 ♥ Mayer Hawthorne Setlist - Varsity Theater, Minneapolis (11/02/10) Tour Dates
11/07/10 Seattle, WA @ Neumo's^
11/08/10 Vancouver @ Biltmore Cabaret^ 11/09/10 Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater^ 11/11/10 San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo's^ 11/12/10 Los Angeles, CA @ Music Box^ 11/27/10 Brooklyn, NY @ Bell House* 12/18/10 Brooklyn, NY @ Southpaw* ^ Mayer Hawthorne with Gordon Voidwell * Voidwell solo Read More Live: Gordon Voidwell at the Varsity Theater
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Watch out Scion, there's a new car to music scene: Mazda. Having own a Mazda Protege, I can tell you that they are great cars (hasn't broken on me once since owning it for seven years), so I may be a little bias in this writeup. I can tell you that they spared no expense when it came to sponsoring Mayer Hawthorne on his tour, we are talking about free T-Shirts (you get to design it), free music (get "No Strings" for free), free photographs, and free VIP tickets if you were lucky enough to win his contests. So yeah, they had a great setup and I had such a good time at the Varsity Theater on November 2nd.
I ran into Lara at the show, who was really impressed with the opener, Gordon Voidwell. I knew she would like him, based on his crazy 80s-inspired outfits, his fun-ness and dance moves. And just watching his high-energy performance on stage (despite only having three hours of sleep), it was really infectious.
They started off with a Blondie cover, "Heart of Glass", and I already knew I was going to like him.
Gordon Voidwell's looks and sounds, definitely screamed "New York" all over it, and as fun as they were on stage, it felt like a really short setlist of only five or six songs. They ended their set with "Party Song", which requires the audience to sing back "ooo-oooo".
As for Mayer Hawthorne, to give you an idea of his music, he is basically a white dude that sings soul music.... and he's good at it. He looks a bit like Buddy Holly, although he will tell you that he looks like Toby Maguire, based on a funny story that happened to him at the airport. Hawthorne is down to earth too, he's the sort of guy that will take his limo through the McDonald's drive-through for a McRib. Yummy.
I didn't honestly know a whole lot about Hawthorne, but it seems like a lot of folks that came to his show already knew him from Passion Pit and also from films and television shows. Which, incidentally, he did start off his show with "Your Easy Lovin' Ain't Pleasin' Nothin'", which appeared on the show Ugly Betty.
The only audience participation he asked was before "I Wish It Would Rain", he had the audience do raindrops with their hands. Most of the songs were sung by Hawthorne, except for "Ruthless", which his guitarist took over the singing role.
The highlights for me were his covers, he did a Snoop Doggy Dog cover, "Gangsta Luv", and I want to say a Hall & Oates song, but I don't remember which one. It's not listed on his setlist, so perhaps my memory is faulty.
Mayer Hawthorne and Gordon Voidwell are ending their tour soon, so if you get a chance to see them, try and make it. I know the New York party sound does not suit well with classic R&B Soul music, but it's good bill - especially because I know with all the excellent Mazda things you can do while you're there.
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♥ Gordon Voidwell |
They started off with a Blondie cover, "Heart of Glass", and I already knew I was going to like him.
Gordon Voidwell's looks and sounds, definitely screamed "New York" all over it, and as fun as they were on stage, it felt like a really short setlist of only five or six songs. They ended their set with "Party Song", which requires the audience to sing back "ooo-oooo".
As for Mayer Hawthorne, to give you an idea of his music, he is basically a white dude that sings soul music.... and he's good at it. He looks a bit like Buddy Holly, although he will tell you that he looks like Toby Maguire, based on a funny story that happened to him at the airport. Hawthorne is down to earth too, he's the sort of guy that will take his limo through the McDonald's drive-through for a McRib. Yummy.
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♥ Mayer Hawthorne |
The only audience participation he asked was before "I Wish It Would Rain", he had the audience do raindrops with their hands. Most of the songs were sung by Hawthorne, except for "Ruthless", which his guitarist took over the singing role.
The highlights for me were his covers, he did a Snoop Doggy Dog cover, "Gangsta Luv", and I want to say a Hall & Oates song, but I don't remember which one. It's not listed on his setlist, so perhaps my memory is faulty.
Mayer Hawthorne and Gordon Voidwell are ending their tour soon, so if you get a chance to see them, try and make it. I know the New York party sound does not suit well with classic R&B Soul music, but it's good bill - especially because I know with all the excellent Mazda things you can do while you're there.
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