What a fantastic concert. Its been nearly twenty years since we saw Elvis Costello at the Feile in Thurles in 1991. He has taken many musical twists and turns - that what I like about him. Currently he is touring with a band called the Sugarcanes. In theory promoting their album Secret, Profane & Sugarcane. This is a bluegrass and country themed album. But in practice the concert was the full repetoire. It's a long time since Elvis played in Dublin - I'm not sure how long - but I missed the last concert and I won't be missing the next one.
The band is pretty good line-up, featuring singer songwriter, Jim Lauderdale on Guitar and Vocals; Dennis Crouch on Double Bass; Stuart Duncan on Fiddle; Jerry Douglas on Dobro; Mike Compton on Mandolin and Jeff Taylor on Accordian.
Vicar Steet is such a cool venue. We had a table in the third row so as you can see from the photos and videos, the view was pretty amazing. He was clearly enjoying himself and didn't play just one long encore - but as you can see from the setlist below he played 3 encores. His main set was a very acceptable 15 songs. However he played another 13 in the three encores!
The Setlist was as follows (thanks to setlist.fm) 1. Mystery Train 2. Blame It On Cain 3. Down Among the Wines and Spirits 4. New Amsterdam / You've Got to Hide Your Love Away 5. Good Year For The Roses 6. Condemned Man 7. Complicated Shadows 8. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes 9. The Delivery Man 10. Jimmie Standing in the Rain 11. Slow Drag With Josephine 12. Little Palaces 13. Friend of The Devil 14. Everyday I Write The Book 15. Don't Lie To Me Encore: 16. Girls Talk 17. The Spell That You Cast 18. That's Not the Part of Him You're Leaving 19. Sulphur to Sugarcane Encore 2: 20. Mystery Dance 21. Poor Borrowed Dress 22. Alison / Wind Cries Mary 23. Shipbuilding 24. (What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? Encore 3: 25. The Crooked Line 26. Happy 27. The Race Is On 28. American Without Tears
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Elvis Costello & the Sugarcanes, uploaded by M+MD.
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