Gillian Welch (and Dave Rawlings) gave a fantastic performance at the Perth Concert Hall. The pair are so natural and laid back onstage and I could only wish that I could hear them acoustically in a smaller, cosier venue. Gillian's somber, and sometimes downbeat, songs are perfectly complemented by Dave's unique and dynamic guitar picking which I think of as walking a tightrope without a safety net. He just goes for it, - and usually gets there! So much more exciting than a safe, carefully worked out solo. And those harmonies are to die for!
My only gripe about their gig was that I would have liked more than one song (Sweet tooth) from Dave - as the Dave Rawlings Machine are not visiting Perth.
I do have a gripe about the venue though - we were in one of the front balconies, which gave us a great view, but the sound was shockingly bad. There is a bank of speakers hanging centre stage which ( I assume) projects well to those seated downstairs and possibly to the balconies at the rear. Our sound was muffled, echo-ey and boomy - the worst I have heard at a live gig in Perth and not what I would expect at the Perth concert Hall. I found myself hoping that the sound would cut out and that we would be left with the acoustic sound.
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