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Marc Broussard Setlist
Tour Dates
03/18/15 London O2 Academy Islington
03/19/15 Paris, France New Morning 03/20/15 Zurich, Switzerland Kaufleutensaal 03/21/15 Munich, Germany Tonhalle 03/23/15 Frankfurt, Germany Batschkapp 03/24/15 Berlin, Germany Kesselhaus 03/25/15 Roth, Germany Kulturfabrik 03/27/15 Amsterdam, Netherlands Paradiso 03/28/15 The Hague, Netherlands Paard van Troje 03/30/15 Aschaffenburg, Germany Colos-Saal 04/01/15 Dusseldorf, Germany Pitcher 04/02/15 Dortmund, Germany Musiktheater Piano 04/03/15 Hamburg, Germany Kleiner Donner 05/01/15 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 05/31/15 Michael Arnone's Crawfish Fest Read More
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The spirit of Mardi Gras was alive and well, and arrived a little early this year in Minneapolis…
…compliments of a “Bayou Soul” performance from singer-songwriter Marc Broussard. Broussard is out in support of his sixth and latest studio effort, last year’s A Life Worth Living (Vanguard Records) and has cultivated a loyal area fan base that was treated to a loose and varied 1hr. 45 min. set of originals and well-chosen covers.
Tennessee transplant and local singer-songwriter Chastity Brown returned home for a rousing 45 min. set to begin the evening. On tour with Broussard for this leg, she noted she’s lived in Minneapolis for nine years already, and is due to release her follow up to 2012’s Back-Road Highways, soon.
A crack three-piece backing band kept it tight but loose, playing Brown originals and a mid-set extended and aching cover of Van Morrison’s ‘Sweet Thing’, with her guitarist wailing away in a Big Head Todd/SRV style of blues playing. Though she doesn’t sound like she’s from Minneapolis, Brown is undoubtedly one of the local musical treasures worth seeking out to see live with a “dig deep for all you’ve got” way of singing, like other locals Tina Schlieske and Mary Cutrufello.
Carencro, LA resident Marc Broussard took the stage to begin his set, with a solo performance and some storytelling to start. Describing his residence and the nearby river, Broussard painted a verbal picture of life and the history down there, before launching into the music and was then joined by the rest of his band.
‘Save Me’ from his 2004 major label debut set the tone perfectly for the rest of the set—a rhythmic up-tempo toe-tapper that lyrically draws on his Louisiana roots with a spirited and soulful foundation. Going almost in chronological order, ‘Rock Steady’ and ‘Come Around’ were also from 2004, before Broussard jumped to 2008’s Keep Coming Back with its single, ‘Hard Knocks’.
His own ‘Try Me’ was merged via the familiar drum beat and guitar lick from ‘Love and Happiness’ (Al Green cover), with Broussard urging the crowd to take the place of his absent background singers and horn players.
“Pick your moment to deliver bad news- that’s the message of this song”, he mentioned before launching into the new ‘Hurricane Heart’, moving it slightly from the order scribbled on the setlist. From there, another familiar bassline was heard and a snappy first verse and reprise of Bill Withers’ ‘Lovely Day’ bookended his own, ‘Saturday’.
Broussard took time to mention mid-set about the cold woes of touring Minnesota in February and that his kids were in shorts swimming and playing football in much-warmer Louisiana, before launching into the very appropriate ‘Come in from the Cold’.
‘Weight of the World’ was prefaced by the story of a critic’s bad review of the new album, and the supposed overtly sexual lyrics of the song, which he completely dismissed. The song instead, is a heartwarming bit of simple freedom with its chorus, “But I’ll never let the weight of the world keep me from you girl.”
The encore began, like the show, with only Broussard and a spotlight on he and his acoustic guitar, as he crooned two songs of his that have since become popularly played at weddings, ‘Lucky’ and ‘The Beauty of Who You Are’.
How to follow that one-two punch of heart-tugging ballads and end the show?- Of course, with a feel good slow/sway dance cover of Bob Marley and The Wailers’ ‘Waiting in Vain’, which sent everyone out the door with good vibes and feeling rhythmically harmonious.
“Laissez les bons temps rouler!" or “Let the Good Times Roll” they say in the Big Easy this time of year – with Marc Broussard’s soulful singing, the crowd at the Varsity Theater, did just that.
…compliments of a “Bayou Soul” performance from singer-songwriter Marc Broussard. Broussard is out in support of his sixth and latest studio effort, last year’s A Life Worth Living (Vanguard Records) and has cultivated a loyal area fan base that was treated to a loose and varied 1hr. 45 min. set of originals and well-chosen covers.
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Chastity Brown
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A crack three-piece backing band kept it tight but loose, playing Brown originals and a mid-set extended and aching cover of Van Morrison’s ‘Sweet Thing’, with her guitarist wailing away in a Big Head Todd/SRV style of blues playing. Though she doesn’t sound like she’s from Minneapolis, Brown is undoubtedly one of the local musical treasures worth seeking out to see live with a “dig deep for all you’ve got” way of singing, like other locals Tina Schlieske and Mary Cutrufello.
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Marc Broussard
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‘Save Me’ from his 2004 major label debut set the tone perfectly for the rest of the set—a rhythmic up-tempo toe-tapper that lyrically draws on his Louisiana roots with a spirited and soulful foundation. Going almost in chronological order, ‘Rock Steady’ and ‘Come Around’ were also from 2004, before Broussard jumped to 2008’s Keep Coming Back with its single, ‘Hard Knocks’.
His own ‘Try Me’ was merged via the familiar drum beat and guitar lick from ‘Love and Happiness’ (Al Green cover), with Broussard urging the crowd to take the place of his absent background singers and horn players.
“Pick your moment to deliver bad news- that’s the message of this song”, he mentioned before launching into the new ‘Hurricane Heart’, moving it slightly from the order scribbled on the setlist. From there, another familiar bassline was heard and a snappy first verse and reprise of Bill Withers’ ‘Lovely Day’ bookended his own, ‘Saturday’.
Broussard took time to mention mid-set about the cold woes of touring Minnesota in February and that his kids were in shorts swimming and playing football in much-warmer Louisiana, before launching into the very appropriate ‘Come in from the Cold’.
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Setlist
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The encore began, like the show, with only Broussard and a spotlight on he and his acoustic guitar, as he crooned two songs of his that have since become popularly played at weddings, ‘Lucky’ and ‘The Beauty of Who You Are’.
How to follow that one-two punch of heart-tugging ballads and end the show?- Of course, with a feel good slow/sway dance cover of Bob Marley and The Wailers’ ‘Waiting in Vain’, which sent everyone out the door with good vibes and feeling rhythmically harmonious.
“Laissez les bons temps rouler!" or “Let the Good Times Roll” they say in the Big Easy this time of year – with Marc Broussard’s soulful singing, the crowd at the Varsity Theater, did just that.
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Marc Broussard at Varsity Theater, Minneapolis (15 Feb 2015) |
