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*** Ed solo Albany 1 Fanviews Here 6/8/09 ***

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edited September 2009 in Given To Fly (live)
June 8, 2009, Albany, NY, Palace Theatre
Ed solo tour - opening: Liam Finn

Set list (unconfirmed): Walking the Cow, Sometimes, Around The Bend, I am Mine, I'm Open, Man of the Hour, No Ceiling, Guaranteed, Rise, Far Behind, Mr. State Trooper, Girl from the North Country, Driftin', You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, Soon Forget, You're True, Small Town, NEW Song (Just for Albany), LUKIN, Porch

Encore: Society (w/ Liam) , Forever Young, Arc, Hard Sun (w/ Liam & EJ)




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  • OGT92OGT92 Posts: 1,588
    NEW Song (Just for Albany)


    Is that the official title of the song Kat? Haha just kidding...
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  • The MooseThe Moose Posts: 1
    Great show...

    lots of energy from Liam Finn anyone who hasn't had a chance to see him be sure you are there for the opening its a can't miss.

    Eddie was great per usual. Messed up the lyrics to Guaranteed several times then stated that it was the longest version of the song he had ever played. Seemed to encourage a lot more fan involvement than when I saw him at Montreal last year. The "Song just for Albany" was just that he made up a quick tune that had lyrics for Albany basically rhymed with the word Albany very cool.

    At one point when talked about the busy year (having a new kid, album, etc.) seemed like he was going to say something about coming back to tour in Albany but stopped himself short. All in all a very good show the crowd seemed to police itself with only minimal screams of EDDIE.
  • BLACK NAPKINSBLACK NAPKINS Posts: 18
    This show exceeded my expectations. Ed is definitely the next Dylan,Townshend,Springsteen.... loved it
    !!!
  • HermanBloomHermanBloom Posts: 1,764
    Great show. Ed was in good spirits and humor. The quote of the night was him talking about an article in the local paper that said they played in Albany in 93 with Public Enemy and Neil Young. Unfortunately, it never happened. He said now I may have a bad memory, but I would remember Neil Young standing next to Flavor Flav, which caused the audience to shout Flavor Flav and Yeah Boy. Hilarious. Beautiful state back drops that were changed throughout the show. Venue was beautiful and sounded great; can't wait for tomorrow.
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  • JM55546JM55546 Posts: 134
    Great show all around. New segment this time where Ed has a giant chair that looks like two feet, basically says its story time, grabs a beer and a cigarette and told a long story about one of the Monkeywrench tours where he encountered some fans in the parking lot and told of an adventure trying to give a girl a t-shirt, when he went to give it to her, she was taking a piss in the parking lot in the open, funny shit.
  • VartVart Posts: 291
    JM55546 wrote:
    Great show all around. New segment this time where Ed has a giant chair that looks like two feet, basically says its story time, grabs a beer and a cigarette and told a long story about one of the Monkeywrench tours where he encountered some fans in the parking lot and told of an adventure trying to give a girl a t-shirt, when he went to give it to her, she was taking a piss in the parking lot in the open, funny shit.

    I think he said tonight would be the only time he did this though.
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  • DPrival78DPrival78 CT Posts: 2,263
    i just want to know where i can get one of those feet chairs..
    i'm more a fan of popular bands.. like the bee-gees, pearl jam
  • EVedder29EVedder29 Posts: 9
    wow...what a great night....i was blessed in my home town with 3rd row ...dead center!! The Albany song lyrics consisted of ...Albany your so tall to me.... oh Albany......shrunken head on a shrunken body....thats all i remember. Porch EV solo was my highlight of the night. I've always loved that song and to hear him sing it live was amazing.
    "I'll ride the wave to where it takes me"
  • yummymochiyummymochi Posts: 21
    This show was amazing! I think the best show I've seen ever, out of any show. He had great stories, great songs. I loved every minute of it. Sitting on the chair to tell a story was fantastic. The whole show was fantastic.

