BONNAROO...ESKIMOROO

[coreybyrnes]

sounds like a rad time... can't wait to see photos!

[Andrew]

Most of the people there werent familiar with Damien. Lisa walked right through the tent and i was the only one who went up and said anything. She was standing right by me looking out into the rain and i didnt even notice her until ten mintues later when i looked to see how bad the weather was getting and saw her standing right in front of me. But overall the show was fantastic. Probably one of the best shows i have ever seen.

[mestonf]

that must be so cool being up and close with damo and the band.......one of my quests!

[absltcit33]

Originally Posted by cneill

yes it was good, very good. I stuck around afterwards waiting in the marshy sand and got to meet Damien and Vyvienne. I got a picture with Vyvienne that I'll post a link to here once I get it digitized. I wanted to get a picture with the whole band, but Tomo (sp?)wasn't there, and Lisa and Shane took off right after the gig. Ireally wanted to meet Lisa. Oh well, maybe next time. Despite some reports I've read of Damien screaming at fans to shut up and so forth, he seemed like a really nice guy. He shook my hand and said "hello, nice to meet ye" as if he was just another regular guy on the street. I said thank you, he said thank you. It was a great experience. It's nice to be able to see live a musician who you really admire, and then meet him briefly. definitely a highlight of bonnaroo. O.K. enough babbling.





sliptogrey: It was nice to meet you. Good luck with future recordings


pnobles: Sorry I missed you. I asked a few people with mic equipment after the show if their name was Patrick, but didn't find you. I hope you were there taping because I know your recordings are always top quality.


absltcit33: Sorry I missed you as well. There were lots of tall lanky people with shaggy hair and Iwasn't gonna try to scream out "ABSLSTCIT33" [img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img]. I also didn't see anyone with an inconspicuous camcorder, although security was loose enough to get one in. Let us know if you got some video recording. That would be grrrreat

hey, I was front row, right center, I saw the camcorder, it was on the right side of the stage on one of the steal supports to the tent. Wish I would have stuck around to see damien, I didn't think he would come out

[rileyf]

just got back from bonnaroo, and wow! what an incredible
experience!

i first spotted ole' damo during the kings of leon show (which
was in the same tent that he was set to play in later that day).
he went up onto the sound stage, gave this massive sound
technician looking guy a hug, then watched the show for about
10 minutes, kinda bobbing his head to the music. ill also add
that he was carring this bag (looked like a purse... for a man)
with a hemp leaf on it. i watched him leave, and im kicking
myself for not going up to him and saying hey.

i arrived at damien's tent at about 6:45 (his show started at 8)
and the thing was already packed. i was able to get a really
good position up close to the stage because of the enormous
mud puddle that this huge rain storm had left behind in the tent.
people tossed around balloons and balls until the start of the
show.

the crowd started going nuts about 10 minutes before he came
out onto the stage, alone with no band. he said 'thank you' and
started right into the blowers daughter part 2. AMAZING! it is so
emotional live. this version of the song had a different ending
than i was used to tho, screaming/falstetto singing the entire
opening verse after the craziness part, and then adding 'but
you cant make me happy, quite as good as me, well you know
thats a lie' at the end.

then the band came out and damien announced that tomo
wouldnt be joining them because he has a volcano growing out
of his finger.

he then played delicate, followed played woman like a man, as
a request from the crowd. he mentioned that it would sound
weird without tomo, and that it did, but it was still awesome!
afterwords, he played cold water ("dedicated to everyone who
got wet," it was pretty rainy) and transitioned into jeff buckley's
allelujah. cannonball followed; that is, like bd2, exteremly
touching live. damo then put his guitar down on a chair to drum
along to lisa singing nina simone's be my husband.

after this group of just amazingly awesome songs, damien went
into an elongated amie, with spaceship effects and all. he even
threw in a cool improv about bonnaroo, talking about the
degree of heat, the nice people, and ridiculing himself for
playing the same song for such a long time. 'i'm so tired of
playing' he then proceded to sing about people in the crowd (a
man with glasses up over his cap, a man with a camera in his
hand, people with microphones) and more weather. i think that
my dad was the man with the camera, he got some
INCREDIBLE pictures; ill put a URL up to them later, they are
totally worth checking out.

then he played eskimo, dedicating it to 'anybody whos got one
of those friends that no matter what you do, no matter how you
f**k them over, no matter how you f**k anybody else over, no
matter how many mistakes you make, they still take you into
their arms.' and talked a little about how people that he'd met at
bonnaroo are like that.

damien played volcano and i remember to finish up the first set.
an interesting note: he played a short cover of kylie
menogue(?)'s 'cant get you out of my head' during i remember.

for the encore, he treated us to the professor (lisa on la fille
danse and then damien on a slightly different version and one
hell of a long note before la da da dum) and the blowers
daughter (lisa on electric guitar), as well as a solo from
vyvienne (the white stripes 7 nation army). she seemed really
nervous, but played really well and threw in a short snippet
about goin to bonnaroo. damien even came back out and did
some drumming on his guitar with her. in the end, damien said
the we had been a 'f**king amazing audience.' which i think is
true.

i had a great time at the show, this was number 2 for me, and i
hope to see him many times in the future. damn i wish i could
have met him!

