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The BARR BROTHERS – ” It Came To Me “

Posted: August 27, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Brothers Andrew and Brad Barr had spent most of the 90s criss-crossing North America, playing music with their spirited, improv-based rock trio, The Slip. In the spring of 2004, the band was playing a small club in Montreal, QC when a fire broke out in the venue. They grabbed a few guitars/drums and rushed out onto the rainy street with the rest of the concert goers. As the club’s mezzanine was swallowed by flames, Andrew offered his coat to one of the waitresses from the bar. One year later, Brad and Andrew Barr were living in Montreal. That waitress is now one of their managers.

In his first apartment in the new city, Brad shared an adjoining wall with Sarah Page, a classically trained harpist from Montreal, whose melodies would seep through the cracks of the wall and into the music Brad was writing. From this nebulous relationship, a friendship developed and the brothers, with Sarah, began recording and performing around Montreal. Soon, their friend and multi-instrumentalist Andres Vial was brought in to lend his wide array of expertise to the outfit, playing keyboards, bass, vibes, percussion, and singing. They called themselves The Barr Brothers.

‘Queens of the Breakers’ out October 13th

Band Members
Brad Barr, Andrew Barr, Sarah Page, Joe Grass, Morgan Moore, Parker Shper and friends

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and the E.STREET BAND – ” Palace Concert Theatre in Providence, R.I. ” 20th July 1975

Posted: July 21, 2016 in MUSIC
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When Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band began their tour in support of “Born to Run” on July 20th, 1975, at the Palace Concert Theatre in Providence, R.I., the album that would break his career had not yet been released. In fact, it had only been completed that morning.

Needing to deliver the record before hitting the road, the band entered New York’s Record Plant for a final mixing session the previous afternoon. They emerged at 10AM — 19 hours later — with the van waiting to take them to Providence, 180 miles northeast. At some point during the night, they set up in the studio’s rehearsal room and ran through the songs they’d perform. The first show of the Born To Run tour, the band worked on the Born To Run record right up to this first day of the tour, they practiced all day starting at 6 am, packed up the van with the equipment, Clarence finished his ‘Jungleland’ solo, jumped in the van and off they went and played this show.

The E Street Band had a much different look from the last time they had hit the city in April 1974. Pianist David Sancious and drummer Ernest “Boom” Carter had left in August to form a jazz fusion group called Tone and were replaced by Roy Bittan and Max Weinberg, respectively.

A second guitarist was also making his debut as a member of the group Steve Van Zandt, who had played with Springsteen in earlier bands, had provided invaluable assistance during the recording of “Born to Run”, notably the horn charts in “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” and the title track’s guitar lick. This line-up would remain intact until Van Zandt’s departure during the sessions for 1984’s “Born In The USA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB8BrL-4148

The 15-song show, which kicked off the tour, ran nearly two hours. It included only three songs from the new record: “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out,” “Born to Run” and “Thunder Road.” All but one song from the previous album, The Wild the Innocent and the E.Street Shuffle,  was performed, with the rest of the concert was split between Greetings From Asbury Park N.J. material, “A Love So Fine” (which wouldn’t be released until 1998’s Tracks under the name “So Young and In Love”) and covers of Manfred Mann’s “Sha La La” and Gary “U.S.” Bonds’ “Quarter to Three.” . This tour was markedly different from the one he did with Suki only weeks earlier. He was much more animated and seemed to be having more fun. Steven added so much musically, while Clarence Clemons became an increasing visual focus. Furthermore the very real strain of recording “Born To Run” had been put to rest for Bruce and the rest of the band.

Springsteen and the E Street Band remained on the road for five months, with several of the dates turning out to be among the most important of his career, including the early show from New York’s Bottom Line on Aug. 15th, 1975, which was broadcast live on a local radio station, helped build steam for the album leading up to its release.

July 20th, 1975
Palace Theater, Providence, RI.

Setlist:
Incident On 57th street
Spirit in The Night
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Growin’ Up
It’s Hard To be a saint in the city
E Street Shuffle
Born to Run
Thunder Road
New York City Serenade
Kitty’s back
Rosalita (Come out Tonight)
4th of July Asbury Park (Sandy)
A love so fine
Sha la la
Quarter to three