    I'm really hoping they release these solo shows as bootlegs. I would love a copy of this show.
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  • Free the 3Free the 3 Posts: 132
    Sounds F''in awesome....was slated to go....but couldn't.....glad it was great!
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  • oneforeachdayoneforeachday Posts: 494
    wow.

    f'ing up, pleased with the crowd's patience with him. seemed to feed off the crowed a few times. asked us to join in on small town and a few others.

    crazy. my first EV. not sure i could have hoped for more.

    story time was awesome. i'm pretty sure he said only time he'd do that.

    said he'd been in albany for 3 days already and that he'd been on the hudson.

    great stuff.
  • JebberJebber Posts: 41
    edited June 2009
    Lots of surprises! Played two Dylan tunes, and did springsteen!! Can't Wait for night two!!
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  • Hawk123Hawk123 Posts: 2,302
    What Neil Young song was played? Didn't see one on the setlist in the live forum.
  • Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    no neil song.
  • JebberJebber Posts: 41
    What a show!!
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    Vart wrote:
    JM55546 wrote:
    Great show all around. New segment this time where Ed has a giant chair that looks like two feet, basically says its story time, grabs a beer and a cigarette and told a long story about one of the Monkeywrench tours where he encountered some fans in the parking lot and told of an adventure trying to give a girl a t-shirt, when he went to give it to her, she was taking a piss in the parking lot in the open, funny shit.

    I think he said tonight would be the only time he did this though.
    was that right after he told y'all you were his favorite audience ever? :lol:

    sounds like a great show! im jealous
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  • davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
    I love aucustic Lukin and you're ture should be played more often, beautiful song.
  • sacredyouthsacredyouth Posts: 69
    Excellent show. "Sometimes" and "Girl from the No. Country" were highlights for me. Waited with my wife for 1.5 hours (or more) by the bus. We both shook his hand and I said, "Thanks for the music, Eddie." He replied, "Thank you, sir. You've got great eyes." A perfect way to cap off a memorable night of music. Thanks again, Eddie!
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    "If Neil Young and Flava Flav were on stage together, I would have fucking remembered it."

    Classic high/drunk Eddie.... :lol:
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  • We All BelieveWe All Believe Eastchester, NY - Proud South Canadian. Posts: 642
    The show was excellent! My 10C# is 169XXX, and I got center section, 9 rows back.

    I went to college in the Albany area, and had never been to the Palace before tonight. Nice place, good sound.

    Before the show started, I found an Ed guitar pick on the floor under my seat! Looked around, didn't see any more anywhere else. It's white, with the EV red, white, and blue bull's-eye on one side, and the EV red, white, and blue stars logo on the other side.

    Some shouting, but nothing over the top.

    Story-time was a little weird, and random, but really funny. Maybe it was the chair made out of feet...

    A lot of people waited outside for autographs at first. It drizzled on and off, and the numbers dwindled. We waited for almost two hours. Some idiot ripped the license plate off of the back of Ed's tour bus. The bus driver ran out of the bus, caught the guy, and got it back.

    Ed came out and didn't sign anything, but shook hands with, and spoke to, every single person that waited. I'd never met him before tonight. I thanked him for everything, and he complimented me on my bull's-eye/Who t-shirt, saying he had one just like it, and he told me I had a great smile. I'm 6'3, 330, bald, with a goatee. Not too many people tell me I have a great smile. I almost started to cry.
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  • Brain of JFKBrain of JFK Posts: 238
    A few other tidbits.

    Ed mentioned first night kinks a bunch of times, but I found the screwups rather endearing.

    During Man of the Hour, he player what he referred to as a small guitar and stopped dead right at the beginning because the guitar was too loud. He then joked something to the effect that the beauty of a ukelele was that it was a small instrument that knew its place and made a small sound, while this guitar was trying to make too big a sound.

    Dropped the lyric in Guaranteed, tried to pick it up again, missed it again, and then finally got it (but dropped some words later).

    Said that he hadn't played State Trooper since he was a 15 year old -- sounded great.

    After the story about the girl peeing, he said the next song would be (paraphrasing) Young Lady Peeing in the Middle of a Hotel Parking Lot and then launched into Small Town.

    I was at Boston 2 solo last year which I loved, but Ed just seemed more relaxed tonight and overall I enjoyed this a bit more (both were incredible).

    All the nonsense about Ed's voice can be laid to rest. He sounded great and 17 years after I first heard him there is still no singer I would rather hear live (and he didn't look heavy either).

    Few notes about goods:

    There was a program distributed as you came in the door- very similar to the one on the last solo tour. Seemed to have more supply than when I saw him in Boston.

    Very nice poster.

