Anybody know what happened at the end of Jay's show? Purposely shut down? Tech glitch? Timed out? Seemed like he was just getting warmed up
Schlanky, don't forget the guitars (at least 5 that I could see). Speaking of guitars, I was surprised that Jay didn't play any guitar because a couple of times he specifically said something like "the guitar solo goes here", or "cue mad guitars" e.g. Shake Some Action. It was probably the right decision because Jay seemed to have his hands full just keeping up w/ all the requests but to some extent Jay has spoiled us (me) with his virtuosity.
It seemed like one could tell which songs Jay likes the most or maybe plays the most because they tended to be the best performances (that could be a tautology but I don't think it is; I know what I mean even if you don't). In addition to
Lonely Boy (not a personal favorite but he definitely plays the hell out of it)
Watching the Wheels
French Inhaler
Here You Come Again
Hello It's Me
I'd add
The Shape I'm In (my favorite performance of the evening)
Hot Child in the City
The one dedicated to his wife which I'm blanking on right now
When I Still Have Thee
From his comments as well as his performance I got the idea that Jay's a big Teenage Fanclub fan which makes total sense of course. But I was surprised because I consider myself a fairly big fan of the band and he and I have never talked about them which just seems odd, considering.
It didn't occur to me until after but even though he played a ridiculous number of songs (too bad glennwordman didn't make it to the show it would have been interesting to see if his handwriting could have kept up w/ the cascade of hits), he didn't play any Badfinger or, as somebody else observed, Abba. That's not a complaint at all but those seem to be regulars in the cover shows I've heard/seen Jay do. Perhaps nobody requested them - Jay seemed pretty dedicated to the literalness of the request nature of the show.
Schlanky are you sure about the 3+ hours? It was definitely headed there before the abrupt ending but I thought it was actually just under 2.5 hours (?)
Similar to Patterson's stories but in a very different way, I love when Jay starts riffing about the songs or the people he's dedicating them to or the way you can see how he hears something in one song that immediately makes him leap to another. He gives us a very open, fascinating look into how his mind works. As my wife & I described it last nite, he's got a "musician's mind;" the neurons simply work differently than, say, the more straightforward, pedestrian neural paths I trod. It's almost (though not quite) like seeing the creative process at work. But geez, Jay, that thing is called a microphone. You need to speak into it if you want people to hear you. Or maybe you don't
As always a very fun time and as always I came away more impressed than before with Jay's talent and his core goodness.
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