[ATTENDED: February 9, 2016] Richard Thompson at the McCarter Theatre
This was my fourth time seeing Richard Thompson at McCarter Theatre (he says it was his 492nd time playing there). And this time, I got my tickets early and scored ROW G! Right in the center!
So there was the man just six rows away. And I got to watch every amazing solos and chord changes and capo placements and tuning (that’s why I can’t play his songs) and everything else he could do with that one guitar.
For indeed, that’s what it was, just him and his acoustic guitar. Standing in front of us for 2 hours and blowing us away. When I bought the tickets, he was touring with a trio (last summer), so I assumed that this show would be the trio show. But nope, it was just him.
And, more amazingly, he played with no opening act! The night before he was at the Sellersville Theater (which sold out before I found out and although they called me about the waiting list, it was about 2 hours before show time, so there’s no way I could have gone) and had an opening act. And the next show after this one he had a different opening act. But we got just Richard (and we were home by 10, which is pretty awesome for us old people). (more…)
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