10/19/09: 9:30 Club: Washington, D.C.

sean.bonner · Thu Oct 01, 2009 12:13 pm

Post your review.

01 - New Orleans Is Sinking
02 - The Depression Suite
03 - Twist My Arm
04 - Ahead By A Century
05 - Gift Shop
06 - The Last Of The Unplucked Gems
07 - Morning Moon
08 - Courage
09 - Coffee Girl
10 - In View
11 - At The Hundredth Meridian
12 - Love Is A First

01 - My Music At Work*
02 - The Last Recluse*
03 - Fiddler's Green*
04 - Springtime In Vienna
05 - Bobcaygeon
06 - Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
07 - Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man
08 - Poets
09 - Now The Struggle Has A Name
10 - Family Band
11 - Fully Completely
12 - Little Bones

13 - Grace, Too
14 - Fire In The Hole

sean.bonner · Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:26 pm

I may be able to provide a live setlist to this show tonight if somebody who is going is willing to send text messages.

kbernardp · Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:17 am

I can't wait. This has been a long workday already.

brian1175 · Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:47 pm

Going to the DC chophouse before the show....then the show

SoylentGreg · Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:11 pm

Won't be able to make it tonight. My fiancee is horribly sick with the (swine?) flu and i'm taking care of her. We've both been looking forward to this concert and there's no way i'd go without her, so i'll catch 'em next time around.

Y'all better have a setlist up after, though.

hotmetal401 · Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:31 pm

My buddy had been texting me live update through the Council meeting I was covering. Being as close to the stage as he is, he was able to fire me off all of set two before his phone died. Seeing as how now I'm home, no one is updating this thread, and it's almost near the end anyway, eff it, here we go. If any audibles happen after BobC, so be it.

New O
Depression
Twist
ABAC
Gift
Gems
Moon
Courage
Coffee
View
Meridian
Love is a First
--
Music - a
Recluse - a
Fiddler's - a
Springtime
Bob C
Locked
Escape
Poets
Struggle
Family
Fully
Bones
--
Grace
Fire

Will up date if any of that changes. Apparently the venue is about 2/3 full tonight. A fan was mercilessly booed for trying to give GD a mini Bruins jersey - kind of like DC becoming more of a hockey town. Wardrobe highlights include a Sabres Hasek jersey (which I debate being a highlight at all) and an Iafrate Leafs jersey, blue, circa 1991.

Cheers,

Pat

Tthip · Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:40 pm

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kbernardp · Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:24 am

Yeah, I was the guy wearing a Sabres Hasek jersey... Hi folks.

sherpa · Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:54 am

wow - 17 of the 26 songs played were from Phantom Power or earlier

thebends · Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:50 am

sean.bonner wrote:Post your review.
06 - Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
07 - Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man
08 - Poets
09 - Now The Struggle Has A Name
10 - Family Band
11 - Fully Completely
12 - Little Bones
13 - Grace, Too
14 - Fire In The Hole

That's quite a run! Man that must have been sweet.

senrab · Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:00 am

kbernardp wrote:Yeah, I was the guy wearing a Sabres Hasek jersey... Hi folks.

Haha, I saw you before the show - I was the girl wearing the jean jacket with the navy Sabres shirt.

Other wardrobe highlights I saw were a Gretzky Oilers jersey, Nordiques t-shirt, several Laffs jerseys...

gentoo · Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:12 pm

thebends wrote:
sean.bonner wrote:Post your review.
06 - Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
07 - Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man
08 - Poets
09 - Now The Struggle Has A Name
10 - Family Band
11 - Fully Completely
12 - Little Bones
13 - Grace, Too
14 - Fire In The Hole
That's quite a run! Man that must have been sweet.

Yes, it was very sweet. Up to that point I had been thinking that the Baltimore show Sat. night had been better then they did this.

I managed to snag a setlist and originally they had planned to play Wheat Kings but changed it to Fiddlers Green.

Overall another great show. Really bummed that these are the only 2 shows I'll be making it to this year.

Oh, and I heard that at least 2 of the Capitals were there, Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom. And towards the end of the show I noticed a lifesize cutout of Obama up in the corner balcony. Haven't a clue who was responsible for that but it looked pretty funny.

senrab · Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:15 pm

gentoo wrote:

Yes, it was very sweet. Up to that point I had been thinking that the Baltimore show Sat. night had been better then they did this.

I managed to snag a setlist and originally they had planned to play Wheat Kings but changed it to Fiddlers Green.

Overall another great show. Really bummed that these are the only 2 shows I'll be making it to this year.

Oh, and I heard that at least 2 of the Capitals were there, Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom. And towards the end of the show I noticed a lifesize cutout of Obama up in the corner balcony. Haven't a clue who was responsible for that but it looked pretty funny.[/quote]

I heard from a friend that 6 of the Caps were there, he talked to David Steckel

hotmetal401 · Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:19 pm

thebends wrote:
sean.bonner wrote:Post your review.
06 - Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
07 - Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man
08 - Poets
09 - Now The Struggle Has A Name
10 - Family Band
11 - Fully Completely
12 - Little Bones
13 - Grace, Too
14 - Fire In The Hole
That's quite a run! Man that must have been sweet.

This was the text I got:
"Just saw the rest of the setlist when the house lit up. This is gonna get stupid soon."

I would concur. I talked with my buddy post-show about the gig. 9:30 Club has a special place in my heart. Him and I went there for the Oct.26 (ish) show in 2007, right before I took the job up here in Port Elgin and very shortly after I split with my fiance. It was one of those "this is excatly where I need to be right now moments." So when he calls post show, he said there was a bit of deja vu for him - taking the same picture of GD, during the same song, from the same spot, two years later - but at the same time, it also felt like home.

And that's the thing: this band always feels like home. No matter how many times I gringe when Poets starts, there's no place in the world I think I'd rather be.

Cheers,

Pat

merc110 · Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:55 pm

Probably my favorite HIP show to date. Combination of venue, set list, standing up front with a great bunch of people I just met (I went to the show solo), and the band just rocking. Personal favorites were "Escape is at Hand...." with some great guitar work from Rob, the crowd erupting to "Fully,Completely" and "Springtime...". As mentioned in a Pittsburgh note, Gord was bonding with the crowd. He dismantled a mike stand and handed it to a lucky fan, then gave a mike to a young boy that had been in front of the stage all night (this after a tug of war with the lad for one of the many white towels that sailed into the crowd during a very hot night in the 930.), and leaned into the crowd and had folks strumming his guitar at one point. Last night is a perfect example of why we all love seeing live music, and why these guys are one of the best live bands out there.