Last night Evan Dando and The Lemonheads played to a packed house at The Triple Door. I say “Evan Dando and The Lemonheads” because the show featured just as many songs with Evan acoustic and alone on stage as it did with the rest of his band.
The set was billed as 1992 album It’s A Shame About Ray in its entirety, but after five or six songs by himself, I was wondering when that would occur. I didn’t have to worry though, because just then the rest of the band came out and launched into the album we all wanted to hear. It was an amazing performance by The Lemonheads, sounding just as good as they did nineteen years ago.
They didn’t play the hidden-track fan favorite cover of “Mrs. Robinson”–apparently Paul Simon hated Evan’s version, while Art Garfunkel liked it. But half an hour later, once the album was done, the band left Evan all by himself for another handful of solo acoustic songs. I don’t know that you could call it an encore, considering Evan never really left the stage, as the band joined him one last time for a set featuring “Into Your Arms,” which, for me, was the highlight of the night.
All in all, a great show. Evan’s voice sounded just as good as it always has and his songs will always remind me of a simpler time. The 1990s.
I also shot a video of “Alison’s Starting To Happen,” one of my all-time favorite Lemonheads songs:
Openers were The Shining Twins from New York and Street Chant from New Zealand.
Lots of photos from the show follow.
The Lemonheads:
The Shining Twins:
Street Chant:
