Pure and easy

Chip Taylor

Café de Republiek, Heusden, 18-02-2015

Chip Taylor

Onderstaande verslag is afkomstig van het Road Journal van Chip Taylor zelf.

The venue is in an up-scale old town.. the interior is like an refurbished old carriage house .. with high ceilings .. lots of character.. it doubles as a small restaurant. The proprietor, an interesting character named Peter.. is a former actor and acting teacher..

We arrive at 7:30 .. Peter′ s kind daughter Brechtje serves us a terrific Indonesian dinner (her husband′ s influence) .. We sound check with Peter′ s friend and sound man Erik in the small front room with high ceilings, which “legally” holds 40 people tonight they′ll pack in 72!

THE SHOW

This was as special as it gets for us. The sound was simple but good… like playing in a house concert.. almost like busking .. but without the effort. The audience was warm and so kind and enthusiastic. John & Goran were brilliant all night.

SET I

The first set was again the Yonkers story with songs and stories of family and finding my way into the music business .. the audience seemed so connected to this. They loved the Bastard Brothers and the visit to the train station.. and the Bobby Bare connection and Angel of The Morning, which totally gave me chills.

SET II

This set was so inspired .. Dance With A Hole In Your Shoe.. started it .. and it was so chilling.. John & Goran were total magic.. loved so many in this set .. Dutchman′s Blues was so warm..He′s A Good Guy was so warm and silent and beautiful.. I could feel there were lots of “good guys” in this audience.. .. I dedicated Getting Older Looking Back to new friends Frans & daughter Flora in the first row.. Frans has been a fan from the early 70′s. I loved playing this tonight.. Black & Blue America again brought the house down. The story and song of Same Old Story totally connected.. it was extra special tonight with old friend Martin De Kort in the audience. Martin was the record store manager who, with assistant Leanne Van Gelder, made my album This Side Of The Big River, record of the month when i first came to Holland in 1974.. we ended with a beautiful audience choir of my song for prisoners, Fuck All The Perfect People. I loved this! And encored with I Wasn′t Born In Tennessee.

This was a favorite show.. none better than this.. what a warm and great audience.

Band

Gitarist John Platania (Van Morrison) en Goran Giri op toetsen.

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Setlist