i somehow snuck my way into nickel creek's private show tonight!! without tickets and without partner in crime, heather, i trekked up the half hour up to redwood city in hopes of finding a contest winner going solo who could sneak me in as their "guest". a good sign ensued as i stumbled upon a free parking spot next to the little fox theater. further good signs came after needing to potty, i entered a mexican restaurant next to where i parked and charmed my way into using the bathroom.
so i see a small crowd of ten or so contestant winners lined up and, innocently, asked the woman at the end of the line how she got tickets, then if she had a guest. in comes her boyfriend, doh! BUT. she tells me that someone in front of her was going solo. so my savior's name is Bob, also from San Jose, an older gentleman in his fifties who graciously sympathized with my situation and let's me be his guest! how about that. one wrapped vip bracelet later and i was inside primed for nickel creek with about 150 others.
the show? two sets. first set is a full run of tracks 1-14 of their new album (why must the fire die? pick it up aug. 9. ) awesome set, the new songs sound tight live. anthony and eveline are much more appreciated after hearing them live again. set #2 was close to a play-by-request with the band in full jam mode. covers of radiohead's nice dreams, a pair of nirvana tracks, a little outkast, another bob dylan track aside from their album cover, a sam phillips track, a tenacious d track, and a few others. encore included an unmiked, acoustic version of cuckoo's nest with mark schatz clogging
umm... requests included smoothie song, lighthouse, ode to a butterfly, reasons why, green and gray... that's bout it - maybe more written later when i'm coherent.
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Wow! That's so awesome!
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