Solt Volt At the Zoo 08-10-07

Last night Son Volt rocked the zoo. Opening act was Slim Dunlop both were great.

They played for around 2 hours, all I can say is three things:

1. go buy "the search" and/or see son volt the next time you have a chance.

2. if you are ever in the Minneapolis area in the summer time, go the zoo for a show.

3. My wife is total fox - it was a great anniversary weekend!

Just a couple things about the show. First I would like to personally apologize to drummer, Dave Bryson for being attacked by a flock of our state birds (mosquitoes) for the entire two hours, especially if he comes down with a case of west nile...

New guitarist, Chris Masterson is awesome, he did have some string issues during the first two songs - but did great.

Derry DeBorja's keyboard playing was spot on, with his long hair he kind of looks like Brandon Lee (if Brandon Lee chain smoked 100's). Andrew DuPlantis' bass playing is solid as ever, as was his background vocals - he looked like he was having the most fun. He held a solid rhythm section with Dave Bryson (I wanted to give this guy some "Deep Woods Off").

Jay Ferrar was incredible and sounded awesome, he is a man of few words. He asked the crowd "hows everybody doing" after the first song. Midway through he mumbled well wishes to an old friend in crowd, then just before he started the encore he asked, "is everbody still doing ok"?

Some of my favorite moments, Jet Pilot, Beacon Soul, Voodoo Candle, and Damn Shame.

They did not do my favorite song, "caryatid easy", in fact they did NOTHING from "Straightaways".

Here is the set list:

1. the search - the search
2. satelite - the search
3. who - okamah and the melody of riot
4 . The Picture - the search
5. underground dream - the search
6. beacon soul - the search
7. highways and cigarettes - the search
8. jet pilot - okamah and the melody of riot
9. automatic society - the search
10. exurbia - new bonus single from "The Search"
11. methamphetamine - the search
12. damn shame*** from the EP "thirdShiftGrottoSlack"
13. voodoo candle From the Jay Farrar solo ep "Sebastopol"
14. medication - okamah and the melody of riot
15. adrenaline and heresy - the search
16. tear stain eye - trace
17. action - the search
18. bandages & scars - okamah and the melody of riot
19. afterglow 61 - okamah and the melody of riot
20. drown - trace
(Encore)
21. windfall - trace
22. Live Free - trace
Then they closed the show with the Uncle Tupelo classic...
23. Chickamauga