the felice brothers 4-20-13 bethel, new york. bethel woods events center

the second show was in bethel, new york 

at the bethel woods events center.

as james mentioned, this place was the opposite of the haunt in ithaca, where it was small and dark and noisy, this place was big, bright, very fancy, and quiet.

definitely the most upscale venue i've ever seen the felice brothers in.

(although the portsmouth, new hampshire venue last year was also pretty fancy.)

they sounded incredible again.

they played many of the same songs from the night before, with a few additions.

honda civic

they played saturday night, an amazing new song, sung by everyone...  "saturday night alone, get out of bed, the king asked me to watch his throne, off with his head, and when i do, i only think of you...  i'm wide awake and it's i'm wide awake and it's night time, i must be in omaha..."

and christmas sang chinatown, which is rad... "i rewind the tape of king kong so i can sing along, see the ape come alive again, leave the isle of manhattan, i always knew the blonde was no good, a king like you deserves the woods..."

and for the first encore ian came out and played mating of the doves, by himself.  it was truly glorious.

overall, the show was fantastic, the guys were all in a good mood, seemed really happy to be there.  and the acoustics in that big wooden room were great so the sound was excellent.  

ian's setlist

(before being autographed for melissa!)

setlist:

run chicken run

honda civic

cumberland gap

some say

butch cassidy

fire at the pageant

lion

whiskey

where'd you get the liquor

dead dog

loves me tenderly

white limo

her eyes dart round

silver

hesitation blues

saturday night

chinatown

frankie's gun

iron mike

katie's cruel

encore

mating of the doves

marie

lincoln continental

i was honored to have this photo taken with the greatest singer/songwriter of our time.

a cool thing about bethel woods is that, because it was built on the original festival grounds, it has a very cool museum about woodstock.  i learned a lot. (for example the woodstock festival did not actually take place in woodstock, new york.  who knew?  it was called woodstock because the company that promoted the festival was called "woodstock ventures".)

the felice brothers 4-19-13 ithaca, ny. the haunt

it has been far too long since i have been able to see the felice brothers.  because they haven't really been out west lately, i ventured back east to catch two shows.

the first was in ithaca, new york at the haunt.

it was, of course, amazing.

they sounded incredible.

and the "new" drummer (this was only the second time i've seen him with them), david estabrook, is awesome.

they played several new songs, including some say...  "i came to a field of judges, sang with all my might, some say i ain't got it, some say i'm alright, some say i'm alright..."

they also played butch cassidy "... i was lost in the meadow of a dream...  you can say what you want, be who you want...  i'll be butch cassidy, and you can be the sundance kid..."

aw,  james...

farley sang dead dog,

while ian relaxed.

james sang my new favorite song of his, silver.  it is about a horse, and it is so gorgeous.  "... oh i hear ya heaving, kicking the dirt.  i know that it's broken, i know that it hurts.  my friend i'll miss your face, but this is much worse.  silver in the shadow and you ain't the first..."

ian sounded fantastic.

they ended with another new one, katie's cruel, which i just love.  "... i flew around the world, all the way from east kentucky, in a split pea shell.  i was chewing on a soda cracker, she was chewing on some chewing tobacco, in a split pea shell...  my girl's on fire... i've been feeling fine, ever since my execution, living in my own abyss.  away from the shuffling feet, away from the revolution, waiting on a phantom's kiss..." 

they came back out for two encores- marie, and then whiskey,  which they had already played during the set.

i got a chance to talk to ian after the show and i asked him if he was in fact still using my finger picks. he assured me that he is, which delighted me.  i also showed him my mating of the doves necklace and asked him if he would please play it for me the following night in bethel.

ian's setlist

the actual setlist:

run chicken run

honda civic

cumberland gap

some say

butch cassidy

fire at the pageant

lion

her eyes dart round

loves me tenderly

dead dog

lincoln continental

whiskey

silver

hesitation blues

white limo

frankie's gun

iron mike

katie's cruel

encore-

marie 

whiskey

ithaca is a cool town.  i went to the ithaca beer company twice- both the beer and the food are very good.

i also went to the bandwagon brew pub,

and had breakfast at the lincoln street diner, which was fabulous.

and i went for a hike at buttermilk falls.

post about the bethel show will be up soon!