[ATTENDED: June 21, 2019] Jack Savoretti
I bought these tickets for Dido back in November! There was no mention of an opening act until recently.
I had not heard of Jack Savoretti. I looked him up and saw that he was English solo acoustic singer of Italian descent. His song “Candlelight” peaked at #70 in the UK Charts in 2019.
I assumed he’d be a solo folk singer. But he had a full band with him.
Jack has a gruff voice–but not too gruff, S. informed me. I rather liked him. His songs were catchy and thoughtful. Although honestly it was all kind of forgettable.
But my first thought was that he must certainly appeal to the hypothetical “woman of a certain age.” He is in his 30s, handsome, rugged-sounding. And he’s a family man. I just imagined women throwing their knickers at him in Vegas someday. Actually I suppose women don’t do that anymore, so whatever the 21st century equivalent is. There were actually two drunk British women of a certain age behind us and when he came out they started yelling, “hey there, Jackie boy!” They apparently also almost got into fight with some one. (more…)
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