The Black Crowes
Fillmore Auditorium
Denver, Colorado
August 29, 2010
- Acoustic -
Soul Singing
Hotel Illness
The Last Place That Love Lives
Ballad In Urgency ->
Wiser Time She
Under a Mountain
Whoa Mule
My Morning Song
She Talks To Angels
- Electric-
Remedy
Seeing Things
Jealous Again
Thorn In My Pride
Oh Sweet Nuthin'
High Head Blues
Sometimes Salvation
Halfway To Everywhere
No Speak No Slave
- encore -
Title Song
Hot Burrito #2
Originally opening in 1907 as a skating rink and later serving as an all-purpose sports arena for thirty years, eventually the building known today as The Fillmore Auditorium, Denver was bought and transformed into a music venue called Mammoth Gardens in the spring of 1970. The owner's plan was to "emulate Bill Graham's Fillmore." It didn't last long, but from April to November that year the venue saw some pretty sweet shows roll through...
April 24-25, 1970 - Grateful Dead/John Hammond April 28, 1970 - Joe Cocker and Mad Dogs and Englishmen
May 15-16, 1970 - Mountain/Shocking Blue/Blues Image
May 22-23, 1970 - Eric Burdon & War/Fever Tree
May 29-30, 1970 - John Sebastian/Poco/Ballin Jack
June 9-10, 1970 - The Who
July 17, 1970 - Leon Russell/Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
September 12, 1970 - Johnny Winter/Brownsville Station
September 16-17, 1970 - Santana/Country Joe McDonald/Bread
October 6, 1970 - Van Morrison/Sugarloaf/John Mayall
October 23, 1970 - Leon Russell/Clouds
November 11, 1970 - Derek and The Dominoes (canceled)*
*Around this time the city of Denver blamed the concert venue for the general decline of the neighborhood, and the venue was closed and boarded up. After going through a variety of uses through the years, the venue re-opened as a concert site in 1986 and in 1999 was sold again, with the building's name being changed from Mammoth Gardens to The Fillmore Auditorium. And while some may say the venue tries a little too hard these days with the decor to pass itself off as a historical music venue, there actually was a brief period in 1970 when it was the place the catch a show in Denver.
We will say that the second half of the electric set was when some people felt the show downshifted and pinned its ears back. Any show with two Gram Parsons covers is already bound to be a fine evening, but the consensus was that following Thorn, things began to get real good. Oh Sweet Nuthin', High Head Blues and Sometimes Salvation all delivered the goods and then Halfway To Everywhere came along and left a funky boot print right on everyone's backside. Look what it did to this gal...
that half way to everywhere part after 'everywhere is everywhere, aint no where there's nothin' (or what ever it is he says) repeats, then into that jam...oh my goodness, i was going nuts dancin' on that.
Now that sounds like the devil's music. After Halfway To Everywhere and its sticky thick second half took over that poor woman's body and made her move around like she was possessed, No Speak No Slave came in and finished off the rest. News crews on the scene reported that the bodies of those dialed in on the floor had all been beaten senseless and left with a dazed look in their eye...all that was left to do was dump the bodies in the trunk and drive out to the middle of nowhere with a shovel.
By the way, did you know the Fillmore serves nachos? No, it's true. They have pretzels and hot dogs and pizza and cheese fries too but from the looks of things the Macho Nachos apparently rule the roost. You don't believe us? Look here to your right and check out the Fillmore snack bar menu. No, we did not order any nachos because we came to get down, not chow down...but with the smells wafting through the room we're sure somebody in the house had a full on snack attack at some point during the evening.
Now wait - there's more show to talk about. Party guests this evening were treated to a tasty encore consisting of Title Song and the aforementioned Gram Parsons' Hot Burrito #2, or Numero Dos as they say in Espanol. The #2 Burrito just happens to be one of the better covers the band has ever played, and they hadn't brought it out for a spin since December 5, 2009 in San Francisco. Can you name the only time the band ever opened with Hot Burrito #2? It was September 21, 2000 at the Roseland at One For Woody, rest his soul. And speaking of Gram Parsons, here's an interview with him where he describes his first time meeting and playing with Emmylou Harris, which you can follow up with by watching this video of the two of them performing another great song of his.
So, Title Song and Hot Burrito #2 were a sure enough solid way to end the show and as one might expect, the happy dancing mountain people of Colorado were sent off into the night with smiles on their faces and a glide in their stride. Let's hear from a few folks who were there...
Now wait - there's more show to talk about. Party guests this evening were treated to a tasty encore consisting of Title Song and the aforementioned Gram Parsons' Hot Burrito #2, or Numero Dos as they say in Espanol. The #2 Burrito just happens to be one of the better covers the band has ever played, and they hadn't brought it out for a spin since December 5, 2009 in San Francisco. Can you name the only time the band ever opened with Hot Burrito #2? It was September 21, 2000 at the Roseland at One For Woody, rest his soul. And speaking of Gram Parsons, here's an interview with him where he describes his first time meeting and playing with Emmylou Harris, which you can follow up with by watching this video of the two of them performing another great song of his.
So, Title Song and Hot Burrito #2 were a sure enough solid way to end the show and as one might expect, the happy dancing mountain people of Colorado were sent off into the night with smiles on their faces and a glide in their stride. Let's hear from a few folks who were there...
An absolute MONSTER of a show. The band is miles ahead of last year... and a thousand further than '08. There is just an edge to everything...the crowd was enormously receptive, and the band noticed.
Here's a grateful fellow who recognizes the work and effort that it takes behind the scenes to put on these shows night after night after night...
A big thank you to the Black Crowes road crew for helping bring all this great music to the crowds night after night. I look forward to seeing you guys on the road again in a few weeks. A great weekend of music leaves me wishing I wasn't at work today and that I didn't have to wait 8 more days until my next show.
Remember the gal who was "goin' nuts" dancing during Halfway to Everywhere? She outs the band here...
I dont know why they call it acoustic when Ballad > WT is electric, but anyway...
She follows with more thoughts...
Last night was total gospel, with MMS and seeing things and the TIMP breakdown as well as salvation....the whole crowd felt it and did not disappoint in giving the crowes some energy back for what they were given. at times the slow songs dropped the energy, but that is too be expected. The SS HHB Halfway NSNS ending was pure fire, no rest for the wicked with these favorites as the power was oozing out of the amps. Halfway in particular had that killer jam with Luther owning his solos.
Here's a warm and fuzzy anecdote for you...
i just have to add that the band seamed to be happy and having such a good time. i even said to the stranger next to me, 'look how happy chris is rt now'. he was just smiling and happy. made me happy.
And with that, we make a note in our little book that on this Sunday night in Denver, Colorado the people were well taken care of and treated right. Some were driven to dance, some were lured to the snack bar and some steered clear of the liquor being poured, which was priced mighty high. Off to Salt Lake City we go...
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