Many of us are getting very excited for the upcoming New Years Eve bash featuring Jon Brion and Friends at The Harris Theatre here in Chicago. While many of you may not know the name, I guarantee you've heard his work, whether via his soundtracks for films such I Heart Huckabees, Magnolia,and Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, or his production work for Aimee Mann, Elliot Smith, Rufus Wainwright, Kanye West, Fiona Apple, Spoon, and so on. Though often uncredited, he also played many of the instrument parts on several of these albums as well.
His live shows are simply astounding, as he jumps from guitar, to piano, to bass, to uke, to chamberlin, employing loops to build a multi-layered one-man sonic extravaganza. Nearly half of his show consists of spontaneous and often simultaneous requests from the audience. Look on youtube, for example and you can find him playing Radiohead's Creep AS Tom Waits after separate audience members called out the two requests at the same time.
His shows have everything I hope for in a concert setting, creating that feeling that something very special is happening in front of you for the first and last time ever. As he recently told the Onion " I think my life is a version of my show played out over a very long time. There are periods of structured things. There are periods of improvisation. There are periods that go better than expected and there are periods when you fall flat on your face, and you get back back up if you really love what you're doing..."
DOWNLOAD KNOCK YOURSELF OUT FROM I LOVE HUCKABEES
If you want to see the show, I happen to know that tickets are still available. Do it, you won't be disappointed.
Buy Tickets Here
No comments:
Post a Comment