Iris Dement at the Cedar
Dec. 11th, 2017 04:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lsandersonEver since listening to Let the Mystery Be as the theme song to The Leftovers, I've grown fond of Iris Dement. She was at the Cedar last night, and I got a good seat. She sang two songs I knew that I liked, and a bunch that I've not heard before.
The only song she sang during the concert that I knew was her version of a gospel song, He Reached Down. As encores, she did a recent protest song, We Won't Keep Quiet, and her last encore was Let the Mystery Be.
She sang several songs from The Trackless Woods Sing the Delta, one from her husband, Greg Brown, which she had some trouble getting started with. I'm sure she sang from other albums. She alternated between the piano and guitar, with some sound trouble on the guitar and microphone, that was quickly handled by her sound guy, Eric, if memory serves.
She indicated that she disagreed with the Cedar's decision to cancel a Garrison Keillor show in February, saying that she'd almost canceled her show in response. She said she'd always found him helpful to so many artists. She also lamented the loss of Al Frankin. The audience, mostly of a similar age to me, was appreciative of her position. She basically asked for a guilty verdict from a trial before the banning began.
The other song of hers that I really like is Our Town, but that one she did not do.
The only song she sang during the concert that I knew was her version of a gospel song, He Reached Down. As encores, she did a recent protest song, We Won't Keep Quiet, and her last encore was Let the Mystery Be.
She sang several songs from The Trackless Woods Sing the Delta, one from her husband, Greg Brown, which she had some trouble getting started with. I'm sure she sang from other albums. She alternated between the piano and guitar, with some sound trouble on the guitar and microphone, that was quickly handled by her sound guy, Eric, if memory serves.
She indicated that she disagreed with the Cedar's decision to cancel a Garrison Keillor show in February, saying that she'd almost canceled her show in response. She said she'd always found him helpful to so many artists. She also lamented the loss of Al Frankin. The audience, mostly of a similar age to me, was appreciative of her position. She basically asked for a guilty verdict from a trial before the banning began.
The other song of hers that I really like is Our Town, but that one she did not do.
