Son Volt, April 7, 2017 Bowery Ballroom Download

[koiseptember]

This is a fantastic performance. Route is at the top of their game. And Drown (listening now), wow!

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[TragicFig]

You can really hear the subtle artistry of Mark's keys on this recording. Love the atmospherics he's providing. Love it too when he picks up a guitar on a couple of the songs. The band is really firing on all cylinders.

Mark Patterson is killing it!!!!!

[Mark Spencer]

Still not sure how Jacob Edwards turned into Mark Patterson

From what I know Jacob and Ken Coomer started a vintage drum sales/rental company in Nashville. But Patterson kicks ass and is a great guy to boot.

[Tokyo Fan]

I'm happy people are digging the keys. The keyboard is a Nord Electro, which was pretty much designed to approximate most classic and vintage keyboards...like Organs, electric pianos, clavinets, etc. It also has really good acoustic piano sounds, and can approximate lots of other acoustic instruments (accordian...glad that doesn't sound cheesy, part of it is the way you play it as well). I also play it in Anders Parker's band Cloud Badge, as well as on a couple Son Volt, Anders and other records. It's not a synth, per se (although I am saving up for a killer synth for my studio at some point) but does a great approximation of lots of keyboards well which would require their own semi and roadies if toted around to gigs. Fitting the keys in in an organic, respectful way is an interesting challenge...for instance, on Graveyard Shift I'm pretty much just playing power chords with a Clavinet sound along with the guitars, adding some girth and crunch to the traditional sounds that song is known for. On Catching On it's an acoustic piano sound, which I keep paring down to a more and more basic part, and feel like it's really working now, and not getting all Elton John-ey. Between the material itself, the tradition of early SV being keyboard-less, and my own desire not to mess things up but to add something that sounds right it's a complex but fun job. I know there will always be those who have luddite ideas about the whole thing, but most people here know that I give zero fucks about that anyway, as I'm too busy living in and enjoying the present instead of sweating the past...I think how great this version of the band is is a testament to that way of thinking while still giving plenty of meat to the special needs / baseball card collector people.

So it's not an accordion! No, it's not cheesy sounding at all. Sounds great.
Thanks for the description.

[Antelope850]

Good stuff Mark. I think it's really impressive that you are able to add keys or 3rd guitar to classic Son Volt songs that didn't have either, and make it sound organic. This version of Son Volt is seriously awesome. You and Chris Frame make a great combo revving things up. Andrew is always fantastic but looks especially psyched to be out there. Still not sure how Jacob Edwards turned into Mark Patterson, but Mark is a great drummer and seems a perfect fit for Son Volt. Shows sound great, live and via Facebook stream. Tremendous set list. All shows selling out or close to it. Love seeing Jay play some leads, and play those mean riffs from the new album. Glad they are taking advantage of your versatility and going with the 3 guitar attack late in the show. Hoping for one more national TV gig. Need a late night show.

[Mark Spencer]

I'm happy people are digging the keys. The keyboard is a Nord Electro, which was pretty much designed to approximate most classic and vintage keyboards...like Organs, electric pianos, clavinets, etc. It also has really good acoustic piano sounds, and can approximate lots of other acoustic instruments (accordian...glad that doesn't sound cheesy, part of it is the way you play it as well). I also play it in Anders Parker's band Cloud Badge, as well as on a couple Son Volt, Anders and other records. It's not a synth, per se (although I am saving up for a killer synth for my studio at some point) but does a great approximation of lots of keyboards well which would require their own semi and roadies if toted around to gigs. Fitting the keys in in an organic, respectful way is an interesting challenge...for instance, on Graveyard Shift I'm pretty much just playing power chords with a Clavinet sound along with the guitars, adding some girth and crunch to the traditional sounds that song is known for. On Catching On it's an acoustic piano sound, which I keep paring down to a more and more basic part, and feel like it's really working now, and not getting all Elton John-ey. Between the material itself, the tradition of early SV being keyboard-less, and my own desire not to mess things up but to add something that sounds right it's a complex but fun job. I know there will always be those who have luddite ideas about the whole thing, but most people here know that I give zero fucks about that anyway, as I'm too busy living in and enjoying the present instead of sweating the past...I think how great this version of the band is is a testament to that way of thinking while still giving plenty of meat to the special needs / baseball card collector people.

