Frank Black solo

likepilateihaveadog

Frank Black is playin Lancaster in August.
Will be going....
anyone have any info on what his solo shows are like?
I think this is coming right off a Pixies tour in Europe.

Pearl Jam and toast

I hear his solo work is excellent, but i haven't personally checked it out yet.

likepilateihaveadog

Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

I hear his solo work is excellent, but i haven't personally checked it out yet.

I mean, it has to be, right?




Lookin forward to seein him.

jack_bass_player

i love frank black


"i burn today" from the album "honeycomb" has to be one of my fave songs ever ever

and i fuckin LOVE the pixies!!

MeddleDeal

right now, he is touring w/the Foo Fighters on their acoustic tour.:) Too bad I missed them in Berkeley:( FB solo is AWESOME, SO much different than the Pixies. I like that! And i LOVE the Pixies as well:D

Pistolero is a GREAT album!

Pearl Jam and toast

MeddleDeal wrote:

right now, he is touring w/the Foo Fighters on their acoustic tour.:) Too bad I missed them in Berkeley:( FB solo is AWESOME, SO much different than the Pixies. I like that! And i LOVE the Pixies as well:D

Pistolero is a GREAT album!

THAT is aweosme

whatsthefreezer

well stone prefers his solo work if that tells you anything. teenager of the year is a really cool record to check out as well.

MLC2006

I'd have to agree that yeah, overall, Frank Black and the Catholics are probably better than the Pixies. the song "End of Miles" has one of the nastiest guitar solos I've ever heard. that entire album ("Black Letter Days") is a classic, as is "Pistolero". I think some of his older albums (like "Teenager")are more closely related to his work in the Pixies, but those two albums ("Black Letter Days" and "Pistolero") are 2 of my alltime favorites.

PearlJamaholic

actually he is opening for the foo's and on their off nights he's playing little solo gigs. fast man/ raider man is an awesome cd way better than honeycomb and honeycomb was great. nothing beats black letter days though, the best thing he has ever done, better than the pixies. got my ticket for the chameleon today. last time he came around i wasnt 21 so i missed him. i cant wait.

likepilateihaveadog

PearlJamaholic wrote:

actually he is opening for the foo's and on their off nights he's playing little solo gigs. fast man/ raider man is an awesome cd way better than honeycomb and honeycomb was great. nothing beats black letter days though, the best thing he has ever done, better than the pixies. got my ticket for the chameleon today. last time he came around i wasnt 21 so i missed him. i cant wait.

shit, see you there! I live about five blocks away, so this is gonna be sick.

just went for the standing GA.

didn't think I knew enough to sit.

PearlJamaholic

likepilateihaveadog wrote:

shit, see you there! I live about five blocks away, so this is gonna be sick.

just went for the standing GA.

didn't think I knew enough to sit.

i got GA also cause the term seats sounded bad to me. I've never been to the chameleon before oddly enough.

likepilateihaveadog

PearlJamaholic wrote:

i got GA also cause the term seats sounded bad to me. I've never been to the chameleon before oddly enough.

Oh yeah, you live close?
It's OK.
Three levels really.
small bar and stage on the ground floor.
main stage and bar on the second
with a balcony on the third for under 21.

Saw Horton Heat and the Supersuckers there last winter. I mean, you can get rightt up front row if you push a little bit.
this sounds like there might be chairs on the floor though somewhere. I don't know, it's pretty tiny, so we'll see about that.

PearlJamaholic

Reamstown, right next to Ephrata.

likepilateihaveadog wrote:

Oh yeah, you live close?
It's OK.
Three levels really.
small bar and stage on the ground floor.
main stage and bar on the second
with a balcony on the third for under 21.

Saw Horton Heat and the Supersuckers there last winter. I mean, you can get rightt up front row if you push a little bit.
this sounds like there might be chairs on the floor though somewhere. I don't know, it's pretty tiny, so we'll see about that.

likepilateihaveadog

PearlJamaholic wrote:

Reamstown, right next to Ephrata.

Nice, nice.
Go to the Green Dragon much?

