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June 14, 2005
Michael McDonald Redux
Sorry, but this is the first time I've been able to jot down my notes regarding Michael McDonald and the CSO at Riverbend on Sunday night:
First of all, after two straight days of crappy weather, Sunday night's weather absolutamente gorgeous. Beautiful. Wonderful. Or maybe it was just because it was my anniversary...
We got there early, watched a hilariously precocious little kid jam out on the D.A.R.E. karaoke machine, ate some kettle corn, counted the empty beer bottles (14!) surrounding to the little kids wading in the very-much-still-gray-and-murky pool at the bottom of Passage, and heard (far too many) people on their cellphones giving directions:
"Well, I'm over near the...um...do you see big stage? I'm next to that...."
Question: How did people find each other before cell phones?
The Pure Prairie League sounded great, and the crowd was diggin' them. I remember hearing "Let Me Love You Tonight" in the grocery store in the '80s. Good times.
Now, I am a huge Steely Dan fan, and though Michael McDonald was a key figure in most of their recordings, I knew going in that it was unlikely that he'd be doing a medley of the Steely Dan songs he sang back-up on ("Pehhhggggg!") or that he'd sing the one lead verse he had on "Pretzel Logic" ("When I stepped upon the dance floor, the man gave me the newwws...," so I eagerly awaited what he actually delivered: a smattering of his solo and Doobie Brothers hits along with a bunch of Motown covers from his two albums.
Call me old or lame or both, but coupled with CSO, I thought that this show might've been the best I've ever witnessed at Riverbend. It was perfect. The crowd was into it. The CSO filled the muscial gaps nicely, and Michael McDonald's band was stellar, featuring (most notably) Yvette "Baby Girl" Preyer on drums AND vocals. I'd call her a monster (cuz that's what she was) but she's a lady. Other than having a little trouble hitting the higher notes (men's voices get lower as they get older), McDonald was spot-on.
SETLIST:
Peace
It Keeps You Runnin'
Sweet Freedom
I Keep Forgettin'
Stop, Look and Listen
Ain't No Love to Be Found
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
All is Fair in Love
What's Goin' On
Reach Out
Second That Emotion
You Belong To Me (more known as a Carly Simon tune)
Minute By Minute
What A Fool Believes
encore:
Hey Girl (King/Goffin)
You're All I Need
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
And Nothing Like the Real Thing
Takin' It to the Streets
| By colrus | 10:52 AM
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