[ATTENDED: April 22, 2025] Steven Page Trio
I have loved Steven Page’s voice for decades.
I’ve really enjoyed his Trio shows, too. I think I’d like to see him with a full band to really rock out, but even in this trio format, they can still rock.
The trio includes Craig Northey (of Odds) on guitar and Kevin Fox on cello. I saw this same trio in the same place six years ago and it was great to see them again.
Like last time, they played a mix of BNL songs and Steven solo songs. It was fun that they opened with It’s All Been Done (Steven acoustic, Craig electric) and the crowd Whoo hoo hoo’d along with them. They followed it with Steven’s A New Shore (Land ho!) and the on to another BNL song, Jane.
The conundrum is that I love the BNL songs as much as anyone, but I feel a little bad that he doesn’t play more of his great solo stuff. And yet, when he satted Alternative Girlfriend–one of my all time faves, it was a glorious moment. The fact that it segued into Odds’ Someone Who’s Cool was a wonderful touch.
The Golden Age of Doubling Down is such a great song about the state of affairs and I loved hearing it live
Though I thought there might be some disconnect
I suspect
I was incorrect
And if you can’t say anything nice
My advice
Is to say it twice
Then came a few classics in a row BNL’s What a Good Boy, and one of my favorites of his solo songs Manchild. He played a few songs that I hadn’t heard him play before which was very cool. And I was pretty surprised that he played a dramatic take on The Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel. Some day I’m going to have to compile my favoritelesser played BNL songs and keep them on hand for requests.
He ended the set with the two biggest BNL songs, The Old Apartment and Brian Wilson. And after a brief encore, they blew through a fun cover of Enid and then ended it with Call and Answer–during which he threw in a chorus of Bridge Over Troubled Waters.
As always, Steven Page is a fantastic entertainer–a great, funny front man, and his voice is still fantastic. I hope it’s not another 6 years before I see him again.
| World Cafe Live, 2025 | Bethlehem, 2019 | World Cafe Live, 2018 |
| It’s All Been Done ‰ | There’s a Melody II ¶1 | There’s a Melody II ¶1 |
| A New Shore ∏ | Jane Ø | Jane Ø |
| Jane Ø | A New Shore ∏ | Manchild ¶1 |
| Alternative Girlfriend / Someone Who’s Cool (Odds song) | White Noise ¶2 | A New Shore ∏ |
| The Golden Age of Doubling Down € | Tonight Is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel ϖ | Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank ♠ |
| What a Good Boy Θ | War on Drugs ∃ | White Noise ¶2 |
| Manchild ¶1 | The Feelgood Strum – | I Live With It Every Day ♠ |
| Feelgood Summer ¶2 | Linda Ronstadt in the 70s ¶1 | War on Drugs ∃ |
| Gravity ¶2 | What a Good Boy Θ | The Trouble with Tracy [] |
| Something About Me € | It’s All Been Done ‰ | The Feelgood Strum – |
| No Song Left to Save Me ¶1 | Looking for the Light ¶2 | I’ll Be That Girl ‰ |
| Where Do You Stand? ¶2 | Where Do You Stand? ¶2 | Linda Ronstadt in the 70s ¶1 |
| Tonight Is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel ϖ | Bull in a China Shop ® [on setlist, but possibly not played] | It’s All Been Done ‰ |
| How Much is Enough? € | Improv: Yankee Candle – | Break Your Heart ♠ |
| Bull in a China Shop ® | Feelgood Summer ¶2 | Looking for the Light ¶2 |
| The Old Apartment ♠ | Gravity ¶2 | Tap That Box – |
| Brian Wilson Θ | The Old Apartment ♠ | Gravity ¶2 |
| encore | Brian Wilson Θ | I Can See My House From Here ¶1 |
| Enid Θ | encore | What a Good Boy Θ |
| Call and Answer ‰ (with verse from Bridge Over Troubled Waters) | Call and Answer ‰ | The Old Apartment ♠ |
| Brian Wilson Θ | ||
| encore | ||
| Call and Answer ‰ | ||
| Enid Θ |
| Grunin 2018 | RVCC 2015 | |
| Lion’s Teeth* (The Mountain Goats cover) |
Strawberry Fields Forever
(The Beatles cover) (with Craig Northey)
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| I’m Your Man (Leonard Cohen cover) |
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
(The Beatles cover) (with Steven Page)
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| Famous Blue Raincoat (Leonard Cohen cover) |
With a Little Help From My Friends
(The Beatles cover) (with Glen Phillips)
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| Chancellor (Gord Downie cover) |
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
(The Beatles cover) (with Craig Northey)
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| Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure* (The Weakerthans cover) |
Getting Better
(The Beatles cover) (with Andy Maize)
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| Girl (The Beatles cover) |
Fixing a Hole
(The Beatles cover) (with Glen Phillips)
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| New Shore ∏ |
She’s Leaving Home
(The Beatles cover) (with Steven Page)
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| Paranoid Android* (Radiohead cover) |
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
(The Beatles cover) (with Craig Northey)
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| Set 2 | Set 2 | |
| I Want You* (Elvis Costello cover) |
Within You Without You
(The Beatles cover) (with Andy Maize)
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| A Singer Must Die* (Leonard Cohen cover) |
When I’m Sixty-Four
(The Beatles cover) (with Glen Phillips)
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| Entourage ∏ |
Lovely Rita
(The Beatles cover) (with Steven Page)
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| Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie cover) |
Good Morning Good Morning
(The Beatles cover) (with Craig Northey)
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| Anything for You (Skydiggers cover) |
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
(The Beatles cover) (with Steven Page)
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| The Taxi Ride* (Jane Siberry cover) |
A Day in the Life
(The Beatles cover) (with Glen Phillips)
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| Tonight We Fly* (The Divine Comedy cover) | encore | |
| encore | Penny Lane
(The Beatles cover) (with Steven Page)
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| Brain Wilson (Barenaked Ladies song) |
Here Comes the Sun
(The Beatles cover) (with Andy Maize)
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| encore 2 |
All You Need Is Love
(The Beatles cover) (with Craig Northey)
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| Oh! Darling (The Beatles song) | ||
[] [BNL] Buck Naked demo (1988)
Θ [BNL] Gordon (1992)
Ø [BNL] Maybe You Should Drive (1994)
♠ [BNL] Born on a Pirate Ship (1996)
‰ [BNL] Stunt (1998)
ϖ [BNL] Maroon (2000)
∃ [BNL] Everything to Everyone (2003)
® [BNL] Barenaked Ladies Are Me (2006)
∏ Page 1 (2010)
¶1 Heal Thyself Part 1: Instinct (2016)
¶2 Heal Thyself Part 2: Discipline (2018)
€ Excelsior (2022)
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