Big Thief - Live at Gateway City Arts (Full Set)
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September 13, 2017 - We traveled a few hours west on the Mass Pike to capture Brooklyn-based Big Thief perform live at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Guitarist Buck Meek was not able to make the show so the band’s set took on a particularly intimate vibe interspersed with moments of full-volume energy. Amongst the backdrop of late summer cicadas by the canals of downtown Holyoke-- Adrianne, Max and James were kind enough to talk with us about becoming a band, touring, and the importance of being present as much as possible.
Setlist:
VELVET RING 1:14
HUMANS 4:20
MYTHOLOGICAL BEAUTY 7:57
SHARK SMILE 13:00
SHOULDERS 16:45
THOSE GIRLS 20:07
MAGIC DEALER 23:48
MASTERPIECE 27:22
GREAT WHITE SHARK 31:35
10 MILES AWAY 36:32
OLDEST 40:17
PAUL 43:31
CAPACITY 47:25
MARY 51:40
Big Thief’s website: www.bigthief.net
Adrianne Lenker - guitar, vocals
Max Oleartchik - bass, backing vocals
James Krivchenia - drums, backing vocals
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Video Credits:
Greg Shea - Producer/Director/Camera/Editor
Chris Johnson - Recorded & Mixed by
Stacy Buchanan - Camera
Mike Kligerman - Camera
Andrea Wolanin - Camera
Пікірлер: 185
VELVET RING 1:14 HUMANS 4:20 MYTHOLOGICAL BEAUTY 7:57 SHARK SMILE 13:00 SHOULDERS 16:45 THOSE GIRLS 20:07 MAGIC DEALER 23:48 MASTERPIECE 27:22 GREAT WHITE SHARK 31:35 10 MILES AWAY 36:32 OLDEST 40:17 PAUL 43:31 CAPACITY 47:25 MARY 51:40
I just discovered this band tonight. My life, forever changed.
@blindeye944
10 ай бұрын
i feel you. this band's changed my entire fall and it's only august.
Would love this on spotify as a live album
@pisspisspissmeow
5 ай бұрын
ugh same
This is my favorite way I’ve ever heard Velvet Ring performed
And Buck Meek never again missed a Big Thief gig.
i come back to this video often, hope they have a live album version on spotify at some point
Good thing that guy that is 9 ft tall got in on the front row
@user-em3lb9yl1b
3 ай бұрын
You can always count on it. 😒
Adrianne is just totally wonderful and amazing but the drummer is really good. He is so into it and finding every little nuance to play. And that bass guy is so unique and 100% focus on Adrianne. This band is really something.
@tsopuaifa
2 жыл бұрын
@Ellis Bell James is amazing on the drums I agree and Max is such a big part of their sound as well. They are the band that I know of where everyone is totally engaged in the performance like no-one else and plays exactly what they should play almost all of the time. I do wish to see them live one day.
@tsopuaifa
2 жыл бұрын
@Ellis Bell You too have a great day Ellis. Peace
@LesAnderson
2 жыл бұрын
Seeing them live was like a 1.5 hour musical trance. I was worried about COVID but have no regrets.
@xtubalnet
2 жыл бұрын
They meld together nicely. Way too many modern musical groups overplay themselves. I like the open spatials.
@ryanpatterson2774
Жыл бұрын
They really seem to genuinely have an affection for one another, don't they?
I’m just so lucky to be alive and be able to listen big thief’s music
Incredible. Adrienne puts down the guitar and just nails Mary. So haunting. LOVE LOVE LOVE this version. Her voice is so amazing.
@screwtapee
Жыл бұрын
nice reference
what artistry. what honesty, what a talent. how lucky is everyone who ever gets to hear this?
Adrianne is born in the wrong century, but thank the universe that she is in the here and now and bringing us her talents.
@t4exanadu
2 жыл бұрын
Right century, but I agree with the rest! Born in another century, she could not have been so open in her songwriting about her relationships with other women, and that's a running theme in a lot of her songs. As a woman who is also queer, she would have struggled for acceptance in the industry no matter her talents.
@shaheen9317
Жыл бұрын
@@t4exanadu yes!!!
I've just discovered Big Thief and I'm totally bowled over by them. Wonderful songwriting.
