Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew Remain In Light 2023

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 mathman0806 wrote:

I saw the show last night. The show was outdoors on Brown's Island which is an artificial island on the James River next to downtown Richmond. This restricts when a band can play and for a week night, that's 10 pm.

This was the first show with both Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew (playing first) and Les Claypool's Fearless Frog Brigade. So, concert was scheduled to start at 6 pm with gates opening at 5:30. I was in line at 5:40. I was still in line when the show started promptly at 5:59.

Opening song was Psycho Killer and it sounded good (being outdoors, I could hear the show). I got in during the second song, Crosseyed and Painless. Really good show and the backing band Cool Cool Cool was excellent. In the shows earlier this year, they also opened. Adrian Belew did Adrian Belew things with his guitar. They played about two-thirds of Remain In Light. Belew sat out on a couple of numbers and then xame back and ripped through Thela Hun Ginjeet with Harrison sitting out on that.

They played a near full set at around 1 hour 15 minutes. Sound mix was excellent.

About half hour passed and then Les Claypool's Fearless Brigade came on. They played for over 2 hours straight through, including the entire Animals album. Les Claypool did Les Claypool things on the bass and was amazing. Show ended at 9:55 to end before the 10 pm cutoff. Altogether, nearly 3 and half hours of music in 4 hours.

The show in Austin, Texas was pretty much as you described for your show on the island near Richmond. Harrison & Belew with Cool Cool Cool (I'll call them C3 for short) played for one hour and ten minutes.  Claypool's FFFB played for a bit more than two hours. Both acts were great. I never in my dreams thought I'd be able to see Belew perform with a TH and do Remain In Light, so this was quite memorable for me. Remain In Light is the highest rated TH album here on Prog Archives, and Adrian's contribution on that album makes a big imprint. Jerry Harrison played guitar, keys, and voice, while Adrian Belew played guitar and voice, and he was, well......Adrian.  I've seen him perform many times and he never, ever fails to put on a show. Julie Slick on bass, of course. She's pretty much a staple in a Belew show. C3 is a large band with drums/percussion, sax, singers, etc. They complemented Jerry & Adrian quite well. After the show I splurged and got myself a Harrison/Belew RIL t-shirt.

Below you can see Harrison at center and Belew right of center.

Below you can see Julie Slick on the right. 

Claypool's FFFB is rather genre-defying and put on a great, artistic show. Claypool is a master bassist and his creativity reminds me of Adrian Belew in some ways. Never thought I'd ever see/hear one of John Lennon's sons perform, but there was Seann Lennon on guitar.  

Claypool plays to the right in the photo below:

The following Saturday I went to Dallas to see Dream Theater/Devin Townsend/Animals as Leaders with my son. 4th time for me seeing Dream Theater. Such a great band. La Brie, their singer, is starting to lose his vocal range and power. You can't sing for so many years like that and not expect the possibility of that happening. That's too bad, but oh well, he can still perform well enough.  Devin Townsend was quite interesting, and I found his personality to be quite pleasant. AAL is a heavy instrumental group with some cool song titles, like "Physical Education". 

It was a great week for me, and I hope all of you have some great shows to attend. 

Edited by paisanojac - July 26 2023 at 10:37