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It was not a quiet night in downtown St. Paul with throngs of high school graduates in cap and gowns flowing in and out of the Xcel Center and grandson and K.Flay shaking down the Palace Theatre.
Jack Kays kicked off the evening with a boisterous set.
From Cincinnati the 23 year-old singer-songwriter told the crowd that he was now nine months sober and in a deadpan delivery said: “Here’s a song about getting drunk.”
He then launched into “Sideways” before moving to the acoustic solo of “Morbid Mind.”
Kays said that his grandma was in the audience and that it was her first time seeing him play. He said he has many fond memories of visiting family in Minnesota and gave a shout out to Camp du Nurd in Ely, which may have been a place he spent a summer.
K.Flay aka Kristine Meredith Flaherty was next with a lively set of hip-hop meets industrial rock.
We last saw her in 2017 at First Ave and she may have never returned for last fall, after a trip to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, she woke up one morning without any hearing in her right ear. It was sudden. It was permanent. And it was devastating.
There was considerable thought of never touring again for a musician who needed equilibrium as well as the ability to hear. It’s amazing that not only has she regained her balance but appeared no worse for wear as she flung about the expansive stage with “Black Wave” and “This Baby Don’t Cry.” She even encouraged the audience to dial in and let loose and burn down like a Phoenix: “… right here at the Palace and not at the grocery store.”
A fan favorite was “Blood in the Cut” a Grammy-nominated song about a breakup and a girl that will not go quietly, the live version bookending a cover of Rage Against the Machine’s “Bulls on Parade.”
Grandson aka Jordan Edward Benjamin was next and kicked off his set with a blistering attack before engaging the audience with a code of conduct. For example, jump when he says “jump.” Sing along if you know the lyrics and look out for the smaller patrons when in the mosh pit. Then he did something whole-hardily original for a rock show. He asked the audience to turn to the person next to them and introduce themselves.
After a few minutes of confabbing, he said it was time to get back to rock, hard rock, loud rock with songs like “Bury Me Face Down”, “Dirty” and fan favorite “Despicable”. He also played songs from his latest album I Love You, I’m Trying.
Benjamin then told a story about the first time he met Flaherty at Summerfest in Milwaukee circa 2020. There was an instant bond and a desire to spend time with each other. So how about a tour and even a couple of songs together on stage: the hypersonic “Zen” and the laidback “Peaches”?
grandson and K.Flay at Palace Theatre, St Paul (12 June 2023) |
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