You’re the pretty one
So yesterday was a busy day. First went to lead the class, then to the jam and through a shower to the gig of Lasse Kurki and Jon Auer.
I met Jari there and we noticed Jon selling his album. So of course we bought one each, eventhough J had the album already, but he had the US version and Jon was selling europe version which has 3 bonus tracks. And of course it’s nice to have an album with an autograph.
Lasse started the gig of course. He was ok, but that’s all. Not get into too detailed.
During Lasse I met Heidi there and Sanni too, which was nice.
Jon talked quite a bit, told bad jokes and good stories, played and sang like an.. well maybe not an angel but my good he’s lovely. I turned couple of times to jari and said “vittu että se laulaa HYVIN”. He sings so well, and I just love those notes that just turn into falsetto. Man a great set. Of course a lot of solo material, but around the midway he came off the stage and invited us all into the bar side of the place. Got a chair and stand on it and played Throwaway from “amazing disgrace”. Which happens to bee one of my favourite song from that album. After that he got back to the stage. And somepoint he asked for a drummer, got one and asked him do the base beat to you used to drive me around with a guitar case. And of course lasse visited playing keys for “six feet under”.
And he ended off the stage in the front of the audience playing “conversations” from “every kind of light”
Great gig, of course a lot of it having to do with the good stories and atmosphere and stuff, but for me mainly because Jon plays and sings suberb and the songs are really good. I actually feel that the songs were almost better with that raw solo outcome than in the album. This doesn’t mean that the album would be bad, no way.
Now we actually know quite a lot of the background of the songs in “the year of our demise” which is always nice. Jon said he’ll be coming back on march, and I hope I’m able to see him then.
But one complaint of course which has a lot to do with me being in umo on thursday. It seems that rock audience have to talk during the songs. And it seems that there’s always some arseholes who either can afford to pay 12€ to get in but are not actually interested about the band but stay in the barside drinking and talking loud. Or then these fuckers have Vip’s or something. All the same, the thing I really enjoyd and for what Morten thaked us in UMO was that the audience really listened. During Susanna’s gig I didn’t hear any talking during the sogs, and they didn’t play loud. I didn’t hear any talking during “in the country” either. Well rock clubs rock audience I don’t know. what ever.
Trip to St. Petersburgh getting complicated.
lala
