Iron & Wine at the Athenaeum

Set List

1. The Trapeze Swinger
   
2. Jezebel
   
3. Peace Beneath The City
   
4. Innocent Bones
   
5. Pagan Angel And A Borrowed Car
   
6. Lovesong Of The Buzzard
   
7. Each Coming Night
   
8. Woman King
   
9. Wolves (Song of the Shepherd's Dog)
   
10. oarsum jam session
    
11. Boy With A Coin
    
12. Sodom, South Georgia
    
13. House By The Sea
    
14. The Devil Never Sleeps
    
15. White Tooth Man
    
16. Upward Over The Mountain
    
17. Resurrection Fern
    

Sam Beam looked like the living 60's. He has so much hair, he's like a bear. Throw water at him and I bet he'd halve in size. Can play slide guitar like nobody's business, and a voice so tender I could sleep on it. When at last the whole band started jamming, they filled the theatre with this incredible full-bodied sound that was crisp and clear and precise. It's a sound that has evolved far from the folky single guitars of the earlier albums. Hell yes I cried. In the first song. And the second song. Those two have always set me off. They're better live than I could have hoped for.

They're playing again tomorow at the Corner, and I'm more than little tempted to go. But that'd mean bailing on a couple of friends who would guilt trip me to the ends of the earth if I did. Oarsum band alone, or pretty good band with people who make me laugh. Hmm...decisions.