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<center><h3> Costello's aim | <center><h3> Costello's aim — at 1977 — is still true </h3></center> | ||
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Costello has such a history with San Francisco, it's not surprising that he came here to give this one-time-only performance of his entire first album, with most of the same musicians playing the songs in the same order as on the record 30 years ago. | Costello has such a history with San Francisco, it's not surprising that he came here to give this one-time-only performance of his entire first album, with most of the same musicians playing the songs in the same order as on the record 30 years ago. | ||
"We're turning the record over," he said when he reached "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes," the song that led off side 2 of his 1977 classic, '' | "We're turning the record over," he said when he reached "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes," the song that led off side 2 of his 1977 classic, ''My Aim Is True''. | ||
Costello, whose ambitious artistic agenda in recent years has cut across rock, pop, jazz and classical boundaries, doesn't usually engage in such self-celebration, but he did this for a friend. Austin de Lone is a highly regarded Mill Valley keyboard player whom Costello has known since he first came to the States. De Lone's son, Richard, suffers from Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare, incurable disease that leaves victims perpetually starving. Revenue from the two sold-out shows commenced fundraising for the Richard de Lone Special Housing Project. | Costello, whose ambitious artistic agenda in recent years has cut across rock, pop, jazz and classical boundaries, doesn't usually engage in such self-celebration, but he did this for a friend. Austin de Lone is a highly regarded Mill Valley keyboard player whom Costello has known since he first came to the States. De Lone's son, Richard, suffers from Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare, incurable disease that leaves victims perpetually starving. Revenue from the two sold-out shows commenced fundraising for the Richard de Lone Special Housing Project. | ||
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After charging through the ''My Aim Is True'' tunes, Costello brought out an acoustic guitar and, explaining he decided to do only songs he wrote in 1977, played a half dozen that few in the crowd had ever heard. He admitted to salvaging spare parts from some of these unpublished early efforts, like "Imagination" or "Blue Minute," for later songs. Each of the tunes would have fit comfortably on the album. "I Don't Want to Go Home" had the bluff and bite. "Cheap Reward" snarled properly. | After charging through the ''My Aim Is True'' tunes, Costello brought out an acoustic guitar and, explaining he decided to do only songs he wrote in 1977, played a half dozen that few in the crowd had ever heard. He admitted to salvaging spare parts from some of these unpublished early efforts, like "Imagination" or "Blue Minute," for later songs. Each of the tunes would have fit comfortably on the album. "I Don't Want to Go Home" had the bluff and bite. "Cheap Reward" snarled properly. | ||
With the band back behind him, McFee on pedal steel, Costello brought out the secret country and western flavor of the sessions. "My manager used to say, 'Journalist coming on the tour bus | With the band back behind him, McFee on pedal steel, Costello brought out the secret country and western flavor of the sessions. "My manager used to say, 'Journalist coming on the tour bus — hide the George Jones tapes,' " said Costello, who eventually recorded his song "Stranger in My House" with Jones. | ||
Costello even sang a Clover song, "Mr. Moon," from the band's 1971 second album, ''Forty-Niner.'' Costello remembered the store in London where he bought the record. | Costello even sang a Clover song, "Mr. Moon," from the band's 1971 second album, ''Forty-Niner.'' Costello remembered the store in London where he bought the record. | ||
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It's a tribute to Costello's restless creativity that in only the past couple of years he has passed through town with four bands. He played Oakland's Paramount Theatre with the Attractions, giving a textbook lesson in rock quartet dynamics. He returned to the Paramount with New Orleans songwriter Allen Toussaint and Toussaint's large band. He did last year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival with a thrown-together ensemble that included dieselbilly guitarist Bill Kirchen and de Lone, who also gave a brief opening duo performance Thursday. | It's a tribute to Costello's restless creativity that in only the past couple of years he has passed through town with four bands. He played Oakland's Paramount Theatre with the Attractions, giving a textbook lesson in rock quartet dynamics. He returned to the Paramount with New Orleans songwriter Allen Toussaint and Toussaint's large band. He did last year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival with a thrown-together ensemble that included dieselbilly guitarist Bill Kirchen and de Lone, who also gave a brief opening duo performance Thursday. | ||
It was a rare and open night | It was a rare and open night — as open as the songbooks on the music stands — another brilliant performance from the redoubtable Mr. Costello. | ||
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[[Joel Selvin]] reports on the [[Richard de Lone Special Housing Project benefit|Richard de Lone Special Housing Project]] benefit | [[Joel Selvin]] reports on the [[Richard de Lone Special Housing Project benefit|Richard de Lone Special Housing Project]] benefit, Thursday, [[Concert 2007-11-08 San Francisco (late)|November 8, 2007]], Great American Music Hall, San{{nb}}Francisco, featuring Elvis Costello and [[Clover]] with [[Pete Thomas]] and guests [[Bill Kirchen]] and [[Austin de Lone]]. | ||
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*[http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Costello-s-aim-at-1977-is-still-true-3301259.php SFGate.com] | *[http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Costello-s-aim-at-1977-is-still-true-3301259.php SFGate.com] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle Wikipedia:San Francisco Chronicle] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle Wikipedia:San Francisco Chronicle] | ||
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