Well just got back from Manc land after one of the best gigs I have been too for quite a while. First up Alison Moorer who played to my ears a perfectly competent but by no means outstanding brand of american stylee singer song writer type stuff, however her version of "Carrickfergus" with Steve Earle on Mando was absolutely superb
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Then next up Steve Earle who suprised us all by starting with the Pogues' classic "If I should fall from grace with God" which was played in honour of Shane who should have played the same venue yesterday but unfortunatley he is ill at the moment. Now I am not going to list all the songs as 1 I can never remember them and 2 some of the songs I didn't know (Got some of his CDs but not all) high points for me were "My old friend the blues", "Jerusalem" and "Dixieland" (New to me). But the main point was Steve Earle really came across as being an intelligent, humourous and passionate man, even if you don't agree with all he says that shines through. Just one man and his guitar (And occasional mando) held a decent crowd in his hand for pretty much two hours, a great night and as I said the best gig I have been to in ages! (Bloody hell I even bought a T shirt and the last time I did that at a gig was on the Gladys' Leap tour) Come back soon Steve
P.S. Apparentley Alison Moorer is due to become the next Mrs Steve Earle (She will be number 6 I think)
P.P.S. It rained, in Manchester, would you believe it
