Date of concert: Sunday September 12, 2010
I like Stan Ridgway. He reminds me of one of my favorite 1970s folk-rock artists, Harry Chapin. He's witty in concert, plays good music and seems like an all-around nice guy. And yet I barely knew about him before his performance at the Iron Horse. I'm glad I saw him.
Opening the show was Cindy Lee Berryhill. I missed most of her set, but got there in time to see her do a pretty poor cover of "Lucy in The Sky with Diamonds" where she forgot the song halfway through. I'm not exactly saddened by missing most of her opening act.
Stan was joined on his stage by his wife, Pietra Wexstun on keyboards, and Rick King on electric guitar. Drums and other instrument parts were pre-recorded tracks. Stan and the band played the newest album "Neon Mirage" in its entirety. There weren't any real big stand-out tracks to me from the album, but it was all solid material. I liked the cover of Bob Dylan's "Lenny Bruce".
After playing the full "Neon Mirage", Stan played some of his older classics including "Ring of Fire" which Ridgway's early-80s new wave band Wall Of Voodoo did an amazing cover of. Ridgway's live version was impressive, with Ridgway getting offstage and doing a brief run through the crowd. Other songs played included "Call Of The West" and one of my favorites, "Camouflage". He did not play "Mexican Radio", his biggest Wall Of Voodoo hit, but it wasn't especially missed.
Stan's a good guy, and even though the new album material wasn't spectacular, it was still an enjoyable show.
It's almost impossible to find professional live footage of Stan on YouTube, this isn't even close to being recent, but it is really cool:
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