Monday night, Kim and I headed to the Bluebird Theater to see Matt Nathanson. You may remember about a year ago, we saw him play at this very same venue. This time was a bit different. First, I don’t think the show sold out last time, but this time it sold out in advance, forcing myself to find tickets on craigslist. Fortunately I found a pair for barely over face. Just like the last time, I was hassled by venue security about my recording gear. I managed to get inside the door with my equipment but was told that I couldn’t record the show. Another taper from the the last show was in attendance working the merch booth, so I told him of my problems. He paged the tour manager, who stopped by immediately and solved all of the problems. She was a big help!

So I was able to tape with little problems, though I did have to find a power outlet half way through the night. I was a little unprepared to be taping the show. We arrived in the middle of the first opening band, The Break And Repair Method, so obviously I didn’t record them. I thought that they were alright, their last song was probably the best. It’s their current single, “You Won’t Be Able To Be Sad.”

Up second was Jessie Baylin. She announced during her set that her friend Brett Dennen sang vocals on one track of her album. It didn’t really surprise me, as I thought early on in her set that she sounded like the female version of Brett Dennen. But for some reason I just couldn’t get into her music, and that’s coming from a Brett Dennen fan.

It doesn’t really need to be said, but the Nathanson set was good. The sold out crowd definitely didn’t know the older songs, for the most part, so the setlist followed songs from Some Mad Hope with some random covers and a few rarer songs thrown into the mix. Despite not being able to set my recording rig up near the soundboard, I feel that the recording turned out really well. Though I will let you all be the judge of that. You can find it here or you can try out the player below to take a listen to the concert.