Sound City Players played Hammerstein Ballroom
February 19th, 2013 by chocko
Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins
Dave Grohl recently made his directorial debut with his excellent documentary SOUND CITY, a movie about the legendary ‘dumpy’ Los Angeles recording studio that produced a ton of great albums by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, Cheap Trick, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Metallica and Nirvana. Grohl along with members of the Foo Fighters played a memorable night of music last Wednesday in New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom with many of the musicians that recorded at Sound City. The musical guests played short sets which included new songs recorded for the Sound City Soundtrack and familiar tunes that had everybody singing and hopping along. In between sets, clips from the documentary were projected onto a huge screen which would also introduce the musical guest about to perform. The night started with Alain Johannes, from bands ELEVEN and QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, rocking out to a set which included “Hangin’ Tree” a song he co-wrote with Queens Of The Stone Age. Chris Goss of Masters Of Reality was up next and was accompanied by Brad Wilk of Rage Against The Machine on the drums. “It’s Shit” off the 1999 album Welcome to the Western Lodge was a highlight of the set and had heads snapping back and forth.
Dave Grohl, Lee Ving, Alain Johannes, Taylor Hawkins, Pat Smear
1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4! Legendary punk rocker Lee Ving of the band FEAR played next to the delight of all hardcore punk rock fans in the packed house. Pat Smear a punk icon who’s been in bands such as The Germs and Nirvana, was also on stage and always looks like he’s having a great time. Lee Ving played a new song “Your Wife is Calling” which featured some furious harmonica playing. Lee then followed up with a raging set of FEAR songs including “I Love Livin’ In The City” and “Beef Balogna,” a song which he also performed on Saturday Night Live in 1981.
Krist Novoselic + Dave Grohl = 2/3 of NIRVANA
Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, Taylor Hawkins, Krist Novoselic
Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick and the towering Nirvana bass player Krist Novoselic got the crowd going with a set of Cheap Trick songs with Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters on lead vocals. This set got me really psyched because I haven’t seen Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl on the same stage together since the Nirvana show at Roseland in 1993. Rick Nielsen is a bad ass on guitar and a great songwriter but also fun to watch on stage. Handfuls of guitar pics were thrown out to the crowd like confetti and during “Surrender” Rick flung a Cheap Trick album like a flying guillotine into the audience. I think it reached the second balcony. Rick Springfield played after the Cheap Trick set and Grohl provided the jokes and made sure Rick didn’t leave the stage without playing “Jessie’s Girl.” No “Don’t Talk To Strangers?” That was my jam…c’mon Rick!
John Fogerty
John Fogerty played with the Foo Fighters backing him up on classic Creedence Clearwater Revival songs such as “Proud Mary,” “Bad Moon Rising” and “Born On The Bayou.” Fogerty was having the time of his life playing his swamp rock songs including his 1985 solo track “Centerfield.”
Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks headlined the show, starting off with “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,”with Grohl singing the Tom Petty parts of the song. Next, Stevie performed a new song from the upcoming Sound City Soundtrack titled “You Can’t Fix This” which came from a poem she wrote after losing a godson to an overdose. She performed Fleetwood Mac songs including “Landslide” with Grohl on guitar. He was moved to tears by the end of that song. It’s such a beautiful song and to hear it sung live by Stevie Nicks was a highlight of the night. The night ended with “Gold Dust Woman.” It was an awesome concert…3 hours of rock n’ roll music by talented musicians. Sound City Players play one more show in London, England at The Forum. Check out the documentary Sound City in theaters or check it out on iTunes! The DVD, Blu-Ray and soundtrack titled Sound City: Real To Reel will be available on March 12, 2013.
SOUND CITY PLAYERS with STEVIE NICKS performing “Landslide”
SOUND CITY PLAYERS w/ STEVIE NICKS “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”
SOUND CITY PLAYERS with LEE VING performing “Your Wife Is Calling”
SOUND CITY PLAYERS with RICK SPRINGFIELD performing “Jessie’s Girl”
SOUND CITY PLAYERS at Hammerstein Ballroom 02.13.13 SETLIST
ALAIN JOHANNES
A Trick With No Sleeve
Why
All My Friends
Hangin’ Tree
Reach Out
BRAD WILK and CHRIS GOSS
She Got Me
It’s Shit
Time Slowing Down
Domino
The Blue Garden
LEE VING
Your Wife Is Calling
I Love Livin’ In The City
Gimme Some Action
Beef Bologna
Foreign Policy
I Don’t Care About You
RICK NIELSEN and KRIST NOVOSELIC
Hello There
Stiff Competition
I Want You To Want Me
Ain’t That A Shame
Surrender
RICK SPRINGFIELD
The Man That Never Was
I’ve Done Everything For You
Love Is Alright Tonite
You Better Love Somebody
Jessie’s Girl
JOHN FOGERTY
Travelin’ Band
Born On The Bayou
Centerfield
Keep On Chooglin’
Bad Moon Rising
Proud Mary
Fortunate Son
STEVIE NICKS
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around
You Can’t Fix This
Dreams
Landslide
Gold Dust Woman
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