RTP-area local music and culture

[John Iwaniszek <not AT hotmail.com>]

dj golf wrote:

> I'll refrain from cutting & pasting the Memphis and Nashville setlists
> - anyone who must see can Google for them.  The set in Nashville (where
> we went) was notable for "Cemetery Polka" (one of my favorites) and
> "Tom Traubert's Blues" (aka "Waltzing Matilda.)  The reaction among the
> Waits disciples online over "Tom Traubert" was somewhat akin to the
> reaction of the apes in "2001" upon discovering that a wild pig can be
> killed with a thigh bone. Apparently he hasn't performed it live in a
> long time.  And it is a gorgeous song.  Someone has posted a video of
> "Traubert" from Nashville on YouTube (it looks to have been shot with a
> cell phone but the quality isn't too bad...)
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUJCXMinOII
> 
> There's a few other Waits videos on the same page, including the
> Letterman performance from a year or so ago that had Judah Bauer &
> Russell Simmins from Blues Explosion in the backing band.
> 
> Nashville was pretty fun, considering that we were there less than 24
> hours (and spent 18 on the road - at least it's a nice drive.)  The
> Ryman is a really nice venue, and we did a little touristy sightseeing
> - Ernest Tubb Record Shop, Tootsie's Lounge (where else can you get a
> PBR for only $4.50?)  and another thing or two along Broadway.  The
> visit to the Ernest Tubb Record Shop was a sentimental journey for Mrs.
> DJ Golf, who at age 16 went to the Grand Ole Opry with her parents when
> it was still at the Ryman, and afterward saw Ernest Tubb and Loretta
> Lynn do an in-store performance there.  Her mom still has the pictures.
> 
> dj golf
> 
> 

Bring on the Waits!

Here is a review from the Asheville show:

http://harpmagazine.com/reviews/concert_reviews/detail.cfm