Grain Of Salt Pt 2
* Neko Case: Outro With Bees (3.0 mb) | Blacklisted (5 mb) | Make Your Bed (6.5 mb)
From Starr Hill Music Hall : Feb 26, 2005 : Charlottesville, VA
Yikes! I was originally going to post a different artist, but I just recently received this concert recording of the incredible Neko Case and just had to post some tracks. As with my last post, some of you may assume that my judgement is clouded due to my preference for Girls With Guitars, but please rest easy, this gal is the real deal.
After moving to Chicago, I was on a huge concert going spree. I would see, and this is a conservative estimate, two to three shows a week. You’ve got to remember that I was coming from a town (Portland, ME) where a good concert came, at most, once every couple of months. So I went totally crazy. But even after seeing all those shows, there’re only a couple that really stick out in my mind. Seeing Neko Case was one of them.
The show was absolutely amazing. It happened at a small, now defunct record store that used to host the occasional show. The line up was Neko Case and Sally Timms (of The Mekons). Everything about that show was great. My friend and I managed to get their early enough to snag front row seats. It was readily apparent that they were both really relaxed and enjoying themselves on stage. Now, Sally Timms is an incredible performer/songwriter, but I thought Neko Case really stole the show. She has a phenomenal stage presence, which is partly due to her drop dead gorgeousness, partly due to her fiery red-headed personality, but mostly due to her voice. She could be singing lines from the telephone book and this old man would need to be hooked up to a heart monitor to make sure my blood pressure didn’t go too high.
Ms. Case has been playing music since the young age of 18. Initially playing drums in a couple of punk bands, but has since been performing under her own name, as one half of The Corn Sisters and as part of The New Pornographers
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craig said,
February 28, 2005 @ 3:51 pm
just saw her with the sadies in chicago, thanks for the live tracks, btw we may do a chicago bloggers meet and greet sometime in march (bands, labels cd stores etc) let me know if you’d be up for it in theory
sara b. said,
March 1, 2005 @ 2:13 am
The Charlottesville show was great, though it certainly didn’t top the Record Roundup. Neko’s show was, sadly, the first show I’ve been to since moving here. I miss my Chicago show-going days . . .
cb said,
March 1, 2005 @ 10:56 am
Ah! That’s the name of the place. It totally slipped my mind for some reason. What a great store. That was a great night, wasn’t it?
Man, I totally need to start seeing more shows again…
Anonymous said,
March 1, 2005 @ 8:47 pm
Are you still in Chicago?
cb said,
March 2, 2005 @ 10:19 am
Well, that all depends on who’s asking
Yeah. I’m definitely still in Chicago. And unless something drastic happens, I’ll probably be here for awhile still.
-cb
Mr. Njorl said,
March 2, 2005 @ 11:31 am
I pursuit of girl singers around the web (especially Neko Case), I have run across your site and was pleasantly surprised to see you lived in Portland. I live here now and am woefully aware of the lack of good live music. Oh, and by the way, apart from WMPG, local radio is completely unlistenable.
Thanks for posting,
Mr. Njorl