@CC-uv9xd
5 жыл бұрын
SAME. Instant obsession! True Beauty
@ryanphelan6861
4 жыл бұрын
The volume of her writing is incredible . endless creativity just pours out of her. Whether solo or for the band and the quality is unmatched for me. I search hard too :)
@jules0016
4 жыл бұрын
She is the shit. Buck meek is bad to the bone too
@user-gr1jm5rx4s
Жыл бұрын
@@jules0016 ?man what’s wrong with u
'this'...probably the most motivational life advice I've heard this year
What they did with Mary is just so inspired. They become the stage into a playground where to change everything and explore. Amazing
Love you all. Love Max Olí…. Watever. Great musician.
I love Adrianne's guitar and overalls. These songs feel like sunken treasure. Love this band!!
Buck Meek's non appearance gave this audience and alt performance, but one that was just as powerful but in a different way. Such a versatile band.
@anetola
5 жыл бұрын
yes!!
@agardenmom
2 жыл бұрын
didn't even notice. Sorry, Buck, but the band still mesmerizes without you.
@superyuyo4060
2 жыл бұрын
@@agardenmom well that's your opinion.
@eyeojo
2 жыл бұрын
@@agardenmom guess you weren’t listening?
@ikasten07
Жыл бұрын
Why isn't he here? Did he join after this or he just couldnt play that day?
her voice singing those melodies completes this particular circle. love her voice
This version of great white shark is just…wowzers. So powerful to watch. James is an incredible percussionist.
Dafuq is Buck? Not the same without him but still a magical performance as always. Especially this version of Mary, with bass and drums only, definitely a different vibe.
It’s fitting that, with a professional street urchin type of brilliance, Big Thief sneaks away with your heart.
Love this version of velvet ring
@nielsgerwe
3 жыл бұрын
Like it also! Got a Nirvana vibe to it
I want to stay lost in this and never return to soul-suck-land
Precious voice. And I like the story how they started the band.
and then we started playing adrienne's songs. . . Thank goodness. What an intelligently compelling talent, and the assemblage just explosively GOOD! Wonder-full work!
Big Thief - I think I love you. Thank you, all the way from Northumbria, the northern border of England and Scotland x
I fucking LOVE this music holy shit.
I miss live music
This is so well filmed and audio is great. It brings out the beauty of the music so well.
I've just discovered them. So great! Long time since I felt so much for a new band. The only singer ever that slightly reminds me of Canadian Mary Margaret O'Hara.
i love hearing artists live so much
I absolutely love this show.
i love their music so much
so lovely
awesome performance ! 4 years back
Thank you... for the synchronicity of audio and video..
this is just beautiful
This is my belated Christmas present. Thank You. xXx
The last song in this set has a very Patti Smith feel to it. I can't wait to them live in Boston later this month!
Una banda memorable, y vocalista extraordinaria.
What a great show this was. So happy I was there and to find this video now up!
@alessiocand
6 жыл бұрын
ParhelionMedia fuckin’ lucky guy u are
What a Big Thief !!!! quel casse !!! i'm in love
Finalmente possiamo ascoltare con gusto dell'ottima musica, una bellissima voce e grandi musicisti. !!!
Loved James solo on Paul to pull it back together!! He's a sweetie.
I love these guys for many reasons but I'm enjoying the perspective they gave on taking care of oneself and Spirit. :)
Sobbing
"10 miles away" sounds like heaven
They met on a street? I can't even....
@anonymousraccoonguitar1578
4 жыл бұрын
meant to be...
@patrickhawkinson8399
4 жыл бұрын
When you think about it, most people meet at least somewhere near a street, cuz there are a lot of streets with lots of people near them. People generally don't meet in the middle of a wilderness.
@alecjahn
4 жыл бұрын
@@patrickhawkinson8399 Semantics are fun... but he probably wouldn't have worded it that way if it wasn't an important note for their story.
@jonathantroll8337
4 жыл бұрын
Jan Mikicki Yeah, but even stranger because they went to Berkeley College of music at the same time and then met randomly in Brooklyn.
§gotta just luv James.
So I've mentioned on one of their other videos that the way she speaks reminds me of Elliott Smith, and now I'm realizing that she actually looks like him too, and it's really trippin me out.
@Droobilicious
5 жыл бұрын
Some of the their songs have a definite Smith vibe too.
@nicholasniebish2774
5 жыл бұрын
Holy shit bud you ain’t lying hahahahaha excellent observation.. consider this my sending you a thank you note
@kvetch23
4 жыл бұрын
cannot unsee
@davidmiranda7937
4 жыл бұрын
Her and Elliott share the same sort of energy.
@quinndean9832
3 жыл бұрын
What if he never died... got a sex change, went on hormone treatment therapy and became Adrianne Lenker. 😳
Listening to this as I am booking a ticket to their concert in London. So excited as I haven't been to a concert in too long of a time!
