Gaucho Night At The Gibson

Gaucho night and there we were, Hubby and I and a bunch of people we had seen the previous night. Obviously, the buy all 4 nights, was doing well for Steely Dan. :-)

Sitting waiting for the back up band, Sam Yahel (with sit in's from the Steely Dan '09 Band - Michael Leonhart and Walt Weiskopf), we were asked by the people behind us, what we thought of last night's show. Next thing you know, others got into the conversation and we found out that all of them had seats for all nights. The consensus from all in our area of the venue, is that the seats were excellent and the band was HOT SO. :-)

Steely Dan came out and this time we saw Carolyn put down the needle for the first side of Gaucho. Babylon Sisters starts up and we are on our way. The crowd is again a happy cheering crowd, but a bit more subdued then the night before. Not a bad crowd, but really, could we keep up the energy that Aja brings?

Highlights for me. Donald singing Gaucho, the title track and just going totally into Steely Dan mode of sneering as he sings. The song was written that way and he just nailed it.

My Rival. If not for this type concert, I would have NEVER have heard this song live. What a treat to hear such lyrics as "The smell of Prickly Pear" "The milk truck eased into my space" and "Yes, I will match him whim for whim now". It's a song about a baby who arrives into the life of this man and though he loves the child, you can see a bit of adjustment will need to happen.

I can't resist, the lyrics follow...

The wind was driving in my face
The smell of prickly pear
[My rival - show me my rival]
The milk truck eased into my space
Somebody screamed somewhere
I struck a match against the door
Of Anthony's Bar and Grill
I was the whining stranger
A fool in love
With time to kill

I've got detectives on his case
They filmed the whole charade
[My rival - show me my rival]
He's got a scar across his face
He wears a hearing aid

Sure he's a jolly roger
Until he answers for his crime
Yes I'll match him whim for whim now

I still recall when I first held
Your tiny hand in mine
[My rival - show me my rival]
I loved you more than I can tell
But now it's stomping time

Sure he's a jolly roger
Until he answers for his crime
Yes I'll match him whim for whim now

Moving on.
It was good to see Glamour Profession and Third World Man again. Both I have seen in concert, but not often.

The rest of the night was as expected, except they put in Godwacker for Do it Again and Dirty Work instead of Parker's Band. Songs from Aja were added to the greatest hits section and the ones that they had played the night before from Gaucho were deleted. Reelin' 72 Version closed again.

Nice!

Set List:

Intro: Teenie's Blues

Gaucho Album

Godwacker
Daddy Don't Live (WB vocals)
Black Cow
Bodhisattva
Showbiz Kids
Black Friday
Dirty Work (Ladies on vocals)
Love is Like an Itchin' in My Heart/Band Intros
Peg
Josie
Don't Take Me Alive
My Old School
Kid Charlemagne

Encore: Reelin' in the Years, Original Version
Outro: Last Tango