Cat Power: Dallas, TX show
Posted by Callie Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:47:00 GMT
Cat Power at Gypsy Tea Room 9/16/06
Cat Power’s Chan Marshall took the stage about 9:45 after the band played a few songs to get things started. She came out all smiles and ready to go. The show was a really enjoyable and her voice was more amazing in person than on record. She played a lot of songs from the latest album” The Greatest”. In the middle of the show the Memphis Rhythm Band took a break to let Cat Power do her solo thing. From the Covers Record she played “I found a Reason”..which you might recognize from V for Vendetta…and she played the song I was really hoping to hear “Naked if I wanted to…” She has a way of owning the songs she covers, putting her own signature on them. She even did a cover of Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy”. She really seemed to be enjoying herself onstage.
Besides from giving the audience a wonderful performance, Chan Marshall let herself shine through and be seen on stage. Saturday night, she was smiling, chatty, happy and radiant and seemed to be enjoying herself immensely. This being my first time to see her live, I was having a difficult time believing the stories of her past performances. Not that I don’t believe the stories – I’ve heard far too many of them. But this Cat Power didn’t hold back. Maybe some of her fidgety quirks lingured but the singer’s appeal has always partly relied on converting those idiosyncrasies into something like sexual charisma. Cat Power is really making a transition into a performer to take seriously. For Dallas on Saturday night, she was sublime. And charming.
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Check out these pics of cat power at ACL 2006 http://gorillavsbear.net/
Cat Power tour dates::
SEPTEMBER:
wednesday 20 – Mexico City, Mexico
Venustiano Carranza 25 (solo) More info at noiselab
OCTOBER:
saturday 28 – Las Vegas, NV
Vegoose Festival (with Memphis Rhythm Band) with Tom Petty, Widespread Panic, & The Killers
NOVEMBER:
wednesday 1 – London, UK
Roundhouse (with Memphis Rhythm Band)
friday 3 – Amsterdam, NL
Paradiso (with Memphis Rhythm Band)
saturday 4 – Brussels, BE
Ancienne Belgique (with Memphis Rhythm Band)
sunday 5 – Paris, FR
Grand Rex (with Memphis Rhythm Band)
monday 6 – Berlin, Germany
Volksbühne (with Memphis Rhythm Band)
tuesday 7 – Zurich, Switzerland
Kaufleuten (with Memphis Rhythm Band)
thursday 9 – New York, NY
Avery Fisher Hall (solo) Bob Dylan Tribute with Patti Smith, and Phillip Glass
