Vance Gilbert Concert — January 11, 2004

Music Folk was thrilled to host Vance Gilbert in concert. As always, Vance gave a stellar performance full of wit, laughter, and heart-rending emotion. His songs were the highlight though including some brand spanking new stuff from his yet-to-be-recorded next album. Here’s some pics from the concert.
  Lynne Reif opened the show for Vance. Lynne has played in St Louis-based regional bands, Belle Starr and the Stonecutters. She now is performing in an acoustic trio, Salt of the Earth.

Vance commented later in the evening that she had a very strong set, so make sure you get out to see her.

  Vance began the evening with the Sam Cooke song, “A Change Is Gonna Come” followed with his own “Why Are We So Cruel?”, two highly-charged emotional songs that immediately set the audience on its heels.
  For those who have seen Vance live, this doesn’t seem like a strange picture at all. Vance changes the shape of his mouth and lips to alter the tone on his notes and extend their power. This is one such example of changing the timbre on a particularly long-held note.
  Vance performs one of his signature songs, “Icarus By Night.”
  Vance played nearly two hours and certainly left the audience satisfied. He stayed for quite a while afterwards to sign autographs and talk songwriting with members of the audience.

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