PearlJamaholic

likepilateihaveadog wrote:

Nice, nice.
Go to the Green Dragon much?

only for illegal fireworks but i didnt even go this year. im willing to bet there isnt even a single bootleg copy of any frank black there. it really is like an amish china town. boy do i hate that place. screws up traffic all the time. i use to have to drive past it to get to work, that sucked.

likepilateihaveadog

PearlJamaholic wrote:

only for illegal fireworks but i didnt even go this year. im willing to bet there isnt even a single bootleg copy of any frank black there. it really is like an amish china town. boy do i hate that place. screws up traffic all the time. i use to have to drive past it to get to work, that sucked.

hahahaha...
Amish China Town.

I'm gonna use that from now on if you don't mind...

likepilateihaveadog

this is coming up quick, can't wait.

i got id

anyone know if he is opening all FF dates? He used to be listed for DC, but I don't see it anywhere now...

likepilateihaveadog

all by himself monday night, 7 PM, at the chameleon.

more a curfew thing than anything, I would think, but should be a good, long show.

PearlJamaholic

i cant wait. saw the pixies the other year and it was so-so. cant wait to see frank solo. wish i would have seen the catholics but this should be a great show none the less.

rucchin

does anyone have set lists for his solo shows? is he mixing up all his solo material? playing exclusively from fast man/raider man?

thanks.

likepilateihaveadog

chiefojibwa wrote:

for more fb info check out the frank black forum:

http://www.frankblack.net

will do, thanks.

likepilateihaveadog

toonnnnnnnite.

PearlJamaholic

likepilateihaveadog wrote:

toonnnnnnnite.

oh yeah. ive been waiting for this. is there an opening act, do you know?

likepilateihaveadog

PearlJamaholic wrote:

oh yeah. ive been waiting for this. is there an opening act, do you know?

yep, his name is Cory Branan

southern singer/songwriter
never heard of him



should be good
tickets say 7, websites say 9

looks like doors at 7, show starting about 9
par for the course for the chameleon for a monday
but I could be wrong, when are you gettin in?
I have a five minute walk

PearlJamaholic

likepilateihaveadog wrote:

yep, his name is Cory Branan

southern singer/songwriter
never heard of him



should be good
tickets say 7, websites say 9

looks like doors at 7, show starting about 9
par for the course for the chameleon for a monday
but I could be wrong, when are you gettin in?
I have a five minute walk

im leaving here around 5ish be in lancaster 530-545. find the place, never been there. hope there is decent parking close. so i should be all set by the times the door opens. doors usually open an hour before the ticket time, maybe chameleon is different i dont know.

likepilateihaveadog

PearlJamaholic wrote:

im leaving here around 5ish be in lancaster 530-545. find the place, never been there. hope there is decent parking close. so i should be all set by the times the door opens. doors usually open an hour before the ticket time, maybe chameleon is different i dont know.

Water St garage is right across the st.

20 ft

$3 I think.

Yep, I'll be there around 7, is the plan.
they usually get it going fairly early during weeknights with the noise, et al.

likepilateihaveadog

Senorita Burrita is right across the St on Prince, you have to go around the block

there's a park there on the other side (on Prince) in front of the art school to chill in too if you're there TOO early.

PearlJamaholic

the show was awesome. the chameleon is a dump and i was surrounded by people that had to keep talking. but frank ruled. boy did the opening act suck though. i wish i would have got tickets for when he opens for the ff but oh well.

likepilateihaveadog

1 Kicked in the Taco
2 I Burn Today
3 ??
4 The Holiday Song
5 The Swimmer
6 Headache
7 Cactus
8 I'll Be Blue
9 Song of the Shrimp
10 I'm Not Dead (I'm in Pittsburgh)
11 Horrible Day
12 Los Angeles
13 ??
14 Wave of Mutilation
15 California Bound
16 All My Ghosts
17 Billy Radcliffe
18 Abstract Plain
19 Bullet
20 ??
21 ??
22 Raider Man
23 Sing For Joy
24 Six-Sixty-Six
25 Two Reelers
encore
26 Where Is My Mind?


There's the set from the FB forums

likepilateihaveadog

I thought the opener was OK...he had some really good guitar parts, good progressions, but tried a little too hard to play the southern boy thing

which was really funny, but just kind of lame.