Richard Thompson at NJPAC, 4/22/15

Or any reasonable offer?

@bak, are your tix still available?

@ril no sorry.

darn. thanks for the quick response!

We're going on Sunday, specifically to see Teddy, but Richard sounds nice too

Looking for an extra ticket for tonight. Anybody?

call the box office-they may have some single seats

They don't, thanks.

Was it just me, or did RT seem impressed with how rabid and well-informed his fans are in "Orange"? It would be great if SOPAC could become a destination for singer/songwriter type acts. The audience is here.

SOPAC has always gotten good acts, which is not surprising giving its proximity to NY. In recent months, the lineup has been especially strong. New artistic director, I think.

Loved the show last night! I can't get over the change in acts at SOPAC, all to my liking. "Good job" to whoever took over.

I agree. There are a couple more SOPAC shows I'd like to see, and that makes me curious about and willing to check out acts on the schedule that I am not familiar with.

Love RT, great show overall. Did not realize what a golden voice Jr. had. Only knew him before from his duet with dad on "Persuasion". In comparison, RT seemed to be struggling at times with the vocals. He's not a youngster.

I discovered Teddy from his cover of The Future from the Leonard Cohen tribute album. I didn't learn who his father was until years later.

http://youtu.be/hy0Bl18qLvw

Steve Lurie from Music Without Borders is the new booking agent. He also books Tarrrytown Music hall and Naked Soul at the Rubin, a great museum of Himalayan Art. This is the reason why the acts have vastly improved. SOPAC is roughly half the size of Tarrytown. It seems that the performers all like the venue, the intimacy and the sound. Any of you who attended the JR show will know what I mean.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfdkyHaD5OA

Long before the new booking agent arrived, Steve Earle, Marc Cohen, Kelly Willis, Christian McBride, Joshua Redman, etc., played there. What's different now is the frequency of the quality acts.

Loved the show, loved the music - and there were only two songs that RT played that I already knew. I'm going to be listening to a lot more of his music. Teddy is a cutie, has a great voice, and is proficient, to be sure, but his songs just weren't as captivating as his father's. The two of them sound beautiful together.

(It was also pretty cool seeing so many familiar and friendly faces last night.)

apart from his great skill as a guitarist, he's one of those acid wit, literate songwriters that the Brits seem to produce more of than we do (e.g. Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello).

Wish I could have been there. Would love to see what the set list was like...

jeffmarkel said:

Wish I could have been there. Would love to see what the set list was like...

Here's the set list for the first night. I'm unsure of the name of the last song. Wondering how different the show was on Sunday?

I Misunderstood
Walking on a Wire
Valerie
Saving the Good Stuff for You
Johnny's Far Away
Pharaoh
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Sunset Song
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
Genesis Hall
Good Things Happen to Bad People
The Snow Goose
Read About Love
Wall of Death
Salford Sunday
Beeswing
One Door Opens
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Persuasion w Teddy
The Price of Love w Teddy
----------
Fork in the Road w Teddy
One More Day on the Grey Funnel Line w Teddy

Thanks billw - sounds great.

billw said:

jeffmarkel said:

Wish I could have been there. Would love to see what the set list was like...

Here's the set list for the first night. I'm unsure of the name of the last song. Wondering how different the show was on Sunday?

I Misunderstood
Walking on a Wire
Valerie
Saving the Good Stuff for You
Johnny's Far Away
Pharaoh
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Sunset Song
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
Genesis Hall
Good Things Happen to Bad People
The Snow Goose
Read About Love
Wall of Death
Salford Sunday
Beeswing
One Door Opens
--------
Persuasion w Teddy
The Price of Love w Teddy
----------
Fork in the Road w Teddy
One More Day on the Grey Funnel Line w Teddy

Thanks for posting the set list for the first night. I went on Saturday night and very much enjoyed the concert. Here is a set list for Sunday night that I found on the web.

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/richard-thompson/2014/south-orange-performing-arts-center-south-orange-nj-23c2c45f.html

On Saturday night Richard and Teddy nailed the harmonies of the Everly Brothers song.

Here is a review of Sunday night's concert. It has some interesting discussion of The Grey Funnel Line, the song that Billw was unsure of (as was I) and that closed both nights.

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2014/03/richard_thompson_in_top_form_at_south_orange_performing_arts_center.html

That's a nice writeup. I've seen RT more times than I can count, and Saturday night's show was one of the best I've seen--but after reading that, I'm really sorry I didn't go Sunday too. I would have absolutely loved to see him do "Down Where the Drunkards Roll" and "For Shame of Doing Wrong."

RT will be appearing at NJPAC on 4/22. Oddly, tickets are not on sale yet.

That's weird! Please keep us posted.

They are on sale here.
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00004E66F12E8774

j_r said:

They are on sale here.
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00004E66F12E8774

Funny, that's where I was looking. I guess they got it together since then.