Last Sunday night I went to the Belly Up to see Rhett Miller perform a solo acoustic set. It was quite a treat, as I had never seen him solo or with the Old 97's before. I did a write-up for Impose Magazine that can be found here.
I was blown away by his set. He played several new tunes that will be found on the Old 97's new record, coming out May 13th (two days after my birthday!). I recorded three of those, as well as two older songs.
Here's the first of four new Old 97's songs that Rhett played:
And here's the second:
"Book of Poems":
"Won't Be Home":
The third of the four new Old 97's songs (I didn't take any video of the fourth):
He also mentioned that he'd be back with the Old 97's in June, and I can't wait. The sound was absolutely perfect in the Belly Up and I didn't once even think about putting in my ear plugs.
Rhett is awesome live. You can't fully appreciate Rhett and the Old 97's until you see them live. Seriously.
ReplyDeleteAnd dude, I'm so mad that my work blocks videos...I'm dying to see the ones you posted!