jerry Garcia songs and JJ melted it... After that, I knew we were in for a special show.

Bigsky your situation resembles my own from their Columbus show in May!!

HOLY COWWWW what a trip! Opening with Blue Yodel #9 with PHJB!!!! My deadhead friends would've been more than pumped if they weren't too cool to tag along!

I just wanted to say I was equally as excited to get this right from the get-go... it definitely set the pace!!! Glad another Jerry lover of such magnitude got to experience that!!

Also wish I would've taken that into account in the Deadheads thread, when the question was posed if MMJ ever covered the Dead... I guess it was just Jim though and PHJB so it wasn't all the boys. That and it was Jerry who covered it, like you said, not the whole Dead.... close enough!! Man does that get me more fired up for Outside Lands though!!  :o

Glad everyone had such a killer time at the Brooklyn A.V. show!!! It sounds like the stuff of dreams!!

When I finaly realized what I was hearing I do believe my heart stopped. I would have never expected this...and the style JJ sung it was perfect. Wow :D

[Ruckus]

Wow...my eyes are still red and my face is beginning to go back on...and it's been 2 days since the Appalachian Voices show.
Friday night in Brooklyn was magical. The night was perfect face melting weather; warm, dry and clear...a truly beautiful NYC summer night. Brooklyn (Williamsburg to be specific) was a refreshing location...it was surrounded by big city, but it had the air of a small town...very friendly and open. It was great to finally have met some of the forum members, and I must personally thank Penny Lane for the MOF poster (thanks PL, it's a sweet poster and thank you for bringing it to the show). The Music Hall was nice and small, but had surprisingly good acoustics (it might also have been the fact that I was only 10 feet from the stage).

I must say that Preservation Hall Jazz Band was the best opener I have ever experienced and it set the mood for the entire night. These boys just filled the venue with fuel and then JJ lit it on fire with Blue Yodel #9:

"Standing on the corner...I didn't mean no harm...along came the police and tug me by the arm...
I said you'll  find my name on the tail of my shirt...I'm a Tennessee hustler and I don't have to work..."

When Jim busted this song out I almost fell over. This is one of my favorite Jerry Garcia songs and JJ melted it... After that, I knew we were in for a special show.

In the previous week I had become familiar with the songs of Dear Companion, but man were they incredible live. Ben Sollee was a fierce cello technician and he produced sounds on that piece of wood and strings that I did not know possible. Ben's voice was so chilling, and I must say I had some tears in my eyes when he was ripping "Only A Song". Daniel Martin Moore was dreamy (maybe too dreamy), but he add that soft touch to the show...Flyrock Blues was tight.

Jim James...thank you. That's all I can say. If you ever read this, I just wanted to let you know that you touched me in a way that I have never been touched before...by a man. "Where To Begin" melted not just my face...it felt like I was laid out all over the floor. JJ's voice, mind, and body was all there for us...he was on fire. In fact, all the musicians were amazing...I say this because it was the last night of the tour, and I have seen shows that are at the end of a tour that are deflated and flat...but not these boys...they were so pumped and enjoying the Brooklyn air. The entire night was perfect. I am now ready for MMJ...come on Mountain Park.

Fantastic review Bigsky! :)  As lynzzz posted in the Charlottesville thread, Ben Sollee really reminds me of Paul Simon kickin' all sorts of ass on the cello.  He was quite the revelation for me seeing him live.