{"id":5852,"date":"2008-05-01T09:19:45","date_gmt":"2008-05-01T16:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ikillspies.com\/blog\/?p=5852"},"modified":"2008-05-03T08:48:06","modified_gmt":"2008-05-03T15:48:06","slug":"holcombe-waller-cafe-du-nord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ikillspies.com\/?p=5852","title":{"rendered":"Holcombe Waller @ Cafe du Nord"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Last night I went to see Holcombe Waller<\/a> at Cafe du Nord. He was very good; I like his sound much much better than before on “Advertising Space.” I guess that was 10 years ago…<\/p>\n

He was mostly solo; he was sitting on a chair alone on stage with his guitar, dressed in flannel with black-framed glasses and a beard, so it was kind of like the Eric Clapton MTV Unplugged.<\/p>\n

Waller used his voice as a percussion instrument in this performance. His first song was this thing that I STILL can’t find on the damn albums; the only way I can think to describe it is as sort of a “Walking Song” by Meredith Monk which then transitions into a song that is like a more plaintive “Country Roads” by John Denver. Hopefully I can figure out what song that was, it had the word “Saskatchewan” in it.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: it was a Buffy Saint-Marie<\/a> cover called “Qu’appelle Valley, Saskatchewan.” Remember Buffy? From Sesame Street? Well I do. Anyway, Holcombe Waller’s version is on YouTube, I embedded it below. The version he performed was ever so slightly more mellow than this one.<\/p>\n

One of the songs he did that was also really awesome was “Literally the End of the World.” That one is his.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> His guitar work was very intricate. I actually bought everything he had there so now I have the complete Holcombe Waller collection. He needs to make more stuff to buy…<\/p>\n

Opening for him were two groups also from Portland, OR, including Loch Lomond<\/a>, who were quite good. Their instrument selection was pretty zany; at one point they used those corrugated tubes you swing over your head. I bought their albums too.<\/p>\n

Holcombe Waller performing “Qu’appelle Valley, Saskatchewan”:<\/p>\n

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