Photo by Aimsel PontiĪnd then it was off to the “A Few Small Repairs” races, in sequential order, beginning with the aforementioned hit “Sunny Came Home.” Colvin’s voice sounded clear, strong and captivating and the sound in The Cabot was spot on. Shawn Colvin at The Cabot in Beverly, MA on 11/3/17. the show began not with something from “A Few Small Repairs” but rather a sublime tribute to Tom Petty (I still can’t believe he’s gone, can you?) in the form of “Wildflowers.” Well done, Colvin and company, very well done. “A Few Small Repairs” is a tremendous album and I think it was a damn fine idea for Colvin to take it on the road two decades later.Īt 9 p.m.
SONG SUNNY CAME HOME PLUS
Plus the artists always play more than just the album and it makes for a very engaging show. It’s “a thing” to do these tours and I for one think the concept is great. I saw Peter Gabriel do this a few years ago with “So” and Paula Cole last year with “This Fire.” Earlier this year I saw Brandi Carlile perform the entire “The Story” album at The Ryman as part of a handful of shows marking that record’s decade mark. I love it when acts do these kind of album anniversary tours and play entire albums. The reason for the tour was to celebrate the 20th anniversary of “A Few Small Repairs.” The album technically came out in ’96 but “Sunny Came Home” wasn’t released as a single until the summer of ’97 and became a very big damn deal winning a Grammy for Record of the Year and Song of the Year along with a nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. It was only fitting that these five were the musicians in Colvin’s band on this tour. All five of them are longtime pros who have played, recorded and toured with an encyclopedic list of big-time musicians.
Campbell played guitar (and violin on one song) and Williams was on backing vocals. Michael Ramos played keys, fluegelhorn and melodica, Glenn Fukunaga was on bass and the drummer was Mike Meadows. And the theater itself is gorgeous and classic in that old theater way that can never quite be replicated with new buildings.Ĭolvin’s longtime friends and sometimes bandmates Teresa Williams and Larry Campbell opened the show with a terrific 40 minute set and retook the stage with Colvin and the rest of her band for a sensational two hour show. I call this a win for both The Cabot and City Winery because it was a bit of a schlep for people to get there who had originally planned on Boston but based on the audience responses I witnessed during the show, no one seemed to mind. Photo by Aimsel Pontiīetween the downstairs and balcony, the Cabot has a capacity of about 800 and it was probably 2/3 of the way full. My disappointment was short-lived because the Cabot is a classic old theater and it won me over the second I saw the retro marquis. The show was originally scheduled to happen at City Winery in Boston however construction delays (they hope to be open very soon) made a venue change necessary. Since then I’ve seen Colvin three or four more times and most recently was Friday night at The Cabot in Beverly, MA.
Sometime around then was when I first saw her perform live and this further made me realize what an extraordinary talent she is because along with being so damn good with her guitar and vocals, she’s a hilarious and witty storyteller with stage presence to spare. In 1994 Colvin released Cover Girl” and the “Live in ’88” album the following year.
From there I went backwards into her debut album from 1989, the dare I say iconic “Steady On.” It also made me an instant committed Colvin fan. Shawn Colvin first knocked my socks off in 1992 upon releasing “Fat City.” It’s an album I still consider to be perfect in every sense of the word.
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