Yo La Tengo — April 12, 2018 at Terminal West
April 12, 2018
Terminal West in Atlanta
Sold out show. Been a few years since Yo La has put out a record. No opener - 2 sets. An evening with… First set was very quiet from top to bottom. A lot of material from the new LP “There’s a Riot Goin On”.. Ira joked that we should all thank the bartenders because they were not playing at a drink serving volume, he suggested the 2nd would be at a more appropriate level. While it was marginally louder it really didn’t get loud until about half-way. Some highlights for me: Barnaby Hardly Working, don’t think I’ve heard them play that in years. So good. Also, Sugar Cube both loud and quiet versions. Decora. A quiet version of Tom Courtney with Georgia on vocals. Covers of note - ‘What’cha Gonna Do About It” from The Small Faces and & Sun Ra’s “Somebody’s In Love” Wednesday April 17 2018 The Earl, Atlanta GA Dick Dale w/Buzzard of Fuzz Dick Dale - this show got off to an odd start. Dick was messing with a mike stand and it was acting a bit fussy. It was then he realized it was not his own. He proceeded lay into his roadie to go get it. It apparently says Dick Dale on it. Ahem.. 10 minutes of berating and bantering about it no less. I guess when you are 80 you can get a little crazy It’s when Dick let’s the music talk then the mood turned to smiles. His rhythm section was red hot. Dick confessed he doesn’t do set lists and does what he wants as it comes to him. “Lists are lame” That band new how to follow every implied move or note he played. Props to those guys as they won’t get enough credit. Dick was big on crowd participation and we don’t see a lot of that nowadays. Never thought I would be with a crowd at the Earl belting out “House of the Rising Sun” at the top of our lungs! A couple songs highlighted the other instruments he can play: “When The Saints Go Marching In” featuring trumpet, “What’d I say” (yes the Ray Charles tune) on harmonica and later an extended jam where he added his own stamp on drums and played percussion the bass player’s bass as he chorded away. He definitely won us over by the end of the show.. Onward.. Set list included: Ghost Rider In The Sky (Stan Jones & The Death Valley Rangers cover), Rumble (Link Wray cover), Amazing Grace (John Newton cover), Smoke On The Water(Deep Purple cover), Hey! Bo Diddley! (Bo Diddley cover), I’m Coming Home Babe, Nitro, Misirlou ... Wednesday April 18 2018 Variety Playhouse, Atlanta GA Ty Segall w/GG King GG King - brought ATL punk to the crowd of over 900 that came to see Ty. They sounded really good. Kudos to the new improved VP sound system. Ty Segall - it’s been a few years since I’ve seen Ty back at lead guitar duty. Nice to see him back at it! Set opened with “Wave Goodbye” usually a typical set closer that sent everyone into frenzy (for us up front anyway). Lots of half assed moshing - more like jockeying to the front to crowd surf. “Feel” was stretched out until it segued into a vamp of Grateful Dead’s Fire On The Mountian/Franklins Tower. Oncore was the mammoth track “She” which they ripped into for a good 8 minutes or so.