SET LIST
the blower's daughter part 2
delicate
woman like a man
cold water
allelujah
cannonball
be my husband
amie
eskimo
volcano
i remember
the professor
the blower's daughter
7 nation army

[cille]

Originally Posted by rileyf

damien announced that tomo
wouldnt be joining them because he has a volcano growing out
of his finger.

that's like the best excuse for not going on stage EVER!


thanks for your tale, rileyf![img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img]


what was f**king amazing about the audience (apart from you being there [img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img]) ?Edited by: cillecille

[DamosFavEyes]

GREAT review rileyf.... you're adding pieces to the puzzle of a show i wish i hadn't had to miss.


ps. i think damien's telling a tall tale about tomo, eh?

[SilentNight]

Originally Posted by DamosFavEyes

GREAT review rileyf.... you're adding pieces to the puzzle of a show i wish i hadn't had to miss.

[img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]

[DamosFavEyes]

Originally Posted by SilentNight

[img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]

[img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]back.. that made me feel better! [img]smileys/smiley9.gif[/img]

[dannyb]

i saw damien walk right in front of me during the kings of leon show also but couldn't believe my eyes at first that it was him. he was wearing some kind of skirt thing and had a guy purse thing with a pot leaf on it. by the time i came to my senses and tried to find him he had disapeared and i am so mad for not going up to meet him. bonnaroo was incredible.

[jwelsh]

Originally Posted by DamosFavEyes

ps. i think damien's telling a tall tale about tomo, eh?

Actually, I think Damien was telling the truth. I was lucky enough to speak with him a bit after his (amazing - more on that later) set, and he said that Tomo indeed had a bit of an infection on his finger. That, on top of being a new father . . . While he was missed, his absence did not detract at all from Damien's amazing set.


I will try to write more tomorrow. Must get to bed . . .

[#Ian#]

There was no drummer at all?

[marloes]

I was just reading a review of Bonnaroo on rollingstone.com and allthough it doesn't mention damo, it did say something about an Aussi guy called Xavier Rudd being one of the (unexpected)highlights. I checked out his website, his stuff sounds allright. Did anyone go see him?

[cille]

Originally Posted by dannyb

i saw damien walk right in front of me during the kings of leon show also but couldn't believe my eyes at first that it was him. he was wearing some kind of skirt thing and had a guy purse thing with a pot leaf on it. by the time i came to my senses and tried to find him he had disapeared and i am so mad for not going up to meet him. bonnaroo was incredible.

a skirt?[img]smileys/smiley17.gif[/img]Edited by: cillecille

[mestonf]

Originally Posted by cillecille

a skirt?[img]smileys/smiley17.gif[/img]

yep damo's dress sense is something different to his music!

[Andrew]

I saw Xavier Rudd. It wasnt his own personal performance though. He played in one of the bigtents and then played on the sonic sound stage where they do interviews. It was right by the Cats Music Tent and the beer tasting tent. I watched for about 30 minutes and then it started to rain so i headed over to Damien. He sounded really good, but the band My Morning Jacket kept on drowning him out because he was on a tiny little interview stage.

[jwelsh]

Originally Posted by #Ian#

There was no drummer at all?

Nope, no drummer. But you kind of forgot about it once Damien got going - so damn intense.

[mestonf]

damo can perform with him and anyone of the band and still make it good

[rileyf]

Originally Posted by cillecille

what was f**king amazing about the audience (apart from
you being there [img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img]) ?

hmmm.... well, i guess nothing really, but he responded really
well to us, unlike the other show i went to in cinci.

also, the web page with the pics from bonnaroo is up now! most
of the thumbnails are down, but if u click on the broken link it
will go to the full size picture. props to my pops for these! if u
were there, or eevn if u werent, u shoudl check these out.
http://www.verysimple.com/riley/damien.html

[Andrew]

Did anyone get any footage of the performance? I was there, but i would love to watch it again.

[Funky Avocado]

Originally Posted by marloes

I was just reading a review of Bonnaroo on rollingstone.com and allthough it doesn't mention damo, it did say something about an Aussi guy called Xavier Rudd being one of the (unexpected)highlights

As always, rolling stone has no clue what's talent or not. Go look at their 100 top guitarist of all time and one has to think how seriously those losers should be taken.

As for Xaview Rudd, one thing.. The Dave Matthews thang been already done ya wombat, regretfully so I might add.

[DamosFavEyes]

Originally Posted by Funky Avocado

As for Xaview Rudd, one thing.. The Dave Matthews thang been already done ya wombat, regretfully so I might add.

.. sorry... what do you mean by that?

[coreybyrnes]

Originally Posted by Funky Avocado

As for Xaview Rudd, one thing.. The Dave Matthews thang been already done ya wombat, regretfully so I might add.

are you seriously comparing xavier rudd to dave matthews? if so i just have to laugh at the lack of knowledge over subject matter, no offense...

