One Foot In Front Of The Other
So last night was the Matt Good acoustic show. When I first heard about this idea Matt had for his tour I wasn't going to go. It was on a Friday night (which is tough for me to get off work) and to be honest I wasn't really excited about it. When you've seen Matt perform 9 times as I have you get a certain level of expectation about what a show should be like and I was fairly certain that him playing without a backing band would make for a boring and even un-likable show.
Well, not the first time I've been wrong. In the days leading up the show I began to see set lists from other shows and some of the songs he was playing I knew I'd never ever hear again if I missed this show. So away we go. The first thing I gotta say is that it was nice that he got away from the plain white light lighting scheme and added color again. Visually it just comes off so much better. Matt's voice was just amazing, and since it wasn't being drowned out by drums and such we heard it in its full glory. The between song banter/stand up was nice too. Didn't distract from the show at all. The set list was about as good as could be asked for.
Started with Avalanche and included suprises like Fated, Sort of a Protest Song, Life Beyond the Minimum Safe Distance, Fine Art of Falling Apart, Indestructible, So Long Mrs. Smith, and a duet cover of Hurt with the lovely lady who opened up for him, Melisa McLeland something or other. Heres a link to a video of said duet.
