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Vintage Trouble Setlist
Greg Holden Setlist
Tour Dates
09/20/15 Edmonton, AB Commonwealth
09/22/15 Vancouver, BC BC Place 09/23/15 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom 09/25/15 San Francisco, CA AT&T Park 09/28/15 Los Angeles, CA Dodger Stadium 10/01/15 San Diego, CA The Irenic 10/03/15 San Francisco, CA The Independent 10/07/15 Dallas, TX House Of Blues 10/08/15 San Antonio, TX The Paper Tiger 10/09/15 New Orleans, LA Tipitina's Uptown 10/13/15 Saint Petersburg, FL State Theatre 10/14/15 Charleston, SC Music Farm 10/16/15 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom 10/17/15 Louisville, KY Mercury Ballroom 10/18/15 Birmingham, AL Saturn 10/20/15 Atlanta, GA Terminal West 10/21/15 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle 10/23/15 New York, NY Marlin Room 10/24/15 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall 10/25/15 Philadelphia, PA Theatre Of Living Arts 10/28/15 St. Louis, MO The Ready Room 10/30/15 Austin, TX Emo's 11/07/15 Gateshead Sage Gateshead 11/08/15 Glasgow Barrowland 11/09/15 Dublin, Ireland The Academy 11/10/15 Manchester The Ritz 11/12/15 Birmingham The Institute 11/13/15 Sheffield The Leadmill 11/14/15 Scarborough Spa Complex 11/16/15 Bristol O2 Academy Bristol 11/17/15 London The Forum 11/19/15 Amsterdam, Netherlands Melkweg 11/20/15 Berlin, Germany Columbiaclub 11/21/15 Malmo, Sweden Slagthuset 11/22/15 Stockholm, Sweden Nalen 11/24/15 Helsinki, Finland Circus 11/26/15 Copenhagen, Denmark Amager Bio 11/27/15 Hamburg, Germany Mojo Club 11/28/15 Cologne, Germany Die Kantine 11/30/15 Munich, Germany Tonhalle 12/01/15 Zurich, Switzerland Kaufleutensaal 12/02/15 Milan, Italy Bloom Club 12/04/15 Festival Trans Musicales 12/06/15 Paris, France Le Trabendo 12/07/15 Antwerp Muziekcentrum Trix 12/09/15 Madrid, Spain Teatro Barcelo 12/10/15 Barcelona, Spain Razzmatazz 12/11/15 Zaragoza, Spain Sala Oasis 12/12/15 Bilbao, Spain Fever Club Read More
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Imagine a road…
…a road that runs like the river, that is hopeful, both soulful and serene, and with boys in the street –
That was the vibe of the evening as retro-soul rockers Vintage Trouble and opener singer-songwriter Greg Holden hit town, to play at Mill City Nights in Minneapolis.
Holden got things going with a heartfelt acoustic set, culled mostly from his major label debut, Chase the Sun (Warner Bros Records). The Scotsman has lived in New York since 2009, finding his greatest success to date with not one of his own singles, but as the co-writer of American Idol winner Phillip Phillips’ huge hit, ‘Home’.
Holden’s own songs are worth paying attention to as well though- from his hopeful storytelling on ‘The American Dream’, getting everyone to sing the chorus of ‘Give It Away’, to the song he “wrote for some friends of mine”, current single ‘Boys in the Street’, which was a full circle moment as Holden revealed the first public performance of the song was in this same venue, on his last time through.
His own version of hit ‘Home’ was more revelatory, and a “song about dying”, ‘The Next Life’ showed a graphic urgency with opening lyrics “My blood runs warm / Deep in my chest / My heart has a hole in it / Where the bullet came to rest”.
After a break, lights went down and a taped announcement intro-ing “the new protocol of Soul” to Big Mama Thornton’s ‘Hound Dog’ shrilled over the speakers as the four nattily-dressed members of Vintage Trouble took to the stage, customarily wishing each other a good show and shaking hands with one another, before completely cutting loose. The band has been used to playing stadiums of late, previously opening for The Who and currently for AC/DC, working in smaller headlining dates, in-between.
The band is out in support of their third studio album, 1 Hopeful Road, their first for Blue Note Records and the dichotomy of playing a stadium one night and small club the next, must be at least a little discombobulating. The four-piece (Ty Taylor – lead vocals; Nalle Colt – guitars; Rick Barrio Dill – bass ; Richard Danielson – drums, percussion) went “zero to fifty” immediately, with opening song, ‘High Times’, a stomping, high-energy number.
Singer Taylor name-checked the city several times, as he stalked both sides of the stage, laid down singing from the stage ledge, and constantly craned his body into the crowd. Tempo slid a bit for the swaying ‘Doin’ What You’re Doin’, a new song filled with positivity that echoes the ’70’s socially-aware period of a Bill Withers or Marvin Gaye.
The band even dug deep to give the crowd a live rendition of ‘Get It’, a bonus track from the new album that is only available on the Japanese release. Just over halfway into the 70 min set was the perennial highlight, an extended version of the blues slapping, ‘Run Like the River’, which had Taylor doing exactly that, first running throughout the crowd on the floor high-fiving everyone, then making his way upstairs to the balcony to sing the remaining verses from there.
A breakneck ‘Shine Your Light’ ended the main set at just past the fifty minute mark, causing the audience to clap and cheer for more. The reflective mid-tempo’d ‘Soul Serenity’ began the encore, Tyler emoting into his old-school mic, as Colt strummed pensively.
The band ended with the first song most knew from, the first song on their 2011 debut The Bomb Shelter Sessions, ‘Blues Hand Me Down’ that had Taylor scream in his best James Brown, spinning in place as his corded microphone whipped around him like an electric lasso.
And after a seemingly too-short seventy minutes from the headliner, the show was done and both acts went back on the road, sowing their songs of soul, self, and salvation, in another town down the line.
…a road that runs like the river, that is hopeful, both soulful and serene, and with boys in the street –
That was the vibe of the evening as retro-soul rockers Vintage Trouble and opener singer-songwriter Greg Holden hit town, to play at Mill City Nights in Minneapolis.
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Greg Holden (closeup) |
Greg Holden
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His own version of hit ‘Home’ was more revelatory, and a “song about dying”, ‘The Next Life’ showed a graphic urgency with opening lyrics “My blood runs warm / Deep in my chest / My heart has a hole in it / Where the bullet came to rest”.
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Vintage Trouble: Ty Taylor |
Vintage Trouble: Nalle Colt
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Singer Taylor name-checked the city several times, as he stalked both sides of the stage, laid down singing from the stage ledge, and constantly craned his body into the crowd. Tempo slid a bit for the swaying ‘Doin’ What You’re Doin’, a new song filled with positivity that echoes the ’70’s socially-aware period of a Bill Withers or Marvin Gaye.
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Ty Taylor on the balcony |
A breakneck ‘Shine Your Light’ ended the main set at just past the fifty minute mark, causing the audience to clap and cheer for more. The reflective mid-tempo’d ‘Soul Serenity’ began the encore, Tyler emoting into his old-school mic, as Colt strummed pensively.
Setlist
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And after a seemingly too-short seventy minutes from the headliner, the show was done and both acts went back on the road, sowing their songs of soul, self, and salvation, in another town down the line.
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Vintage Trouble at Mill City Nights, Minneapolis (12 September 2015) |
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