@screwtapee
Жыл бұрын
How was it?
Loving the Black & White video! Looks awesome!
first ever listen to these n im hooked. very fuckin good.
People often comment about how different they all seem from one another - a perfectly mismatched band. It's great to hear how that's the case, all meeting by chance one by one.
Very good!!! 🌙🌒🌗🌔🌕🎧🎧🎧
good band, good videographer
thanks josh klinghoffer for makin a big thief cover, i've just discover the greatest band ever
Came here via Sam Fender! Oh wow amazing.
wow mick fleetwood is looking great!
I love listening to this instead of the Spotify one
chicos los amo sigan hablando de yoga
13:50 🤣 amazing
I can't find my good headphones... :( I'll have to wait until later, I can tell I'm going to need them.
@garyives1218
4 жыл бұрын
GRADO SR80 made in NY, just as Big Thief, does this justice :)
What's that last song that Mary turns into? Is that just improvised?
i am immersed and if i could be any more immersed i would drown and be okay with that.
I would love to see them live sometime.
@ewlivia
7 ай бұрын
Did u ever see them?
@jzzzzm
7 ай бұрын
@@ewlivia nop ‼️😔💔
I hope 'Shoulders' makes it into the fourth album, we need a studio version.
@eVidentt
5 жыл бұрын
shoulders was written around the same time that paul was.. in 2014. i suppose that its a bit late for that song to make a future project. there must be some reason for it.
@Dangermoose-rv6bb
5 жыл бұрын
@@eVidentt think Shoulders would have been out of place on UFOF...too 'rocky' for what's ostensibly a 'folky' lp...as would 'Not', another song that's been around a while but not released...they are still including both in their current sets, though, so i suspect they'll see the light of day at some point
@eVidentt
5 жыл бұрын
@@Dangermoose-rv6bb not deserved so much better
@nathanteasdale9935
3 жыл бұрын
We got it you muthas!!
40:12 cool James Brown in da house
Adrianne is such a powerhouse. Someone commented on another video that they believe her to be the second coming, and I wholeheartedly agree.
she's like a to kill a mocking bird living her story out in the stage dream
The tall guy in the front row looks fuckin pissed that Buck isn't there 😤 🤣
If we actually realized what we lose every day And what we really have ….
accidentally listened on 1.5x and I didn't notice until halfway into the second song. honestly not that bad lol
I'm often moved to misty eyes, dew drops...
Anyone know what this guitar is at 14:13 ? It looks amazing with those P90's , almost looks like an Epiphone headstock my connection is blurry , thanks
@brycez7352
3 жыл бұрын
Collings SoCo Custom. Equipboard.com
@jixxxxer17
3 жыл бұрын
@@brycez7352 wow thanks so much I will look those up , Peace !
@sadiegirl303
Жыл бұрын
Collins
@jixxxxer17
Жыл бұрын
@@sadiegirl303 thanks
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How did they play Holyoke and I fucking missed this lol
where can i listen to oldest? doesn't seem to be on spotify
"She's talking to god"
10:52
Ha ha Hoffner with the tag still.I hear so many styles..Stones,Police,the Band, she plays like a female Kurt
anyone know what tuning adrianne uses?
52:59
Drummer brings the rock
Where is the "no-no" guitar player?
where's buck ?
@davidherz9968
4 жыл бұрын
read at the beginning
WHERE'S BUCK!?
Buck Meek is missing so bad at the guitar in this concert
where is the lead gutarist? Thanks for video, love this band!!!!
where has buck been? is he still in the band?
@ScottTeresi
6 жыл бұрын
During the late Summer/Fall he was recording his own album in Texas. He's still very much in the band!
@stephencruze448
6 жыл бұрын
so glad to hear that he's still in the band!
@elizabethparrish1032
6 жыл бұрын
Not the same without him!
@Funrecord
6 жыл бұрын
i agree
@edilasyrhc
6 жыл бұрын
Matt M sadly when i saw them he wasnt there :'(
Loosen my hand from the beckoning night...
@grundlefly
3 жыл бұрын
Food in my heart
Where’s buck 😨
Where is Buck Meek?
wait.. where's Buck Meek?
Why not 'Not' ?
@bj-ul9ch
2 жыл бұрын
`not´ was written 7 weeks after this show.
@BillBaxter
2 жыл бұрын
@@bj-ul9ch oh you and your "facts".
45:12 :)
Missing buck though
kzread.info/dash/bejne/mZeLyM-Mp9u7ndY.html To watch Adrianne kiss her guitar. wow
Elliott Smith?