[Funky Avocado]

Originally Posted by coreybyrnes

are you seriously comparing xavier rudd to dave matthews? if so i just have to laugh at the lack of knowledge over subject matter, no offense

Why yes, I think I am. Falsetto vocals, chord changes, blah blah blah..As for my lack of knowledge, you got me. Last time I saw Dave was over a decade ago while visiting friends with my ex in VA at some rather small bar which escapes me now. I can tell you it sounds all the same with the predictable formula that left us at that time unimpressed even though my gf gave him thumbs up on being hot. I betcha a 6 pack that if we played one of xavier's sound bytes to someone and asked who they thought it was they would say DM.

So educate me coreybyrnes, why are these two artist complete different entities that I so erroneously linked together?
Edited by: Funky Avocado

[Funky Avocado]

Originally Posted by DamosFavEyes

.. sorry... what do you mean by that?

I read the guy was from Australia. Wombats are quite prevalent there. Cute furry beast but will attack if provoked.

[Andrew]

"Why yes, I think I am. Falsetto vocals, chord changes, blah blah blah..As for my lack of knowledge, you got me. Last time I saw Dave was over a decade ago while visiting friends with my ex in VA at some rather small bar which escapes me now. I can tell you it sounds all the same with the predictable formula that left us at that time unimpressed even though my gf gave him thumbs up on being hot. I betcha a 6 pack that if we played one of xavier's sound bytes to someone and asked who they thought it was they would say DM."


Thats ridiculous...Xavier sounds nothing like dave. falsetto and chord changes are something most singer songwriters do. damo dabbles in the falsetto a good bit, even josh ritter does. And a dave show 10 years ago in a small virginia bar would be a treat. in 1994 they were alreay mainstream so seeing them go back to their roots would be a rarity...i am suprised you got in. plus dave 10 years ago wasnt predictable because that band fueled a new jam band movement which means there was a lot of jamming going on...a lot of jazz influenced jamming which is in no way predictable. dave didnt get predictable until he released the space between album. his shows are a little dull now days and packed with 15 year old girls, but back in 94 he was all about the jam...he is in a band with high quality musicians, xavier is not...how you drew the comparison with dave and xavier i do not know. both are amazing in their own way, but not similar in sound.

[DamosFavEyes]

thank you for assuming that i was so naively asking about why you called him a wombat. i must appear stupid or something...

[coreybyrnes]

Originally Posted by Funky Avocado

Why yes, I think I am. Falsetto vocals, chord changes, blah blah blah..As for my lack of knowledge, you got me. Last time I saw Dave was over a decade ago while visiting friends with my ex in VA at some rather small bar which escapes me now. I can tell you it sounds all the same with the predictable formula that left us at that time unimpressed even though my gf gave him thumbs up on being hot. I betcha a 6 pack that if we played one of xavier's sound bytes to someone and asked who they thought it was they would say DM.

So educate me coreybyrnes, why are these two artist complete different entities that I so erroneously linked together?

haha, i'd rather not... it's late and i must sleep... but you got me... they both play an instrument and sing therefore they are one and the same... i'm laying on the sarcasm pretty thick here if you can't tell... it just upsets me when people are so quick to judge and compare artists when they base it upon false information... it just gets filed under the category of "know what you're talking about or don't talk at all"... i'm not trying to be a dick here... this just hits a sore spot for me...

[Funky Avocado]

Originally Posted by DamosFavEyes

thank you for assuming that i was so naively asking about why you called him a wombat. i must appear stupid or something...

No need to get oversensitive on me. You left a rather blank question so I took one of many angles. Till this day if you said wombat I might be asking you what the correlation is.

[Funky Avocado]

Originally Posted by Andrew

"Why yes, I think I am. Falsetto vocals, chord changes, blah blah blah..As for my lack of knowledge, you got me. Last time I saw Dave was over a decade ago while visiting friends with my ex in VA at some rather small bar which escapes me now. I can tell you it sounds all the same with the predictable formula that left us at that time unimpressed even though my gf gave him thumbs up on being hot. I betcha a 6 pack that if we played one of xavier's sound bytes to someone and asked who they thought it was they would say DM."


Thats ridiculous...Xavier sounds nothing like dave. falsetto and chord changes are something most singer songwriters do. damo dabbles in the falsetto a good bit, even josh ritter does. And a dave show 10 years ago in a small virginia bar would be a treat. in 1994 they were alreay mainstream so seeing them go back to their roots would be a rarity...i am suprised you got in. plus dave 10 years ago wasnt predictable because that band fueled a new jam band movement which means there was a lot of jamming going on...a lot of jazz influenced jamming which is in no way predictable. dave didnt get predictable until he released the space between album. his shows are a little dull now days and packed with 15 year old girls, but back in 94 he was all about the jam...he is in a band with high quality musicians, xavier is not...how you drew the comparison with dave and xavier i do not know. both are amazing in their own way, but not similar in sound.

I might be showing my age if I were to say it was '92 rather as I remember seeing a dead show in PA and then heading south for a couple of weeks to see ex's friends. If I wasn't so tired I would do some research.