    Three different shirts. One was similar to the Black and orange ITW logo shirt from last tour but in Black and blue (nice colors). One was a white T with a V shaped stars and stripes thing and EV above it with dates, etc on the back. Third was more of a jersey style with EV on the front and ALBANY as the "player name" on the back and the number 23 (someone had to point out to me that the numbers were a reversal of the EV on the front).

    Great time -- just wish I could make it to more of these!
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    03: 7-11 Mansfield 3
    04: 9-28 Boston 1
    08: 6-28 Mansfield 1
    09: 10-30 Philly 3, 10-31 Philly 4
    10: 5-15 Hartford, 5-17 Boston
    11: 9-3 Alpine Valley, 9-4 Alpine Valley
    13: 10-15 Worcester 1, 10-16 Worcester 2, 10-25 Hartford
    16: 4-29 Philly 2, 5-1 MSG 1, 8-5 Fenway 1, 8-7 Fenway 2
    18: 9-2 Fenway 1, 9-4 Fenway 2
    21: 9-26 Ohana
    22: 5-6 LA, 5-7 LA, 5-16 Fresno
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  • growinUpgrowinUp Posts: 31
    Mr. State Trooper? a springsteen cover right?? any good?
    i wish i was the verb to trust, and never let you down
  • pdalowskypdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,097
    this makes me sick with jealousy
  • mattyk72mattyk72 NY Posts: 19
    God review of the show from an Albany paper

    http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/st ... e=6/9/2009

    It was a great show, wish I had tix for tonight too.
  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    and so it begins! Lukin must have been pretty sweet
  • InHiding19InHiding19 Posts: 2,385
    State Trooper and Forever Young were pretty sick, but the highlight was for sure the Albany song!
    Out of the Blue and Into the Black................Uncle Neil Philly 08 here I come!!!!
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Ed was handing out the compliments. Nice smile, Nice eyes :lol:
    NERDS!
  • PearlJamPatriotPearlJamPatriot Posts: 2,426
    Brain of JFK wrote:
    A few other tidbits.

    Ed mentioned first night kinks a bunch of times, but I found the screwups rather endearing.

    During Man of the Hour, he player what he referred to as a small guitar and stopped dead right at the beginning because the guitar was too loud. He then joked something to the effect that the beauty of a ukelele was that it was a small instrument that knew its place and made a small sound, while this guitar was trying to make too big a sound.

    Dropped the lyric in Guaranteed, tried to pick it up again, missed it again, and then finally got it (but dropped some words later).

    Said that he hadn't played State Trooper since he was a 15 year old -- sounded great.

    After the story about the girl peeing, he said the next song would be (paraphrasing) Young Lady Peeing in the Middle of a Hotel Parking Lot and then launched into Small Town.

    I was at Boston 2 solo last year which I loved, but Ed just seemed more relaxed tonight and overall I enjoyed this a bit more (both were incredible).

    All the nonsense about Ed's voice can be laid to rest. He sounded great and 17 years after I first heard him there is still no singer I would rather hear live (and he didn't look heavy either).

    Few notes about goods:

    There was a program distributed as you came in the door- very similar to the one on the last solo tour. Seemed to have more supply than when I saw him in Boston.

    Very nice poster.

    Three different shirts. One was similar to the Black and orange ITW logo shirt from last tour but in Black and blue (nice colors). One was a white T with a V shaped stars and stripes thing and EV above it with dates, etc on the back. Third was more of a jersey style with EV on the front and ALBANY as the "player name" on the back and the number 23 (someone had to point out to me that the numbers were a reversal of the EV on the front).

    Great time -- just wish I could make it to more of these!
    Exactly. His voice is still amazing. He sounded great last night. Great time. It was nice meeting some of the board members. Whats up guys! Great time, cant wait for tonight!
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  • masoch70masoch70 Posts: 1
    Was in the third row balcony, center, and during Lukin the balcony was shaking(thoughts of MSG 7/8/03 immediately jumped into my head). He is ideally suited to these small venues(IMO), casual, funny, relaxed, and in touch with what's going on in front(Or above) him. Good, good show.


    btw, what the hell was that wizard head of whatever it was the Liam Finn was wearing whilst he swept the stage before the duo with Ed. It was very funny. Anybody?
  • InHiding19InHiding19 Posts: 2,385
    The Albany song was so fucken funny I want to hear that shit again tonight.
    Out of the Blue and Into the Black................Uncle Neil Philly 08 here I come!!!!
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