Reply To: How many shows?
Cool thread – it’s interesting to see everyones experiences.
Ive managed to see him live 5 times so far – all shows have included Paul and Storm and two have had Molly as well:
Seattle – 4x, in 3 different venues: Triple Door 2x, Moore Theatre & PAX
Toronto 1x
Those numbers will increase by 2 before the end of February. Also all these have involved 7+ hours travel roundtrip and overnighting away from home, since he has thus far not played any closer to where I live.
I remember being a bit worried before my first show about what to expect. I wasn’t sure how well I would like the live versions of his songs, since I already really liked the more produced work posted on his site. However, after that first show I was so thrilled with his acoustic treatment of songs I already loved, and with the interaction between him, Paul, Storm and the audience, that I’ve vowed not to miss a live show if it’s even reasonably close (and I’ve managed to stretch reasonable to include plane fare).
Also, Ive been really lucky to see some pretty cool, less common songs &/or accompanists (Brookline, first Molly show, first live My Monkey, Wil Wheaton/My Monkey plus… something else I cant remember right now maybe first Fancy Pants rickroll??).
As far as set lists and songs, perhaps Im really easy to please but Im pretty happy to just show up and listen to whatever hes willing to play, for as long as hes willing to play it. Also, the thing I was hoping for most, aside from new songs!!!, is a show closer to home and Im a little over a month away from that with his Vancouver debut on February 25th.