[criminals]

I know not everybody agrees, but I'm loving the color added by extensive keyboards on this tour. The Picture sounds terrific. I assume that's an electronic keyboard playing the accordian sounds on Dynamite (if it's a real accordian I apologize profusely).

Jay is in great voice, and the band is right on it.

I agree on this tour. You can discern them, but not overwhelmingly so, which may have happened a little on the ACD tour, but they sound great this time around.

[derekf]

Side note: I put this Bowery Ballroom show on an I-pod that I haven't touched in a while. After listening to the show a couple times, I put the I-pod on shuffle. Atomic Power, Big Sur, two versions of Fool's King Crown, Sandusky and Rex's Blues played, some back to back, in a ten or twelve song run. 3,000 songs on the iPod, so what are the odds?

Anyway, a sunny morning in Seattle with the sunroof open...and it sounded great.

I just bought a new Volkswagen without a sunroof. The first car I've purchased without one in 20 years. I can't recall a bigger mistake I've made in that same timespan.

[Tokyo Fan]

Side note: I put this Bowery Ballroom show on an I-pod that I haven't touched in a while. After listening to the show a couple times, I put the I-pod on shuffle. Atomic Power, Big Sur, two versions of Fool's King Crown, Sandusky and Rex's Blues played, some back to back, in a ten or twelve song run. 3,000 songs on the iPod, so what are the odds?

Anyway, a sunny morning in Seattle with the sunroof open...and it sounded great.

[Tokyo Fan]

I know not everybody agrees, but I'm loving the color added by extensive keyboards on this tour. The Picture sounds terrific. I assume that's an electronic keyboard playing the accordian sounds on Dynamite (if it's a real accordian I apologize profusely).

Jay is in great voice, and the band is right on it.

I'm with you in the keyboards and, in fact, all of the arrangements. Really great.
Man, that sure sounds like an accordion to me!
Midnight and Sinking Down are fantastic. (I've got to expand my vocabulary).

[ThrasherBear]

I know not everybody agrees, but I'm loving the color added by extensive keyboards on this tour. The Picture sounds terrific. I assume that's an electronic keyboard playing the accordian sounds on Dynamite (if it's a real accordian I apologize profusely).

Jay is in great voice, and the band is right on it.

[Tokyo Fan]

<<The band’s encore found them reaching deep for some Tupelo classics and Trace’s opening track, "Windfall," which inspired the biggest crowd sing-along as the chorus "May the wind take your troubles away" rang crystal clear from the choir of flannel-clad fans raising their drinks toward the sky.>>

The crowd sing along was a spine tingling moment. Incredible energy in the crowd. I mentioned earlier that I had a brief chat with Chris Frame the night after the Bowery Ballroom show in Brooklyn and he mentioned the great crowd at the Bowery. I think the entire band was jazzed by that show.

You can hear the singing on the recording. Yeah, I bet it was a memorable moment.

[TragicFig]

<<The band’s encore found them reaching deep for some Tupelo classics and Trace’s opening track, "Windfall," which inspired the biggest crowd sing-along as the chorus "May the wind take your troubles away" rang crystal clear from the choir of flannel-clad fans raising their drinks toward the sky.>>

The crowd sing along was a spine tingling moment. Incredible energy in the crowd. I mentioned earlier that I had a brief chat with Chris Frame the night after the Bowery Ballroom show in Brooklyn and he mentioned the great crowd at the Bowery. I think the entire band was jazzed by that show.

[Tokyo Fan]

Here's a review of the Bowery Ballroom show:

http://houselist.bowerypresents.com/201 ... day-night/

[Tokyo Fan]

This is a fantastic performance. Route is at the top of their game. And Drown (listening now), wow!