Thursday, January 18, 2007

Ron Sexsmith and Kim Taylor

Ron Sexsmith is a songwriter's songwriter – someone who seems to be appreciated by other musicians and music buffs more than he is by the general public. I think he was supposed to be the "next big thing" at some point, but as Sexsmith mentioned on Tuesday, he never seems to graduate to venues bigger than Schubas. He said that's fine with him – he loves playing Schubas. In this show (Jan. 16), he played a number of his great should-have-been-hits, pulling songs from just about all of his records and sounding good despite his complaints about having a cold. (He sipped tea between songs.) Here's the set list. I'm not sure who drew the cartoon of Sexsmith.

Click here to see my photos of Ron Sexsmith.


Opening act Kim Taylor brought an impressive hush over the room with her solo set, playing spare folk rock with a touch of blues. She seems like a promising act. Her set included a fine cover of the Tom Waits song, "Chocolate Jesus."


Click here to see my photos of Kim Taylor.

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4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi - thanks for this! I had to miss the show due to bad weather (would've been driving from Indianapolis). Kicking myself. But again, thank you! Also, pretty sure that's a Ron Sexmith self-portait on the setlist. He draws 'em alot.

12:33 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That's Ron's self-portrait on the set list...

12:34 PM  
Anonymous marianne said...

great pics of Kim! I love her music. glad you enjoyed her set. wish I could have heard her cover of Chocolate Jesus.

12:48 AM  
Blogger Trudy said...

Thanks for posting these.
I'm so stoked to see Ron and Kim when they come to town later this week. Should be an awesome night.
Trudy

6:57 PM  

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