i have waited for more than a year for this day to arrive. of course i just didnt know it was going to be may 3, 2007. i speak, of course, of the leak of my most anticipated record of the past few years, jason isbell’s sirens of the ditch. apparently its been finished since before the release of the truckers last record but they decided to sit on it until after its release. that could all be internet created gossip but hey thats what i read - i think. anyway, i have yet to give it a proper listen but i will definitely have more than enough time tonite at work to delve into it.
here is jason performing the gorgeous “dress blues,” which is on sirens, at stubbs in august of 2006.
since 1988 there have only been two shows that i regret not attending. my biggest regret was my failure to attend, what turned to be out a monumental jeff buckley show at uncommon ground, in chicago, back in 94. i was sick, but not that sick, and was being my typical bitchy self when i feel a little under the weather. it would have taken me all of 3 minutes to get there but it was cold and snowing and like i said i am a little bitch when i am sick. here is a little info on that fateful evening.
my second regret, and this is fairly big one too, is that i missed what turned out to be the last replacements show, featured below, at taste of chicago in 91. i dont remember what kept me from attending but i am sure it was something as insignificant as a really awesome sega genesis marathon.
1. i will dare
3. achin to be
5. happy town
11. talent show
12. nobody
13. another girl, another planet
14. hey good lookin
15. i’ll be you
16. i dont know
18. cant hardly wait
19. hootenanny
greg- I didn’t see the Buckley concert but I was at the Replacement’s concert. Although I enjoyed the hell out of it, I think the fact that we found out later that they were done cemented it as big history. I’d seen them a few times throughout the years and they generally disappointed. Seeing Paul during the 14 Songs tour was the exact opposite. He was unreal. His most recent tour through Chicago had a similar feel. I don’t get to as many shows as I used to but I can’t wait for that sumbitch to get back out there.
oh man every time, 5 in all, i have seen paul its been pretty special. i am just bummed that even though i know it was kind of a disaster, and i probably wouldnt have appreciated it, i still would have loved to say i was there. even though, at the time, nobody knew that it was indeed the end.