Thursday, June 22, 2017

Damien Jurado (6/12/17)

Damien Jurado is one of those artists that were on my periphery, that is until I saw he was coming to the Beachland Ballroom.  I dug into his catalog and was so thoroughly impressed.  Particularly with his new album, Visions of Us on the Land.  It has this great psych-folk sound to it that really stands out.  With only him on stage, I was curious how that sound would translate.  After realizing some battery pack in his guitar was out of juice, he opted to perform the whole show acoustically.  While I’d love to hear what those batteries provided, I couldn’t have asked for a better performance.  He’s very personable and a great storyteller (obviously). 

Damien Jurado (6/12/17)
Damien Jurado (6/12/17)

I also really appreciated his new touring concept of 50 states. Saying how he’s been in this game long enough that the “major market tours” were no longer satisfying, and he was compelled to spend more time in each of our 50 states.  In Ohio alone, he was hitting like 6 different cities!  What a novel and awesome concept.  I was bummed I didn’t make it to his Akron performance at Hive Mind that following Sunday (and I’m wondering if he kept it acoustic?).

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