The Venue at Horseshoe Casino @
- Hammond @
, IN @
- Fri, Nov 23, 2012 @
Favorite moment: Angels We Have Heard on High, Honey Man, Fishnet Stockings @
Setlist: I won't spoil it all for those who like to be surprised. It was a solid variety from his career. @
Opening act(s): Totsy - they were good, worth getting there on time for. @
I got into Setzer around the time Vavoom was released and have since picked up almost everything in his discography. Up until this show, however, I've avoided the Xmas material ignorantly assuming it wouldn't do much for me. Happy to say I was wrong on that assumption. I shouldn't have doubted Brian's talent with creative arrangements and breathing new life into age old standards (especially after Wolfgang's Big Night Out). I was initially thrilled that this didn't turn out to be JUST a holiday show (he does a wide selection from the Cats right up to recent solo albums) but a couple of the Xmas tunes actually turned into standouts for my wife and I. This is probably old news to those who have seen him live before, this being my first time I was pleasently surprised. His orchestra is of course packed full of amazing players and Brian himself played and sounded like a million bucks. I'm not always the most easy to please concert goer, but this had to be one of the better shows I've seen over the past handful of years. I hope to see the Cats sometime in my life if they do another reunion, but would happily see Setzer again solo in any context.
The Venue at Horseshoe Casino @
- Hammond @
, IN @
- Fri, Nov 23, 2012 @
Favorite moment: Angels We Have Heard on High, Honey Man, Fishnet Stockings @
Setlist: I won't spoil it all for those who like to be surprised. It was a solid variety from his career. @
Opening act(s): Totsy - they were good, worth getting there on time for. @
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